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An elderly woman sewing at Lalish Temple in Northern Kurdistan. Tucked into the mountains of norther

An elderly woman sewing at Lalish Temple in Northern Kurdistan. Tucked into the mountains of northern Iraq, the holiest site of the Yazidis sees few travelers other than pilgrims. See how I visited this isolated temple on the site, link in the bio!
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#kurdistan #iraq #kurdish #middleeast #natgeo #lonelyplanet #followmefaraway #culturetrip
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Photographing women is a difficult task for a male photographer traveling in more conservative count

Photographing women is a difficult task for a male photographer traveling in more conservative countries. I can either try and sneakily take a candid or ask directly. Not wanting to disrespect anyone, I usually choose the latter option. I am often refused however, the reason being that they are Muslim or have overprotective husbands. Despite this, I continue to ask, the worst thing they can say is no.

In Rawanduz I again approached a group of women sitting in the shade. The elderly women quickly said no, saying that they were Muslim. I nearby woman called me over and allowed me to photograph her. She then led me to her family graveyard, plucked a flower and laid against the gravestone. I can only assume that the grave is that of her husband, this possibly a reason as to why she agreed to be photographed. Her tenderness and hospitality humbled me. I thanked her repeatedly for her openness. Before I left she handed me the flower and said goodbye. Seeing her was definitely a touching and moving experience, which shows a country still in the process of healing.
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İnsan yaşlanır gönül yaşlanmaz. - Mirov pîr dıbe, dıl pîr nabe…

İnsan yaşlanır gönül yaşlanmaz.

 - Mirov pîr dıbe, dıl pîr nabe…


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Gönlüm hoş olsun da varsın giysim kıldan olsun.  Wa zera mi zere ba wa tewrê kirwasê mûy mi bo.  - Z

Gönlüm hoş olsun da varsın giysim kıldan olsun. 

 Wa zera mi zere ba wa tewrê kirwasê mûy mi bo. 

 - Zazaki Qale Verinu


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Shafei Mosque/ Kermanshahi/ Iran

Photography: alireza moghaddammanesh

Please don’t let Hasankeyf be destroyed. 12,000 years of history, culture and life cannot be erased

Please don’t let Hasankeyf be destroyed. 12,000 years of history, culture and life cannot be erased with bombs to build a dam designed to terrorize with water and resource wars. Please, urgently sign the petition HERE to put a stop to this dam. The dam is organised to start on the 10th of June. 


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ebeden: certainly also ebeden: certainly not

ebeden: certainly
also ebeden: certainly not


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THE WAR AGAINST THE KURDISH PEOPLE18.03.2016  idomeni, greece.  this refugee in idomeni is a kurd fr

THE WAR AGAINST THE KURDISH PEOPLE

18.03.2016  idomeni, greece.  this refugee in idomeni is a kurd from aleppo, syria. i met him in the dawn of the day in the end of the trainstation where the camp ends. he was there with a group of dozen other kurdish young men, all from syria, most of them from the same neighborhood in aleppo. they all told me pretty much the same story, that they have not been part of one of the groups that are fighting, but during the last years they had to fight to defend their neighborhood. the kurdish people in turkey, syria and irak are under pressure from almost all other groups, turkey bombs and fight them everywhere, including massexecutions of civilians in southeast of turkey. the official syrian military, together with russia, the syrian isis and other dschihadist groups, are fighting against them in syria. in irak they have a semi autonom area, but also face fighting with turkey, the irak isis and other groups. since  the kurdish have established a kind of modernist society in this region, including an equalisation of man and woman the exceed most of the western society´s, they are our natural ally in this region. did you know that they have always a man and a woman deciding together in important positions? nevertheless we let them down, sign a deal with turkey that europa will not interfere with their almost genocide war against the kurds. if europa will really grant the turkish people a visa free travel to the eu, we will face a new massive influx of kurdish people who will claim for asylum in europa. 


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Contre la répression en Turquie, Solidarité avec la résistance Kurde

Contre la répression en Turquie, Solidarité avec la résistance Kurde


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It’s the morning of the election, and I have one last too long post before I go vote. I was involved in a bit of a Facebook comment war on a post about the Conservative’s publicly stating on their website that they would support legislation to repeal same sex marriage in Canada. Somehow that turned into an argument about ISIS. That’s not the first time that’s happened. Recently my mom, who still lives back in Regina, informed me that some of her friends were upset about my post about the economy going (the Canadian version of) viral, because everyone but Harper will, “Let all the terrorists in.” No one saying it really believes it, it’s a distraction.

It really drove home the theme of this entire election:

Rich people tricking poor people into thinking that brown people are a bigger danger to them than a government that has repeatedly proved that it doesn’t give a shit about them or their families.

I have a lot of new followers (yo), so some of you might not know this, but I’m very sick. I spend more time with my doctors than my family. I have a great relationship with them, which is probably a good thing since I need them to keep me alive and functional. Even doctors from my past still get in touch to see how I’m doing.

My former GP, who I was with from ages 15-25, who got me through the really awful diagnostic process is a Kurdish refugee from Iraq. She and her husband fled during Saddam Hussein’s Kurdish genocide during the 90s. She was pregnant when she arrived, and despite having a new born baby, she worked her ass off to get re-certified in Canada. Since then she’s won several awards for her volunteer work helping immigrant and refugee doctors get their certification, and as well as mentoring female doctors. She works in a community clinic and invites med students to shadow her regularly. She frequently gives presentations about the unique health needs of refugees, and is just overall an absolute badass.

The idea that refugees like her are bad for Canada is absurd. The fact that someone could demonize refugees like her as a voting tactic so that they can keep more of their money is nothing short of monstrous. Some of the people who made the above statements know her. They know her family. They were there when her husband had a heart attack. They heard all about how her son won a spelling bee. And they STILL did it. Every time I think about it I’m nauseated all over again.

I’ve spent a solid week being furious and not wanting to say anything for the sake of keeping the peace, but yesterday put me over the edge.

So here are a few arguments which I’m breaking down separate posts because no one will read the whole thing. Please take a break from trolling the ICNA Sisters Canada page to click on the argument that is applicable to you, racist Facebook friends!

1. “Canada is at risk!”

2. “So many of the refugees are healthy young men, which means they’re undercover ISIS operatives. Otherwise they would stay and fight.”

3. “We have to protect Canadians”

4. “Niqabs/Hijabs/Whichever inoffensive clothing item I associate with Muslim women is oppressive”

5. “Because my last argument got shot down because of religious freedom etc etc, the niqab is now a CULTURAL choice, not a religious one. Here’s a link to an opinion piece on a blog that is now the official stance of all Muslims everywhere”

6. “Well fine, I didn’t give a shit about that anyway, but I WANT TO LOOK AT HER FACE AND THE MEAN LADY WON’T LET ME LOOK AT HER FACE AND I HAVE A RIGHT TO SEE EVERYONE’S FACE AND HOW ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO TELL IF I WANT TO BANG HER OR NOT?!?”

Basically, if you have a family income of over $200 000 a year and you say you’re voting for Harper because of terrorism, you’re a fucking monster.

If you have a family income of under $200 000 a year and you say you’re voting for Harper because of terrorism, you’re a fucking moron.

This particular tactic is actually what turned me into a switch-hitter voter. I’ve avoided making any real statement either way because I don’t think it’s particularly important this election, but I’m a life-long NDP supporter. And I really mean life-long. My grandma went to school with Shirley Douglas, who apparently ate too many grapefruits and was kind of a bitch, but I’ve been hearing stories about what a hero Tommy was my entire life.

Then as an adult, I made the decision based on 3 things, listed in order of priority:

1. Who is best for First Nations people

2. Who is best for healthcare (and I include women’s health under this banner. If you so much as make a face during the word abortion, you’re politically dead to me forever)

3. Who is best for unions (I’m not in a union, for the record, despite a weird internet rumour that made it’s way back to me last week)

But this election, I honestly don’t care. All 3 candidates will be fine. We’re going to hate them 6 months from now any way when they can’t enact change fast enough because they’re still trying to clean up Harper’s mess. At this point, I don’t care if our next PM put us 100 billion dollars in debt turning Ottawa into a Tropical Themed amusement park run by toucans.

Literally every single option is better than letting our country continue to be run by a racist. First the Tamil refugees were terrorists. Then the Roma refugees were ‘bogus’. Then all cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women were were solved when Cindy Gladue was found guilty of her own murder in April. Now the Syrian refugees are terrorists too. Who’s next?

Young Haci Lokman Birlik (24) executed by Turkish special forces in the city of Sirnex. Şehid Namırı

Young Haci Lokman Birlik (24) executed by Turkish special forces in the city of Sirnex. Şehid Namırın ✌️❤️✌


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