The Kurdish people have a population of over 28 million people
spread out over five countries, but without an existing border of a
country to call their own.
The region known to many as Kurdistan presently comprises
parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Armenia. It is a land of stark
beauty but also one engulfed in conflict; for centuries, empires,
states and warring tribes have fought for control of this most
inaccessible mountainous region with varying degrees of success.
Since the first Gulf War a myriad of unsettling images, together
with the alienating effect of the language of the so-called war on
terror, have created a deep divide between nations and cultures
of the Middle East and West.
This year the Kurdish Human Rights Project (KHR P) celebrates
its 15th anniversary - commissioned by the Delfina Foundation,
this book brings together images by world-famous photographers
to celebrate the life and times of the Kurdish people over the last
two decades.