Photos by: Ezzat Shafiq As 62-year-old Shafiq shares, the chemical attack on March 16, 1988, on Halabja was especia

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Photo by: Peshraw Mahdi The Hawrami klash, a traditional Kurdish shoe, is more than mere traditional footwear. O

Photo by: Mohammad Dargalayi “My grandfather, Haji Kakamin, built it in 1927. Back then, this was empty land. But h

Photos from the Ephraim Speiser Collection, courtesy of the Penn Museum, digitized as part of the Sersal Project. T

Photo by: Mohammad Dargalayi Built between 1190 and 1232 AD during the rule of Muzaffar al-Din al-Kawkaboori, the m

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The smoky gatherings of winter nights warmed by wood-fired tea; rooftops under starry skies with songs rising freely;