People of Kurdistan Photo Gallery by anthony legg at pbase.com

People of Kurdistan

There are many various ethnic groups in Kurdistan.
I am slowly getting to know some of these groups more intermently.
One thing they all have in common is their friendliness and hospitality.

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Making Kobar Mosul	A Family Tradition	Moller - My nephew	Mena - My neice
Omed Amar and his brother Ous	Shazat - school caretaker	Muller - My nephew	Hilda - My nephew
Ala stand at Attention	Kurdish Boy	Jihan - All Smiles	Mohommad the Curator
Mohommad	Drama Class at Zaweta	Delin eating lunch	Preparing for the Day
Girl in the crowd	Primary School Supervisor	Khasseroe	Khasseroe watches his father repair his toy truck
Zeyad - Manager	Ahmad - Actor & Teacher	"My aching heart?"	the theatre
Dr Wahid	Anna with her new friend	Young Child	Saady and his son Ali
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Generator repairman	Repairman	Razy - Whiskey Seller	the cameramen
Kurdish boys	the boys	just a smirk	Viyan
a young lad	Fawzi in the phone	A young lad at the Zewa Centre	3 Kurdish girls
a young lady	long hair	Najim tells Dawood what to see	Najim with binoculars and cigarette
the guys enjoy a chat, a drink and a photo	2006-11-17_Khanek_8889.jpg	Kurdish man	Najim - my friend
the brothers are watching	"waht do we have here?"	Breaking the ice	Daqwaz - a kurdish girl
A muslim woman	Dawood, Hassan and Nabil	Dawood gesturing with a cigarette in hand	"No photographs please"
going to pray	Praying with her beads	Haida the guard	guards on the mountain
pretty in pink	the men	Grandmother and grand daughter	Awaiting the wedding night
Granddad	Bilmande Guide	Bilmande Guide	Violin Virtuoso
The Cello	Girls Singing	The String Section	Zenar - the Receptionist
"mates"	A very young Barber	Drawing Class	Abu Ali and Hassan
Lerning to cut hair	pondering	Kaner	At the back of class
Mother & daughter share a laugh	A smirking Nessan	The Haval Centre	Mr. Saleem
boys	Kaner & Hezar	Mr.Saleem	mates having a laugh
Taking a break	the Shepherd -- Jodher	the long road	Mr.Saleem
friends	fun in the water	Haggi and his trees	"there goes the neighbourhood..."
Ali	hmmmmm....popcorn	young boy	the boys
sisters	popcorn	Kurdish dance troup	A Kurd with a camera
Yaziddi dancer	a face among the crowd	"asleep?"	the crowd
"Am I cool?"	Khasseroe	Saleem	Muhsin filming
boys choir	watching	Vian has a giggle	the crowd awaits
"Centre for People Short"	A Lady poses	Howah	Portrait
Woman with white headscarf	girl walking down stairs	Face painting	Mar Esahak (bishop)
3 boys	Boy from Haval centre	Girl making fists	boy in roadside shop
Donkey Rider	On stage	Shepherds	"So-So" my friends' brother
Khildanian girl	Yaziddi man	Sivan in sunlight	sleeping on the job
Emergency Project	man holding his son	Yaziddi girl	Shock
Hair	Adhwar	Faiza	Perwez
Passengers	boys through gate	Police cap	Thenoon smokes
Alquash workshop	Yaziddi woman	Man in a hat	Mariam dancing
Greens for sale	shezzaht	Kurdish man	Guard
Yaziddi	Kurd	Baghdad women	The guards room
Waiting	"What is this......."	Kurdish family	Thenoon sleeps
Checking the list	Bead seller	Bagging the nuts	Writing thoughts
Smoking policeman	Old woman	New born	ready for the job
Goal keeper	Discussions	Tariq	military academy student
Market seller	The Boys	Yaziddi man	Chai shop
Concentration

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ali kurd		22-Aug-2011 09:08
so beauty ful pics ali kurd from pakistan

Guest		22-Aug-2011 09:04
so beauty ful pics ali kurd from pakistan

Kurdish Girl		10-Aug-2008 10:21
Great Job Taking Those Photos!! Beautiful photos You Got Here!!!

Donna S.		07-Feb-2008 12:53
its nice well done

seerwan fadhel		05-Feb-2008 12:50
you must be very good with your report about this picture because i know your faith is yazidin and most of your photo is yazidin picture and you must get all photo but finally i thank you

Geoff Smith		08-Aug-2007 00:14
I really enjoy your work Anthony! Very creative eye and wonderfully composed images!!

Dawood A . Sabry		04-Jun-2007 20:18
Hi it is great to see my picture in this gallery They are very nice. Thanks

Richard Calmes		27-Nov-2006 22:09
Beautiful candids and portraits! You are very good with people! V

Matylda Lempel-Chareza Photography		25-Nov-2006 11:10
Dave 24-Sep-2005 01:35 Thank you for having the courage to show a human side. These are good people who just want to live a good life like the rest of us. Please, more!!!! I agree with him.matylda

Matylda Lempel-Chareza Photography		25-Nov-2006 11:08
thank you,vote

Jose Canovas		30-Oct-2006 20:58
Enjoyed very much this gallery, specially the last half with so many fresh portraits.

Silvia Roitman		02-Oct-2006 08:47
very nice & interesting gallery!!!

Kurdistan		08-Sep-2006 21:38
it was great to see that my cousin is in the one of the pictures.The face paiting picture"the boy in green" :)

anthony legg		02-Sep-2006 08:21
Thank you shaezlah for your comments. I would love for the Kurds to gain some independence and automony but I fear the powers to be will not let it happen. In the meantime I will continue to enjoy living and working with the beautiful people of Kurdistan.

ShaezlaH		01-Sep-2006 09:16
My ather is a Kurd from Syria...And, I am just wondering...When will Kurdistan be reborn??...I just can't stand the states that took advantage of Kurdistan and ripped it in 4...It's not RIGHT!!...But anyway...Sooner or later..Kurdistan will be reborn!..God doesn't abbandon people so generous and rightous like the Kurds!!!...

johnny		06-Apr-2006 17:46
Dear Friend I missed those people and i missed Kurdistan, I always feel like i am in Kurdistan as Urdu i closed to kurdish and people here are also friendly . I hope peace be all over the world one day,no Wars, no Famine, no Earthquakes, most of all no suffer.

Guest		05-Apr-2006 09:09
Beautiful...beautiful work and beautiful people!

Ali Majdfar		05-Apr-2006 08:14
Very interesting gallery, thanks for sharing.

Guest		18-Oct-2005 09:17
Great gallery Anthony. The emotions captured in your images go beyond words :-)

Dave		24-Sep-2005 01:35
Thank you for having the courage to show a human side. These are good people who just want to live a good life like the rest of us. Please, more!!!!

Herve Blandin		23-Sep-2005 06:23
wonderful, vibrant gallery, the way you shot them, we feel almost as close to them as you were. Your empathy breathes thru the spontaneity of your photography. Thanks.

shemal		17-Aug-2005 13:41
it,s very nice album... well done!

Naz		08-Jun-2005 15:15
I Like it

Guest		30-May-2005 22:32
Amazing gallery!! well done..

oochappan		27-May-2005 19:29
You truly enjoy taking portrait, that is obvious to see, very nice Anthony

Guest		27-May-2005 09:53
this gallery is intense. Thanks for sharing alem

Dennis Steinauer		22-May-2005 15:56
Anthony, these are just wonderful images. They help me appreciate even more the tragedy of the current horrors over there. While I realize that the Kurdistan region has been less impacted, the fact that people such as these (i.e., any people) should have to face the fear of such violence is so unfair and terrible. Thanks for sharing your photos and, for me anyway, helping to bring things to a personal level. In many ways I envy your ability to experience this first hand.

Jill		18-Mar-2005 13:46
I found each and every image facinating..each telling a story of thier own. Thanks for sharing.

Tim		06-Mar-2005 16:55
Nice pics,having been there last year myself I can appreciate how well you've caught the mood.

Paul Teixeira		06-Mar-2005 09:49
Great captures, you've got a good eye for people and situations. Best regards, Paul Teixeira

Guest		04-Mar-2005 18:23
Anthony, that's a wonderful gallery

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