Kurdistan is a beautiful country inside Iraq. People have suffered a lot but and "Only the mountains love the Kurds", is an often heard Kurdish saying.
Iraq - It was an often-repeated quote here in North Iraq, where the mountains have often served as a hiding-place when Saddam was once again trying out his chemical weapons on the Kurdish population. Kurdistan in the picture is a foretaste of the feature on Iraqi Kurdistan, that will be published later on this site.
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Text: Anneke de Bundel – Images: Nicole Franken