Humans of North - Humans of Kurdistan

Jul 29 2020

July 29, 2020

"Life and conditions here are very critical. After January’s hardships, we come to the mountainous regions in the summer. We stay here for two months because of our cattle as long as there is grass. The time we spend in the mountains is a very difficult time. We wake up early in the morning and start working, then we prepare our horses. Because the mountains are high, we use horses to go around. The village is one hour from the village. Later we milk the animals, all the shepherdesses know their own animals. We then put the milk in bottles and load them onto the horses and return to the village. We are busy until the evening with housework, we make yogurt, cheese, and oil butter. After we are done with those, I start preparing for my exams. I have graduated from lecturing, if I pass my exams, then I can start teaching as a lecturer." ...

Jul 25 2020

July 25, 2020

by Redwan Adalat

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"I studied design in college and lived in Istanbul for a while. We had a project dedicated to painting across the walls of the city. It was my dream to take that project to Amed as well. When I returned to Amed, I asked myself: why don’t I start painting on the city walls? Once we got a permit for the project, we immediately started working. Because the Sur district in Amed has been through a lot and the children were feeling dismal, I decided to work in Sur. I wanted to see how delighted the children and people of the district would be when they see the colorful walls. Artistic education is not very widespread I'm Turkey, that is why there are many children here who have no studied a painting class till now. So we decided this was the best place. I want to reform all the ruined walls here into colorful pictures of women and historical events." ...

Jul 21 2020

July 21, 2020

by Redwan Adalat

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“We have a tradition, our mothers prepare everything for us in a bag when we are children as a kind of preparation, so that when we marry, we won’t depend on anyone. This tradition has faded due to migration and mixing of cultures and traditions.Me and my friends have been busy sowing wheat here for 5 years. Wheat is grown with chemicals all over the world now. It is constantly fed chemicals until it is completely grown. Those chemicals are very harmful and are really damaging to humans’ health. So we do everything naturally and don’t use those chemicals. We want all farmers not just to work in farms, but to also do agricultural work for themselves as well.” ...

Jul 12 2020

July 12, 2020

by Redwan Adalat

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“I have spent 92 years of my life on this land, I have grown up and grown old here. My father, grandfather, and great grandfather also lived in this village and raised their children here. I also spent my entire life here. The village was doing so well before, there was plenty of water and fruits. We owned these lands. We now face a lack of water, there is a water pump motor everywhere. After the water issue started in our village, most of the youth traveled to the cities of Western Turkey and started working there. Those of us who have grown old stay together in this village. I have 10 children. Other than my eldest son, they all live in the city. No one lives here anymore. I visit the gardens and fields every day and I have many friends here. I wished that my children and grandchildren were here, but it seems like the life I have left will be spent here thinking of the past and my children and grandchildren.” ...

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