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Peshmerga Fighters
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Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in Iraq hail from a wide range of backgrounds and age groups. Some are previous college students that left university to defend their homes against ISIS invasion. Others are stalwart fighters with battlefield stripes that stretch back into the 1980s against the Iranian forces. On the other hand, another group consists of soldiers who recently left their families, to enter the battlefield. Regardless of the fighter’s individual background, there is a unanimous feeling of solidarity from the amassed force to prevent ISIS from seizing their lands. Key village elders make comment that warfare has interfered with their livelihood, but have no alternative to embrace.
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Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in Iraq hail from a wide range of backgrounds and age groups. Some are previous college students that left university to defend their homes against ISIS invasion. Others are stalwart fighters with battlefield stripes that stretch back into the 1980s against the Iranian forces. On the other hand, another group consists of soldiers who recently left their families, to enter the battlefield. Regardless of the fighter’s individual background, there is a unanimous feeling of solidarity from the amassed force to prevent ISIS from seizing their lands. Key village elders make comment that warfare has interfered with their livelihood, but have no alternative to embrace.
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I'm a student at UCLA studying Physical and Cultural geography, Digital Humanities, and Geo-spatial Information Systems. My career goal is to work as an investigative journalist covering war, crime, and/or environmental issues. The goal of my photography is to capture the natural state of events, objects, and people for preservation and for future generations.BACK TO GALLERY
