Iraq Human Stories

BARDARASH REFUGEE CAMP, Iraq - Shahnaz Abdulrazaq Hussein carefully kneads the dough for maamoul, a spiced cookie filled with dates and...

This agri-business project provides food sustainability to Kurdistan’s most isolated refugee camp. Syrian refugees selected for food...

MAMILYAN CAMP, Iraq. Nine-year-old Hameen laughingly fends off a rooster as she collects a dozen eggs from snow white chickens. “One time...

Darashakran Camp, Iraq.   “Syrians are famous for their sweets,” says Mohamed Said. He and his son-in-law, Emad Mahmoud, are Syrian...

SHEIKHAN, Iraq.   Ibrahim Abdulkarim greets customers in the mobile shop where he works with the energy of his youth. He has recently...

BARDARASH, Iraq - An arc of sparks light up the small workshop and the screech of a grinder cutting through metal pierces the air. When...

Hadi Naif Sado’s shop is a small room. His photocopier and laminator sit on the glass counter and a laptop is on the table next to him.

Guljin Sharif Aziz twirls around to show off a floor-length, red and white dress with full sleeves and a sweetheart neckline.

Samir Idris Mohammed-Ali, a man of great determination, hails from Bardarash District, Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.