J.B. Russell
Projects: Four Fingers in Iraq: Clouds Over Kurdistan
Clouds Over Kurdistan, November 2002
Sef Abdullah (left) and her son Amjad Badin Mohammad holding pictures of family members who disappeared during Saddam Hussein's "Anfal" campaign against Iraq's Kurdish population. In 1982-83 the regime rounded up an estimated 200,000 Kurds who were never heard from again. Sef Abdullah lost her husband, six of her seven sons and her two sons-in-law. Her youngest son, Amjad Badin Mohammad, is the only male survivor of her family.
Hamdela, Iraqi Kurdistan.
Photo © J.B. Russell
Sef Abdullah (left) and her son Amjad Badin Mohammad holding pictures of family members who disappeared during Saddam Hussein's "Anfal" campaign against Iraq's Kurdish population. In 1982-83 the regime rounded up an estimated 200,000 Kurds who were never heard from again. Sef Abdullah lost her husband, six of her seven sons and her two sons-in-law. Her youngest son, Amjad Badin Mohammad, is the only male survivor of her family.
Hamdela, Iraqi Kurdistan.
Photo © J.B. Russell
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