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Rawsht Twana

The Orphans of Alqosh
  • Location:
    Turin, Italy
  • Agencies:
    metrography.org
About Rawsht Twana

Rawsht was born in Qaladze, Iraqi Kurdistan, in 1988.
He picked up photography in 2006 when he discovered his father's archive - a photographer himself who was killed during the uprising in 1992.
He was a member of Metrography - the first independent Iraqi photo agency.

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    Rawsht Twana
    By carefully tracing the journey of two young, orphaned Iraqi boys across their country’s shifting battle lines, these photos convey the devastating personal impact of conflict and displacement.
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