The Red Prison - Photography Exhibition in Iraqi Kurdistan

We finally finished our film about my photography exhibition in Iraqi Kurdistan. This highlights the struggle we had opening it and the ongoing crisis in Rojava. Amnasuraka, or, “the Red Prison” was a Saddam-era jail infamous for the incarceration & torture of Kurdish & Iraqi civilians. It was converted into a museum, and we displayed my portraits of Kurdish heroes on those same walls. ‪It wasn’t easy to do last minute. In the documentary you’ll see how we almost didn’t make it in time, but somehow managed to pull it off thanks to Metrography Agency, Peyk Books, VIM and our local volunteers who barely got any sleep. The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting everywhere, especially areas in Kurdistan now under complete lockdown since we filmed the documentary. Please consider donating to Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê to help extremely vulnerable refugee communities seeking peace in Kurdistan. Newroz pîroz be to all those in lock down that should be dancing around flames today‬.