Resisting Resistance

Sylwia Kapuscinski

Detroit Free Press

Resisting Resistance Haidar (no last name to protect his identify) 20, belongs to Thualfiqr al Batar, a band of teens and men in 20s from Najaf, who joined forces in mid-April 2004, to oust radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr's gunmen. Thualfiqr al Batar has 250 members with a handful more joining each day. Haidar was photographed in Najaf, Iraq, on Friday, April 30, 2004.

Sylwia Kapuscinski, "Resisting Resistance," in POYi Archive, Item #35449, http://archive.poy.org/index.php/items/show/35449 (accessed May 16, 2025).