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A midwife prepares the site where she will circumcise several young girls, starting with Halla who is 8. 'Female Circumcision'

A group of girls are gathered at a home in Iraqi Kurdistan where they are told there is a party. In reality, their mothers have brought them to a midwife who will circumcise the girls. Female circumcision is a rite of passage for most girls in…

PKK rebels in the northern Iraq area of Kurdistan pay their respects to five fellow guerillas who died fighting the Turkish Army who attacked PKK territory.

PKK rebels in the northern Iraq area of Kurdistan prepare fellow guerillas who died fighting Turkey.

Years in the snowcapped mountains of northern Iraq have forged the PKK (Kurdish Workers Party) into rugged ascetics. They are based in the heart of the Islamic Middle East but are largely uninterested in religion or the cultures they abandoned in…

PKK guerillas stand at attention during a funeral for five of their fellow guerillas who died in an incursion with Turkey. Turkey announced they had killed over 200 PKK guerillas. The PKK claimed only 20 were killed.

A PKK rebel carries fragrant flowers from the mountains on his daily trek through northern Iraqi Kurdistan.

A PKK rebel nurses a bear cub who lost its mother during the Turkish bombing on Iraqi Kurdistan.

A PKK rebel washes in a mountain spring.

PKK fighters stand still while watching Turkish fighter planes trolling PKK territory in northern Iraq. They fought the Turkmen during a nine-day incursion.