Map of Displacement

07/04/2016

Happy to see published on Internazionale the documentary "The butcher of Khalakan", one of the stories of Map of Displacement produced by Dario Bosio and Stefano Carini.

Ali's story is a small but important one, that aims to tell in a delicate way what the human cost of the conflict with ISIS is for the millions of Iraqis who lost their houses. Take some time to listen to his words.

“Prima mi sentivo un bambino,” dice Ali. “Ma ora che lavoro, mi sento un uomo”. Ali ha 13 anni ed è arrivato nel Kurdistan iracheno dopo che la sua famiglia è scappata dai combattimenti tra l’esercito iracheno e il gruppo Stato islamico. Ora è costretto a lavorare come macellaio per mantenere la fam…

22/01/2016

Map of Displacement is featured on The British Journal of Photography - along with an interview with the project's photo editor Dario Bosio

A sprawling photography series by native photographers documenting the living conditions of the 1.5m displaced Iraqis since the emergence of ISIS.

17/12/2015

We are so proud to see Seivan's powerful portraits and interviews of Yezidi women in The Sunday Times Magazine.

Many thanks to the The Times and The Sunday Times for recognizing what an important story this is!

03/12/2015

A selection of the series "The Shabak" from Map of Displacement is featured on the italian magazine Internazionale today!

www.mapofdisplacement.com

In Iraq, dal gennaio del 2014 la guerra contro il gruppo Stato islamico ha costretto alla fuga un decimo della popolazione: un milione e mezzo di iracheni si sono rifugiati nella regione del Kurdistan. Tra questi ci sono migliaia di persone della minoranza shabak. Leggi

29/11/2015

Glad to see that dutch NRC published Seivan's series "Escaped" - one of the twelve stories of Map of Displacement.

www.mapofdisplacement.com

Ontsnapt aan IS: de meisjes die wél terugkwamen Joke Mat Miriam Vieveen Bas van Kooij 28 november 2015 om 13:11 Seivan M. Salim / Metrography Seivan M. Salim / Metrography Op 3 augustus 2014 vielen opstandelingen van IS de noord-Iraakse stad Sinjar aan in een poging hun zogenoemde ‘kalifaat’ verder…

25/11/2015

We are immensely proud to have Seivan's work from Map of Displacement featured on the National Geographic site. Her powerful work stands not only as a moving piece of journalism, but also as historical document that stands as an irrefutable record of what has happened to these women.

National Geographic Photo Blog

20/11/2015

Mustafa doesn’t understand what dreams and wishes are. Only after he hears the question “what are your dreams and wishes?” a dozen times is he able to answer. “I dreamed that we had a house in Chamchamal,” he responds. His father explains again what dreams and wishes are and Mustafa answers again. “I dream of us at home on a Sunday, just me, my father and my brother. And I know that it will happen soon.”

The story of Mustafa is the story of over a million displaced Iraqis now living in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. For a year, we documented this humanitarian crisis through our project Map of Displacement.

Since January 2014, Iraq’s war against ISIS has displaced over a tenth of the country’s population. One and a half million Iraqis have fled to the relative safety of the Kurdish Region of Iraq. Explore the six largest displacement events and the stories of people who have fled the violence seeking r…

11/11/2015

Roads and Kingdoms published Rawsht Twana's story about Mohammed, the young man from Sinjar who decided to start a school for the displaced kids in the unfinished building where they live in Sitak, outside of Sulaiymaniyah.

This is one of the twelve stories that form part of Map of Displacement - find out more at www.mapofdisplacement.com

There is only one teacher in this school. His name is Mohammed, and at 23 years old, he’s barely out of university himself. In fact, he never got to finish his studies in Quranic Science because on the morning of August 3rd, 2014, ISIS attacked his home city of Sinjar, in the north of Iraq. …

30/10/2015

The French magazine Actuphoto interviewed our photo editor, Dario Bosio, about our project! Suggested read for our French speaking friends

27/10/2015

Proud to see Map of Displacement and Metrography Agency featured on The New York Times Blog today!

We are glad that this important story is not going untold.

As three million Iraqis flee violence, the Iraqi photo agency Metrography asked five Kurdish Iraqi photographers to document the effects of displacement.

21/10/2015

One week ago we launched Map of Displacement, a year-long investigation by Metrography Agency into the lives of the displaced Iraqis that now live in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Here's SHAQLUJA, one of the 12 stories that form part of the website, have a look if you haven't had the chance yet!

"The Kurds in northern Iraq were suffering under the burden of a long frontier war with the Islamic State (ISIS), a financial crisis and the arrival of more than one million people displaced by war, altering the ethnic balance of their proto state. Shaqlawa, once a popular holiday destination had become a shelter for thousands of Iraqi Arabs fleeing the grinding war further south who now outnumbered the local Kurdish population."

Since January 2014, Iraq’s war against ISIS has displaced over a tenth of the country’s population. One and a half million Iraqis have fled to the relative safety of the Kurdish Region of Iraq. Explore the five largest displacement events and the stories of people who have fled the violence seeking…

14/10/2015

And it's finally here - Map of Displacement is online!

After a year of incredibly hard work, we are so proud to launch the Map of Displacement website that tells the story of millions of Iraqis who've been forced to flee their homes since January of last year.

Click through map or follow the chronological timeline to access the 12 different in-depth and nuanced stories that make up the project.

And please share this underreported story as far and wide as you can!

www.mapofdisplacement.com

Since January 2014, Iraq’s war against ISIS has displaced over a tenth of the country’s population. One and a half million Iraqis have fled to the relative safety of the Kurdish Region of Iraq. Explore the five largest displacement events and the stories of people who have fled the violence seeking…

06/10/2015

Another behind the scenes shot from our collective project!

Photographer Rawsht Twana shoots a portrait of Ali, 18 y.o. from Fallujah, who is affected by muscular dystrophy and now lives in Shaqlawa with his family after they escaped ISIS.

Map of Displacement, Metrography Agency first collective project will launch on October, 13th at Parsons School of Design - be ready!!

02/10/2015

Our launching date - October 13th - is approaching!

If you want to have a taste of what's coming up, have a look at this brillant photo essay by Hawre Khalid on Leylan Camp, Kirkuk, published on Al Jazeera English

This series of photographs will be part of our interactive website together with 11 other powerful stories!

Most of the 8,500 residents of the Laylan camp south of Kirkuk fled after ISIL tore through their country.

01/10/2015

Another sneak peak from our long term project Map of Displacement - these are Metrography Agency editors Dario Bosio and Stefano Carini filming one of the 12 stories that will be part of our interactive website!

Official launch is OCTOBER 13th at Parsons School of Design - don't miss it!

24/09/2015

Time is running and at Metrography Agency are working hard on Map of Displacement to get everything ready before its launch OCTOBER 13th!

Have a look at what we are working on with this teaser we prepared.

Can't wait to share the whole project!

Map of Displacement is the story of the millions of Iraqis forced from their homes in the latest wave of violence to sweep through their country. Over the past…

23/09/2015

SAVE THE DATE, IT'S OFFICIAL!

We are proud to announce that we will launch the website of Map of Displacement on OCTOBER 13TH at Parsons School of Design in New York.

Metrography Agency editor in chief Stefano Carini and co-founder Sebastian Meyer will present the yearlong multimedia project and talk about their experiences and struggles working in an ongoing conflict situation.

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22/09/2015

The final edit for Map of Displacement story 'The Shabaks' by Metrography Editorial Team is on its way!

'The Shabaks' will be one of 12 stories on the IDP crisis in Iraqi Kurdistan that will be published all together on a dedicated interactive website.

Follow Map of Displacement and Metrography Agency and stay up to date as we move towards the final stages of the project!

The final edit for Map of Displacement story 'The Shabaks' by Metrography Editorial Team is on its way!

'The Shabaks' will be one of 12 stories on the IDP crisis in Iraqi Kurdistan that will be published all together on a dedicated interactive website.

Follow us and stay up to date as we move towards the final stages of the project!

21/09/2015

Here at Metrography Agency we are working hard on the last stages of our collective project Map of Displacement.

Curious to see what's coming up? Have read at the story that Bnar Sardar did for Map of Displacement published on Roads and Kingdoms!

http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/one-roof-two-religions/

This is a story about co-existence in a time of sectarian violence, a rare thing these days. Ghanim Hormoz Gorgis and his family were living in Tel Keppe, a town in northern Iraq, when ISIS took control of the nearby city of Mosul. Being a Christian in the region has been dangerous for years; the …

17/09/2015

Metrography Agency co-founder Sebastian Meyer on the field in Tanjaro, near Sulaymaniyah, shooting his story for Map of Displacement.

Check out Sebastian's story "Oil and Blood" on Metrography's website: http://bit.ly/1Ra7dYX

Metrography co-founder Sebastian Meyer in the field in Tanjaro, near Sulaymaniyah, shooting his story for Map of Displacement.

Check out Sebastian's story "Oil and Blood" on Metrography's website: http://bit.ly/1Ra7dYX

16/09/2015

Photographer Rawsht Twana on the mountains around Shaqlawa working on one of the stories for our collective project Map of Displacement.

Rawsht Twana was born in Qaladze in 1988.

When he was born Saddam moved the entire population of Qaladze to the village of Xabat close to Erbil. Three years later, during the Kurdish uprising against the Baath regime, his family had to escape towards the Iranian border.

“When we were fleeing I remember a car with 35 people in it and the driver who refused to take us. I was with my sister, my two brothers and my mother. I remember having only one shoe and we had the walk the whole way.”

Rawsht has been with Metrography since 2009.

Photographer Rawsht Twana on the mountains around Shaqlawa working on one of the stories for our collective project Map of Displacement.

Rawsht Twana was born in Qaladze in 1988.
When he was born Saddam moved the entire population of Qaladze to the village of Xabat close to Erbil. Three years later, during the Kurdish uprising against the Baath regime, his family had to escape towards the Iranian border.

“When we were fleeing I remember a car with 35 people in it and the driver who refused to take us. I was with my sister, my two brothers and my mother. I remember having only one shoe and we had the walk the whole way.”

Rawsht has been with Metrography since 2009.

14/09/2015

Since the beginning of the current Iraqi crisis, Metrography Agency has been documenting the lives of the displaced Iraqis that found refuge inside the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

We are now proud to announce that Metrography first collective project Map of Displacement is about to launch as an interactive website very soon.

Map of Displacement is the story of the millions of Iraqis forced from their homes in the latest wave of violence to sweep through their country. Over the past…