Mahmoud Darwish (via nizariat)

(via nizariat)

(via nizariat)

From the poem, ‘A State of Mind That Defies Description or Definition’ by Kurdish poet Farhad Shakely. (via saint-zissou)

Jews from Kurdistan on their way to Israel

Anaïs Nin, from Nearer the Moon: The Previously Unpublished Unexpurgated Diary, 1937-1939 (via luthienne)

Eastern Kurdistan, 1970s by Michel Setboun

Gender Troubles: The Butches

1. Erbil plain - natural dyes, early 1900′s 2. Erbil plain - natural and synthetic dyes, early 1900′s 3. Erbil plain - natural dyes, early 1900′s 4. Nomadic Kurdish tribe - natural dyes, mid-1900′s 5. Heroti tribe - natural dyes, mid-1900′s 6. Herki tribe - natural dyes, mid-1900′s 7. Khanaqin (Xaneqin) - natural dyes, mid-1900′s 8. Sine, Eastern Kurdistan - natural dyes, early 1900′s 9. Zakho (Zaxo) - natural dyes, early 1900′s 10. Germiyan - natural dyes, early 1900′s

baby gets a facial

“There’s nothing worse than being strong to the point where no one suspects that you need help.“

Denise Levertov, from Poems: 1960 - 1967; “Joie de Vivre,” (via violentwavesofemotion)

O’ Turner of hearts, keep my heart firm upon your religion.