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<META Name="description" Content="aka KURDISTAN | A collective memory. The long and complex history of Kurdistan emerges through pictures found in attics, archives and family albums. Add Your Story to the timeline and map."> <META Name="description" Content="akaKURDISTAN | A collective memory. The long and complex history of Kurdistan emerges through pictures found in attics, archives and family albums. Add Your Story to the timeline and map."> <META Name="keywords" Content="Kurdistan, Kurds, Kurd, Kurdish, photos of Kurdistan, photos from Kurdsitan, Kurdish photography, Kurdish culture, Kurdish photos, Kurdish stories, Kurdish images, Kurd photos, Kurdish family photos, Kurdish archive, Kurdistan archive, Kurd archive, Meiselas, Magnum, Magnum photos, Kurdish politics, Kurdistan stories, family photos from Kurdistan, photographs of Kurds, the Kurds, photography and the Kurds, photo,photos, photographs, photography, web photography, online documentary, online photography, Kurds online, Kurdistan In the Shadow of History,Kurdish book, Kurd book, photography online, documentary photography, Susan Meiselas, photojournalism, web documentary, Kurdish pictures, family, Kurdish families, photojournalist,photographer, Picture Projects, archive, history, Picture Projects, Sue Johnson, Alison Cornyn, images from Middle East, Middle East, Middle Eastern photographs, photographs from Iraq, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Kurdish website, akaKURDISTAN, akaKURDITSAN, aka Kurdistan, Kurdish region"></HEAD>
<P><BR><P>This site is about creating a collective memory regarding Kurdistan, the Kurds, Kurdish history and Kurdish Culture. Online documentary team, Picture Projects, and photojournalist, Susan Meiselas, have collaborated in order to create this open exchange between Kurds, historians, archivists, travelers to the Kurdish region and those interested in Kurdish Culture. <P>
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<CENTER>Developed and designed by Picture Projects (Sue Johnson and Alison Cornyn) and photographer, Susan Meiselas.<BR><P>Copyright 1997
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