Salgado, Sebastiao. Photograph. "Migrations: Humanity in Transistion [The Human Family Around the World]. Legends Online. PDN & Kodak Professional. n.d. Web. 4 Mar. 2010. This picture is of some women left in Iraqi Kurdistan villages not knowing where their husbands, fathers, or brothers were safe or even alive. On July 31, 1983, some of Saddam Hussein's soldiers came into many villages and took away all of the men. Also, all the population was forced to move villages like Beharke near the city Erbil (Chess). This all happened for no apparent reason. I can't imagine having my dad or brothers taken away for no apparent reason and then years later not knowing if they were still living. All of this happening for no apparent reason would make it even harder for the families that were left behind. Living in a village with no men would be really weird too. It would make life much harder without the men to help out. My dad does so much for our family and I don't want to know what it would be like without him in my family's life. It wouldn't be a life I would want to live. Unfortunately, these women had no choice.
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