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LuganoPhotoDays
Arianna Pagani
Being refugee women
After the militia of the Islamic State has attacked the Sinjar mountain in order to expand their caliphate, an exodus of about 1.2 million people has begun. The minority refugees are currently under the protection of the Kurdish militias. Different minority communities, including Christians, Yazidis and Shabak have sought refuge in the streets, under bridges or in abandoned places in the city. A brutal form of barbarism is a regular part of the chronicles of war. Many women have suffered losses in their family that are often fathers and husbands. States of mind like a depression and anxiety in addition a constant insecurity become part of a continuous spiral. The livel of life of minorities persecuted by the Islamic army are readable on the faces of refugees. A sectarian war fought by a State, Iraq, who has not yet found its own identity makes it even more difficult to believe in an optimal resolution of the problem.