Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, photo by Antonio Graceffo When I first arrived in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, I wasn’t sure what I would find or whether people would be willing to be photographed or to talk to a journalist. But as I strolled through the city, I discovered that people were incredibly open. Sitting on the second story of a café, I looked out over the beautiful city the Kurds have built and maintained despite decades of war. The contrast was stark: while Islamist groups such as al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and ISIS had brought only death, repression, poverty, and suffering wherever they established control, here in Kurdistan, religious freedom and racial tolerance had created safety and prosperity. The Kurds in Iraqi Kurdistan…
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