This set of photos represents the work of Sarco (HERE is his story).  He lost his legs when he was a child in Halabja, Iraq during Saddam's bombings and has committed his life to helping a group of kids that...

In his soft, hard to understand English he told us about his childhood that frankly couldn't have been more different than mine.  On March 16th, 1988 Sadam Hussein decided he wanted to do a little chemical bombing "test".  In the town of...

We met today with Mullah Bakhtiar, who essentially is the second in command of all Iraq.  He greeted Sami (the pastor from Lebanon whom SP has partnered with for many years/our guide for this trip through the middle east/one of...

The two ladies we visited today haven't seen their husbands in over 20 years, they don't know if they are alive or dead.  They were separated from each other during the genocide of Saddam's army against the Kurds, known as...

Peaceful, that was my first impression here.  It's quiet, no violence, and really not much to do.  The city Sulaimaniyah in the Kurd area of Northern Iraq is big, and growing tremendously with every block having new construction.  Two huge...