Younes Mohammad Born in 1968 in Dohuk, Iraq. He’s a Kurdish freelance photographer mostly active on assignments for newspapers, magazines etc. He spent his life in Iran as a refugee 1974 - 1998, and graduated in MBA University of Tehran. Photography was his passion but he had no chance to follow it while war situation was still continuing Under Saddam’s time. In 2011 he quits his jobs and starts his journey as a photographer. His work has been exhibited internationally and published widely in publications. He has received numerous awards including Mifa, Days Japan. He is now based in Erbil, Iraq.
6 Oct 2015, Sinjar, Mosul, Iraq: A view of a mountain road of Mosul to Sinjar, which is main exit road out of city. During Aug. 2014 ISIS mass murdered Yasidis who tried to run from Sinjar mountain. We can see personal belongings of refugees remaining from that mass murder. Those who did not succeed to run were arrested by ISIS forced to either convert to Islam, pay Jaziya (a fine for non-Muslims), or were captured as war prisoners. They divided men and women, executed men, and captured women as Sabiya. Still there are so many Yasidi girls and women in ISIS’s hands as sex slaves.
8 Nov 2015, Romilan, Al-Hasakah, Syria: Family members of martyr Hwzan Direk are mourning over his coffin in his funeral. Hwzan and his 7 comrades were killed by suicide bombers attacking the frontline.
5 Oct 2014, Rabiaa, Mosul, Iraq: A volunteer Yasidi Peshmerga is trying to call his family after a liberating operation of Rabiaa in the city’s unfinished hospital building. Rabiaa is the official border of Iraq and Syria and ISIS had control over this city for two months. Peshmerga with support from the coalition liberated the city. Liberating Rabiaa was the most important step before liberating Sinjar.