Take a photographic journey with Zann as she ventured solo through more than 20 provinces (where ethnic Kurds form the majority) in Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran and Turkey from 2009 till 2011. The Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without a nation. After World War I, the Kurdistan region was divided among 5 sovereign states: Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria and the former Soviet Republic of Armenia. For decades, there had been constant struggles for autonomy and with the fall of Saddam’s regime, Iraqi Kurdistan finally achieved semi-autonomous rule. However, the quest to reclaim their homeland continues, often resulting in conflicts with the authorities in Turkey, Iran and Syria. In the wake of the political upheavals in the Middle East, the ‘Kurdish question’ remains relegated to the back seat. In the summer of 2010, just a few hours after the Iranian military had bombed some suspected hideouts of the Kurdish separatist group called ‘PJAK’ in the Qandil mountains, Zann made her way to the IDP – Internally Displaced People’s camp and created a photo essay in the hope of generating awareness about their plight. Other highlights of her talk include slideshows of the Yazdis’ holy compound where Melek Taus, the Peacock Angel is worshipped, the town of Halabja which gripped the attention of the world on 16 March 1988 when Saddam Hussein waged chemical warfare on Kurdish civilians and the little publicized Kurdish uprising in Suleimaniyah in spring 2011.