User:Jawdat83j

Jawdat Ahmad Mahamad My name is Jawdat Ahmed. I am from Kurdistan, north of Iraq. I am a farmer boy and I live in Jazhnikan village, about 15 km far from Erbil, the capital city of the Region. I was born on January 3rd, 1983 and I went to Commerce High School. At the beginning of the war in Iraq I lived there. I like Commerce but my live was very difficult. Like me, many people in Iraq had their life destroyed. So I decided that I needed to earn a living.

My first job was a report I made in 2003, about Anfal 1988, for Ms. Bayan, a journalist working for Global newspaper. At the end of this mission, she gave me 200 Iraqi Dinars, with a film and a camera. I was very happy. I took my first shots in Sheraton Hotel; I was following the restoration of the hotel. Every day I went there to take pictures. All my friends told me that I was mad. They did not understand why I was always shooting old places or places that were being rebuilt. Despite the laughter of my friends, I continued as it is my dream and passion; I want to become a freelance photographer. Freelance Photographer

Working For Axis Fairs, Services Sri Italian expo, free traders,Cihan.TV, Erbil Chamber Guide, Modern Trade, Short Film Comedy,Directorate of Cultural Art in Erbil, Sakhr for Documentary Films, Directorate of Youth,

Games of countryside's children

My project is about Kurdistan countryside children. For my work I selected a few villages among more than 3000. I want to show how these children play with dust, mud, sewer, broken objects and rusty things. Their lives are repetitive and they are deprived from modern necessary equipments and toys

1- Exhibition / Games of countryside's children