Iraqi Kurdistan just after the fall of ISIS. An unofficial country fighting for recognition and investigating learnings from women survivors of captivity and their struggle - and methods - to heal.

A former ISIS sex slave recounts her harrowing story from her refugee camp on the Syrian border.
Somewhere on the road between Irbil and Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan
Signs of war on Saddam's notorious torture prison in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan
Oil fields burn off gas - Iraqi Kurdistan near the Syrian border
A wall mural recounts general's exploits in a refugee camp near the Syrian border - Iraqi Kurdistan
A young child dreams of returning home from behind the bars of her refugee camp - Iraqi Kurdistan
First light touches a mosque in Irbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
Street scene in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan
Young children break through the bars to play in an empty field outside their refugee camp, Iraqi Kurdistan
Peering over the border into Iran - Iraqi Kurdistan
The crumbling old town of Irbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
A derelict government building in Irbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
Two boys outside their home in Irbil's crumbling Old Town - Iraqi Kurdistan
A young girl outside her makeshift refugee camp home on the border with Syria - Iraqi Kurdistan
Cemetery near Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan
Central Irbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
A boy and his ball in Irbil's crumbling Old Town, Iraqi Kurdistan
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