Surgeon (of war) in the forest. (Swiss Stories 2015, by Gianluca Grossi) - Swiss Press Award
Gianluca Grossi
Khader Amar Beckri, assisted by his wife in Baadre. Both are Iraqi Yazidis.
La Regione Ticino
Photo / Swiss Stories
2015
Gianluca Grossi
Khader Amar Becki suffered a stroke a year ago when his son was killed by unknown assailants. Sinjar, the town where he had always lived, was overrun by Islamic State militants. The population, mostly Yazidis, fled. Those who survived the fundamentalist violence describe horrific scenes. Khader, who is completely paralyzed, was carried by his children and wife throughout the journey to the village of Ba'adre, in northern Iraq (Kurdistan), where they found shelter in a house still under construction. His wife told us: "No one helps us; we're left to fend for ourselves." My husband needs medical care and medicine, which we don't have.
