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Sebastian Meyer

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Looking on the bright side

Despite the Iraq war’s legacy, the Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah offers a beacon of optimism through its flourishing music, journalism, art, and television scenes, proving hope can be found in unexpected places.

  • Issue #64
  • 14 min read
Painter Aryan Abubakr
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Cultural Kurdistan

Our foreign editor, Steve Bloomfield, and photographer Sebastian Meyer visit Sulaymaniyah, the cultural capital of Iraqi Kurdistan to meet the artists, journalists and musicians putting the city on the map.

  • Film
  • 2 min watch
Kurdish women with flags
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Pack leaders

A photographer, a war artist, a special correspondent and a writer for ‘The New Yorker’ reveal what kit they take with them to the world’s conflict zones and how they work.

  • Issue #56
  • 8 min read
War photographer Sebastian Meyer poses with arms crossed against a weathered whitewashed brick wall.

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