Sebastian Meyer
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.
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.
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.
The road ahead
Waking from the nightmare of war, Iraq has ambitious plans to remodel its cities and infrastructure. The rebuilding isn’t purely a physical process – a new mindset is also being developed.
