TWANA’s BOX: The Photographic life of Twana Abdullah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq 1974-1992

Title: TWANA’s BOX: The Photographic life of Twana Abdullah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq 1974-1992

Photographer(s): Twana Abdullah Wasim

Writer(s): Rawsht Twana, Baktyar Ali

Designer(s): Stefano Carini, Lukas Birk

Publisher(s): Fraglich Publishing, Austria

Year: 2024

Print run: 800

Language(s): English, Kurdish, Arabic

Pages: 252

Size: 20 x 26 cm

Binding: Hardcover

Edition:

Print: Longo, Bolzano, Italy

Nation(s) and year(s) of Protest: Kurdistan,1974-1992

ISBN:978-3-9505064-4-0

https://www.fraglich.com/product/twanas-box/

Twana’s Box can be described in many ways: a journey through a photographer’s rare archive, documenting the Kurdistan region of Iraq from 1974-1992; a son’s quest to find his lost father, who was murdered by a military regime; a young man’s way to piece together the fragments of a scattered family in a scattered culture; the becoming of a photographer who, through the stories of others, starts to understand his own identity in times of war.

Twana’s Box is not only the photo book that holds a selection of Twana Abdullah’s archive; it is a unique insight into a time and place in a region that has since completely transformed. Rawsht has spent years piecing together his father’s negatives and stories. His archival work inspired him to become a photographer himself, working for Metrography—the first independent Iraqi photo agency—before immigrating to Europe.