Husna, a 17 year-old Yezidi girl has been living in Rwanga Refugees' Camp, Duhok Governorate - Iraqi Kurdistan since 2014,
when she abandoned her home, with thousands of other people, fleeing from ISIS aggression. Housna comes from Shingal, a region In Northern Iraq where Yazidis lives. They are population of pre-islamic and gnostic believers' who has been suffering ISIS violence in last years.
Lotus flowers Center, a local No Profit, has recently initiated boxing training courses
founding a club called "Boxing Sisters"; this to restore confidence in women whose lives
have been inflicted by war and violence. Husna, Through active participation in 'Boxing Sisters
has discovered her talent for this sport and would like to became a boing trainer for women of other camps within the area.
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Husna, a young Yazidi boxer girl (Series)
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Giacomo Sini born in Pisa, (Italy) in 1989. In 2014 he obtained a degree in social sciences at Pisa University. Traveler, has passed through fifty countries photographing the social and political realities. Passionate about the Middle East and Central Asia, has photographed many times the realities of conflict in Syria, Lebanon and Kurdistan. He is interested mostly in refugee's stories from conflict and post conflict areas and cultural reports. Today is livining in Livorno, (Italy). His works have been published in Vice Magazine, El Pais, Neon Stern Magazine, L'Express, Humanité Dimanche, Il Manifesto, Corriere del Ticino, NZZ, Die Zeit, Taz, National Geographic, Venerdì Repubblica, D Repubblica, The Week, Kansan Uutiset. His works has been awarded to Px3 Paris, FIIPA, IPA and MIFA during last 5 years.
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