An Iraqi woman stands with an axe amidst rubble. She is scavenging for firewood to survive, ...

Accession Number P04237.012
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Gittoes, George Noel
Place made Iraq: Baghdad
Date made 2003
Conflict Iraq, 2003-2013
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An Iraqi woman stands with an axe amidst rubble. She is scavenging for firewood to survive, having lost her home in the bombing of Baghdad by coalition forces during the Iraq war. Many damaged buildings in Baghdad were stripped of usable materials in the aftermath of the war.

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