Writers on the ground @TheArchitecturalReview

Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

For the AR’s Borders issue, Deputy editor Eleanor Beaumont commissioned journalist Ylenia Gostoli and photographer Özge Sebzeci to report on projects built in two camps, Bersive and Chamishku, near the city of Zakho in northern Iraq. This is the story behind that story.

Read more: architectural-review.com/films/writers-on-the-ground-reporting-from-refugee-camps-in-kurdistan

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