In Alan Kurdi's name

The picture of Alan Kurdi, washed up at the shores of Turkey, became the photographic icon of the refugee crisis.
How are his father and his aunt coping with the death of their family, four years later? A visit.

For ZEITMagazin, Iraq 2019.
Text: Heike Faller
Picture Editor: Michael Biedowicz

Abdullah Kurdi accompanies his newly bought school uniforms whilst they are being carried to his car through the busy market in Erbil, Iraq, on the 01.09.2019.
Portrait of Tima Kurdi on the morning of the anniversary of the death of Abdullah's family in Erbil, Iraq on September 2nd, 2019.
Portrait of Abdullah Kurdi on the morning of the anniversary of the death of Abdullah's family, in Erbil, Iraq on September 2nd, 2019.
Street scene in the city center of Erbil, Iraq, on Sept 3rd, 2019.
Abdullah Kurdi says goodbye to his sister Tima Kurdi on the 01.09.2019 after the have been buying school uniforms at the market. They are close.
On the 01.09.2019, blocks of ice lie in at 40 degrees celcius in the sun at a market in Erbil, Iraq.
Schooluniforms in bags in the rented car of Abdullah Kurdi in Erbil, Iraq, on the 01.09.2019.
On September 1st, 2019, Abdullah Kurdi sorts out school uniforms he plans to give away to refugee children the next day.
Unused carpets in Abdullah Kurdi's home on Sept 02, 2019, in Erbil, Iraq. He doesn't own the house and doesn't feel at home.
Jasemine flourishes in the frontyard of Abdullah Kurdi's house in Erbil, Iraq, on Sept 2nd, 2019. Tima Kurdi planted it there, it's her favourite plant.
The Great Zab, a river west of Erbil, Iraq, on Sept 2nd, 2019.
A class checks out the new school uniform at school at Gawilan refugee camp, Iraq, Sept 2nd, 2019, which they received from Abdullah Kurdi, father of Alan Kurdi.
Abdullah Kurdi during a break while distributing school uniforms which he bought with the money from the Alan and Ghalib Kurdi foundation at the school, at Gawilan refugee camp, Iraq, Sept 2nd, 2019.

A young girl checks her new school uniform she got from Abdullah and Tima Kurdi at school at Gawilan refugee camp, Iraq, Sept 2nd, 2019.
Decorated walls and carpets at Gawilan refugee camp, Iraq, on Sept 2nd, 2019.
Syrian Food at Gawilan refugee camp, Iraq, on Sept 2nd, 2019.
Two boys on the school yard seen through the decorated window pane at the "Save the children" center at a school at Gawilan refugee camp, Iraq, Sept 2nd, 2019.
A purple piece of corrugated iron in the streets of Ankawa, the Christian quarter of Erbil, Iraq on September 1st, 2019.
Fig tree and mint in the yard of a refugee home at Gawilan refugee camp, Iraq, Sept 2nd, 2019.
Tima Kurdi while driving back at night from Gawilan refugee camp, Iraq, Sept 2nd, 2019. She often has panic attacks since the tragedy.
Men under the alcoves of the bazaar in Erbil, Iraq, on Sept 5th, 2019.
Cloth in sunlight at th bazar in Erbil, Iraq, on Sept 3rd, 2019.
A man watches the water at a fountain with a boy in Erbil, Iraq, on Sept 3rd, 2019.
Abdullah Kurdi caresses Mirhad, son of a friend at Gawilan refugee camp, Iraq, on Sept 2nd, 2019.
Oriental Hornets drink water from a vase at the citadel of Erbil, Iraq, on Sept 3rd, 2019.