UN OCHA
SHAMA YOSIF BAHI, 77, WIDOW
Shama Yosif, a 77-year-old Christian woman from Qaraqosh District in Ninewa, lives at the Al-Amal IDP complex outside Erbil. She shares a 25 m2 area with her son and two daughters. Shama’s husband passed away 20 years ago. “We lost everything when IS came. I would like to return, but I see no hope of that happening now. It just doesn’t seem possible anymore. I don’t know what will happen to the young people of this country.”
Photo: OCHA/Bahaa Elias.
SHAMA YOSIF BAHI, 77, WIDOW
Shama Yosif, a 77-year-old Christian woman from Qaraqosh District in Ninewa, lives at the Al-Amal IDP complex outside Erbil. She shares a 25 m2 area with her son and two daughters. Shama’s husband passed away 20 years ago. “We lost everything when IS came. I would like to return, but I see no hope of that happening now. It just doesn’t seem possible anymore. I don’t know what will happen to the young people of this country.”
Photo: OCHA/Bahaa Elias.