Visual contextCity context: Erbil Citadel and the historic urban core. This photograph gives geographic context and does not depict the exact Jewish cemetery or village record.Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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DESTINATION DOSSIER
Awena Jewish Village represents the rural Jewish world of Iraqi Kurdistan, about 20 Jewish families before the mass migration.
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
CATEGORYHistoric Village
REGIONErbil
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Erbil Citadel and historic core
City context: Erbil Citadel and the historic urban core. This photograph gives geographic context and does not depict the exact Jewish cemetery or village record.
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Koy Sanjaq / Koye and its hills
City context: Koy Sanjaq / Koye and its surrounding hills. The photograph situates the Jewish neighborhood and cemetery records within the wider town.
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