25 years old
From Aqaba, Jordan
Ibrahim is a Catholic and is caretaker of the Greek Catholic Church in Aqaba
19 years old
Student in Nizip, Turkey
Most of his friends call him Çetin, which means tough. It suits his physique as he is quite a big guy and he’s quite ok with this pet name as there’re plenty of Ibrahims already.
19 years old
Born in Wadi Rum, Jordan
Ibrahim is a member of a bedouin family. Alzalabieh works as a guide and chauffeur in Rainbow Bedouin Camp, his father Suleiman’s business
31 years old
From Erbil, Iraqi-Kurdistan
Photographed in front of his BBQ stand in the streets of Erbil, which is quite famous because of his Tik Tok Chanel. He has million views checking his videos of recipes and his business. Every night it’s busy, but at the moment - as it is Ramadan - his place is packed during iftar.
12 years old
Born in Feynan, Jordan
Salahim and his friends were photographed in the local village school
35 years old
Fireman in Iskanderun, Turkey
Ibrahim has been team leader for the last three years. A week before we met him, he was called back from his Holliday as there were several large forest fires on the outskirts of Iskanderun.
25 years
From Aqaba, Jordan
Ibrahim declined to give his family name because of his job. It is tiring being a police officer, and the hours are long, he confided.
21 years old
From the rural grounds, close to Erbil, Iraqi-Kurdistan
Photographed while playing backgammon. The tattoo on his finger is a moment to a special girl who unfortunately died.
40 years old
From Sulaymaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan
Ibrahim used to be a bookseller in Juli, but - as the economy ha been so bad - at the moment he is unemployed.
30 years old
From Aleppo, Syria. Living in Iskandur, Turkey.
Ibrahim is a well known poet.
35 years old
Photographed in Ashti IDP Camp nabij Arbat, Iraqi-Kurdistan
Originally from Saladin Government from where he fled in 2014. “It felt like we had no choice. And that is still the case, actually. We will have to stay here, is what it feels like.”
Ibrahim stays here with his large family of 7 kids of which the youngest one was recently born in the camp. “Luckily the camp gives some sort of safety and it has facilities.”
17 years old
Photographed near Ceylani, Turkey
Recently started working as a pomegranate picker.
14 years old
Photographed in Baoun, Jordan
He was helping to herd some sheep, instead of going to school (on that particular day).
5 or 6 years old
Lives in Harran, Turkey
Father Adnan is Kurdish and works as the up-keeper of one of the historical houses in Harran, a place some 40 km South-East of Sanliurfa. A crossroad of ancient trade routes in the area.
28 years old
Yukaribstanci, Turkey
Yasar is Kurdish and owns a Kadoil tankstation and small supermarket along the D400.
29-year
Born in Petra, Jordan
Ibrahim comes from the Huatad tribe. His family still has caves in Petra to live in. He runs an Airbnb/guesthouse in Umm Sayhoun, commonly known as the Bedouin Village close to the heritage site. Bidul works as a guide and runs his own market stall with souvenirs.
51 or 52 years old
From Haladn in the Mergapan-valley, Iraqi-Kurdistan
A peshmerga with quite some stories.
Amman, Jordan
Two boys trail through this street in Jordans capital city of Amman. Ibrahim Abd al-Fattah Tuqan (1905–1941) was a Palestinian nationalist and poet, a prominent public figure in the their revolt against the British mandate.
Wall in the streets of Sanliurfa, Turkey
51 years
Works as a guide in Petra, Jordan
A member of a bedouin tribe that hails mostly from the Dead Sea area and the south of Madaba.
44 years old
From Hama, Syria. Photographed in Antakya, Turkey.
33 years old
From Erbil, Iraqi-Kurdistan
During the day, Abraham works in a garage. At night he races the streets in Erbil in his yellow Stinger. It’s not really legal, but also not illegal and prices can go quite high. Soon he wants to travel to Germany.
45 years old
He comes from Aqaba, Jordan
Retired from work in a factory.
Has two sons, both of whom are medical students.
40 years old
Photographed in Ashti IDP Camp nabij Arbat, Iraqi-Kurdistan
Left Saladin in 2015 and now lives in Ashti with his big family: 11 kids. “At the start it wasn’t easy to settle here, coming from houses and having to live in tents. And at some point you realize that you have to accept it, to accept that everything changes and that you will have to say, ‘OK, we must move on’.” Now he can work and does so in Suli, mainly in construction with several of his sons. Ibrahims kids are between seventeen and two years old; the youngest two were born in the camp.
69 years old
Lives most of the year in Paris, France. The resting time living in his family village Dolunay, Turkey.
Arslan is Kurdish. He is construction worker, specialised in ‘oldstyle’ houses and has a lot of work in France.
Amman, Jordan
A random note in a small coffee bar/working space in Amman. Ibrahim would like to learn better English.
41 years old
Photographed in a teahouse in Sulaymaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan
As he was completely invested in a game of OK, friends of Ibrahim speak for him when we try to learn more about him. “If someone would call the teahouse at this moment to tell him his mom died, I doubt he would leave this game to go home” they joke.
age; unknown
Farms in Yukaribstanci, Turkey
We met this Ibrahim as he was filling up his tractor at the Kadoil owned by Ibrahim Yasar. As he was in a rush to get back to work, we don’t know more about him.
7 years old
From Kavalcik, Turkey
12 years old
Countryside near Suruç, Turkey
Ibrahim is accompanied by his nephews Mahmoud and Whalil. When they stop their tractor to speak to us, Mahmoud shows us a photo send by Ibrahim Ates Feride, who we met and photographed earlier that day.
33 years old
Entrepreneur in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
Started his shop in fancy dresses when he was 22 years old. His customers come to his shop in the Bazar to pick luxurious fabrics that are used to create handmade dresses.
Age; unknown
Tekyamaç, Turkey
Zeliha is Kurdish and the mother of Ibrahim, who was working in Antalya at the time we met her.
40 years old
From Saraqeb, North-West Syria
Photographed in a revalidation home in Reyhanli, Turkey
Ibrahim and his daughter have been staying in this home for the past 9 months as Farah (5) had a condition called osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bones disease. In Reyhanli Farah can’t be operated, so they’re awaiting answer from the UN where they requested an operation in Europe.
Photographed in Ashti IDP Camp nabij Arbat, Iraqi-Kurdistan
Originally from the Saladin region, Abu Ibrahim and his family came to Ashti in 2015. They - a family of 24 in total - had to flee the region due to instability and violence. “We would all like to go back, but there is no military that we can count on to protect us. We wish the Iraqi government would or could do more to help us refugees, but they are too weak - just look at what happened before in our province, our house was set on fire, the neighborhood demolished. There is nothing we could go back to.”
age; unknown
Desert near Feynan, Jordan
Literally, “Ibrahim’s father”. We met him on the way between Little Petra and Feynan village, on the site where his family is working to build a new guest house. He was overlooking the construction work; his son Ibrahim was at work elsewhere. His motorbike was safely stored in a tent, wich his father was more than happy to show us.
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55 years old
Kurdish farmer in Uruyaltir, Turkey
Together with his brother he is checking his lands, picking some pomegranates, figs and other goods.
4 years old
From around Idlib, Syria
Photographed in a revalidation home in Reyhanli, Turkey
Ibrahim has an heart condition. His mother hopes they can help him in Istanbul
70 years
Karak, Jordan
A butcher for decades, Sarayeh (70) had thrown out his back and was confined to his bed in Karak. His butchery in the centre of town had not been open for business for three months.
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68 years old
Born and bred in Dana, Jordan
This farmer is known locally as a ‘big guy’: a farmer with several orchards, two married daughters and six sons, who work in the family business and are kept on a short leash.
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35 years old
From the Wadi Araba area, Jordan
Zenon has lived in Feynan village for years to work as a hiking guide and a general janitor at the luxurious Feynan Eco Lodge.
19 years old
Studies in Nizip, Turkey
39 years old
From Petra, Jordan
A nature ranger in the Little Petra ranger, photographed in the heritage site.
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42 years old
Born in Petra, Jordan
Photographed in Al-Ayes, Tafilah, near a busstop (as travellers were waiting for transport from the Technical University to Karak).
A 40 years old
From Dana, Jordan
Owner of a local small supermarket in the new village.
28 years old
Bireçik, Turkey
45 years old
Born in the Hariema district, Jordan.
He has been employed in the Madaba tourism department for the past 19 years and lives there with his wife and five children. Sheghamba and his colleague, also Ibrahim, are both muslims. Their boss is a Christian, which in Jordan is “absolutely no problem”.
42 years old
From Madaba camp, Jordan. With Palestinian roots.
Just like his colleague Ibrahim (also pictured), he works at the Madaba Tourism Directorate. Lives in Madaba with his family: his wife and four children.
47 year old
From Kuwait. Butcher in Madaba, Jordan
He came to Jordan from Kuwait, where he was born, for school. He’s been a butcher for the past 25 years.
9 and 4 years old
Madenboyu, Turkey
These two boys are nephews, named after their grandfather. All first born boys are named after their grandfather here, it’s tradition. Father lives in the home as well ;as patriarch of 4 families.
Amman, Jordan
During our journey we met people who were reading the book, talked with passion about ‘The Alchemis’. It was the last day that we found one in a coffee bar library, that once belonged to…
17 years old
From Said Sadeeq, Iraqi-Kurdistan
A short family story. Originally Ibrahim was named Diako when he was born. A strong Kurdish name that originated in Iran, remembering a celebrated general. But baby Diako didn’t sleep. He cried all night, every night; driving his family to dispair. When his father asked for advise from the Sheik, he was told to rename the baby. From that moment on, the family had restful perfect nights, as baby Ibrahem finally was at peace.
48 years old
Born in Ziglab, Jordan.
Zuerqi runs his own charcoal production business, which is where he was photographed. Four sons help with the collection and burning of wood; he also has two daughters.
27 years old
From Sanliurfa, Turkey. Photographed in Halfeti, Turkey
As a fresh father of two months old twins Omer and Mohammed, him and the whole family went out for the weekend. Ibrahim still has to get used to being a father.
4 months old
Born in Narlica, near Antakya, Turkey
This Ibrahim is actually named after the prophet as there’re no other Ibrahims in the family.
About 78 years old
Born and bred in the agricultural backlands of Madaba, close to Mt. Nebo. Jordan
19 years old
From Madaba, Jordan
Born to a Palestinian family, Marini graduated high school recently. In helping his family with bills, he works two jobs. We met and photographed him at the restaurant he works.
37 years old
Works as a teacher in Halfeti, Turkey
Due to COVID, all schools are closed at the moment, so he is helping out his father, who owns a gas station.
13 years old
From Thlal, a small village near the Wadi Arab Dam, Jordan.
Loves football and playing with his friends.
6 years old
From around Jabal Zawiya, Syria
Photographed in a recovery home in Reyhanli, Turkey
Ibrahim lost his hearing due to continuous bombing in the area he lived. Now he’s staying in the home with his father who is making a big effort to teach his son how to speak.
18 years old
Photographed in his shop in the Bazar of Erbil, Iraqi-Kurdistan.
Covid 19 did have quite an impact on the store that he runs with his brother. Due to the lockdown they had to close a few times. Luckily business is picking up again.
Photographed at Alyoun graveyard, Jordan
”This soul, from the holy Koran, passed away.
He went to Hadj, to fear death.
1st of December 1983.”
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27 years old
From Damascus, Syria
Photographed in the Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan.
This Ibrahim declined to give his last name: having abandoned his post in the Syrian national army seven years ago, such information would be far too sensitive.
47 years old
From Sulaymaniya, Iraqi-Kurdistan
Ibrahem is the neighbour of our local guide Srood. He lives next-door with his parents and his wife and has some land outside of Suli where he grows weed. Due to the recent drought business is going bad lately. Still he is in a good mood as he recently has become a father of a newborn daughter.
He likes his name as it a holy reference. His parents gave him the name as the Mullah told them to do so.
26 years old
Born in Amman, Jordan
Photographed in the ice cream shop where he works, in the hip Jabal al-Weibdeh neighborhood of Amman.
16 years old
From Antakya, Turkey
Ibrahim is been working in this little bakery ever since he was an 8 year old boy, doing little chores. For the last 3 years he’s been helping out making the 5000 lavas - flatbreads - they make here every day.
25 years old
From the Daraa area, Syria
Started his own barber shop in Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan.
El-Hariri fled his home in Syria six years ago and dreams of expanding his business.
32 years old
From Amman, Jordan
Ibrahim is the owner of a small phone store in Amman’s hip Weibdeh area.
36 years old
From Salma, North-West Syria. Now Turkish resident, photographed in Yayladagi, Turkey
Raised in the country side, showing us all kinds of crops, berries, olives etc while we were walking.
10 years old
Comes from Hama, Syria. Living and photographed in Kirikhan, Turkey.
Ibrahim is in sixteenths grade. His father runs a store in a neighbourhood where many Syrians live, work or have their own little company.
50 years old
Born and living in Kilis, Turkey
Ibrahim is a farmer, having some land just outside of Kilis right at the border with Syria.
32 years old, born in nablus.
He’s been working in the old Souq of Nablus for the past 13 years, making some of the best kneffe in town.
55 or 56 years old
Photographed in the Tariqa in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi-Kurdistan
Ibrahim is from Amman, Jordan, visiting Sulaymaniya to visit the Dervish Tariqa to honour the recently deceased Sheik.
A 30 year old graphic designer living and working in Aida camp, Bethlehem. He works in a cultural centre, creating different art with a laser cutting machine. With some of his colleagues he’s creating a museum in the buildings cellar, which is an old cave.
Turned 20 the day we took this picture, also Christmas day. Ibrahim works in a shawarma place in Ramallah, Palestine. We met him on a rossing though, just after having a birthday lunch in one of the competing restaurants with his friends.
Only 17 years old and photographed in Ramallah, Palestina. He was just getting into a taxi when he heard his name. And so did we.
28 years old. He comes from the South of the Westbank Palestine, near Hebron and could be qualified as a IDP refugee. He now lives in Ramallah and works there in a little fruit stall.
10 year old and living in Aida Camp Bethlehem, just like his grandfather. Who happens to carry the same name. As did his grandfather, Ibrahims, great great grand father.
Lives in Aida camp, Bethlehem since 1948. Inherited his name from his grandfather who, just as himself worked as a welder. The whole family works in the metal industry. Ibrahim stopped working due to a knee injury. He’s the grandfather of 10 year old Ibrahim who also lives in Aida Camp.
33 year old father of Ibrahim who will soon turn 9 years old and is in school when we are invited in for tea by Haitians wife. He works as a private taxi driver and even though they are muslim, they live in a lovely cave-like home in te predominately Christian neighbourhood Beith Jala in Bethlehem.
