Choman’s Farmers on the Border of Iraq

One citizen journalist decided to go where the Taiwanese media seem to have forgotten about, and Taiwanese journalists seldom set foot in – Iraq.  CJ ‘Chihchun’ decided to assume the post of volunteer citizen journalist while traveling with a volunteer group travel in Iraq, recording everything he encountered on the journey.

She covered the border people of Choman, where the vast majority of the 20,000 population are either of fixed residence or semi-nomadic.  As a consequence of the Turkey-Iraq dispute, and sitting directly in the firing range, they often suffer from loss of life and property.  They reveal their heartfelt feelings and angst with regards to their unfortunate predicament.

Choman’s Farmers on the Border of Iraq
URL: http://www.peopo.org/news/55520

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媒體記者要伊拉克採訪困難重重，台灣幾乎沒有記者深入到伊拉克，但是擔任志工的公民記者chihchun隨著志工團到伊拉克服務，也透過鏡頭記錄下他所看到的伊拉克。

此次報導兩伊邊境Choman的農民，這個人口兩萬多人的區域，居民多數為定居與半遊牧的生活形態。這裡的人常常因為土耳其，伊朗，與游擊隊間的交火而蒙受生命與財產的損失。他們在鏡頭下吐露無奈心聲。