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  Yezidi gril, hiding a bit shy behind her mother's traditional Yezidi/Kurdish dress.
 
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  Same girl, now somewhat less shy.
 
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  Foto taken in the bookstore in The Hague (Kavien had a passion for bookstores).
 
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  The lake near Binnenhof (Dutch parliament building).
 
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  The same lake near Binnenhof, now viewed from the other side.
 
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  Kavien's worktable in The Hague.
 
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  Kavien's diary and his fountain pen in Coffee Lab Eindhoven.
 
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  Gala means leave (of a tree). The leave also refers to Kavien's Kurdish fiancee, with whom he had serious plans to build a future. 
 
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  Autumn leaves, also a reference to Gala, his fiancee.
 
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  Plant's corner of Kavien's room in de LUC building.
 
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  Kavien had, based on his fine sense of aesthetics, bought this lamp for his mother in an antiques store in Amsterdam.
 
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  An apple with garlic garlic and clove, a symbol for the poisonous gas used at Halabja (part of Kavien's exhibition at LUC).
 
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  Old trees in the park. Note the old tree having lost many branches, yet strong and full of life.
 
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  During a cup of coffee. Note the book on war crimes, a theme Kavien was very concerned with.
 
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  Abandoned agriculture machine, winter 2018, Luynes, near Tours, France.
 
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  Winter landscape, also Luynes near Tours, France.
 
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  Winter landscape, Luynes. Note the beautiful panoramic perspective: Kavien was well-aware of what would make beautiful composition.
 
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  Street in Luynes (near Tours, France), not far from the house of aunt Nazand, who can be seen on the photo.
 
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  Paris, 2018.
 
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  Kavien and aunt Nazand placing a lock on a Paris bridge.
 
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  Romantic old lock.
 
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  Family photos.
 
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  Family photos.
 
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  Photo of Kavien's grandmother with olive leaves and her prayer beads.
 
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  Parliament building, Erbil, Kurdistan.
 
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  Man in traditional Yezidi outfit at the doorstep of his house.
 
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  Yezidi boy.
 
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  Yezidi women.
 
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  Dried flowers on a wall near the cave of the wishing stone of the Lalish temple.
 
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  Vessels inside the cave of the wishing stone of the Lalish temple.
 
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  Man in traditional Yezidi outfit at the doorstep of his house.
 
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  Flowers in one of the houses demolished by the regime, left unaltered since, as a sign of respect.
 
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  Aunt Nazand, near the cemetery of Kavien's grandmother's grave.
 
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  Aunt Nazand at the grave of her mother, Kavien's grandmother.
 
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  Koya, Kavien's city. Houses demolished by the regime, left unaltered since.
 
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  Abandoned traditional house in Koya.
 
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  The old house where Kavien's grand-grandparents lived, now uninhabited.
 
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  Aunt Nazand in Koya, the city where Kavien was born.
 
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