Kavien Photographer at the memorial website of Kavien Begikhani
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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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