Reinhard Kleist organised a drawing workshop for the refugee children at the Kawergosk camp. Here is their work.

The film director Pierre Schoeller, noted for his film "The Minister", has chosen to show the raw truth: by entrusting his cameras to a few refugees who filmed their daily, private lives, he delivers a strong and raw film for ARTE reportage about the Kawergosk refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Discover Reza’s photographs. Recognized the world over for his photos and his humanitarian commitment, he has travelled all over the Kawergosk refugee camp for us.

Reinhard Kleist, a cartoonist from Berlin, tells of his immersion in the Kawergosk Syrian refugee camp with his pencil and with his words. 

"A sort of half basin of land, a sea of white tents, as far as the eye can see, laid out in a simple, perfectly aligned grid."

 "In such impoverished circumstances there is no question of dowries or social class."

"Kawergosk may be the name of their new lives, and this puts an unfathomable sadness in their eyes"

"On the one hand mud that gets everywhere, on the other people pitifully coping with makeshift shoes."

"If I knew the way home, I’d leave immediately"