An inside look at the lives of refugees and internally displaced persons in Iraqi Kurdistan. The region is thought to be hosting approximately 1.4 million internally displaced persons (IDP) and refugees. This number is expected to rise due to ongoing instability in Syrian Kurdistan and Iraq’s Nineveh province, especially with escalating violence in areas surrounding Mosul, Iraq‘s second largest city. The sudden occupation of Mosul by Islamic State (IS) militants in early June forced tens of thousands of ethnic and religious minorities to seek refuge in Iraq’s Kurdish region, as they fled execution, sexual enslavement and cultural elimination.