Court in Erbil grants Kurdish woman Jiyan, once a lost Halabja survivor, Iraqi citizenship. She was given the name of Maryam while orphaned Iran. Background: http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/100420183 | Rudaw English

“When I go home from the hospital, Jihan always asks me ‘When will my brother come back? When will I get to play with him?’ But I have no answer for him. What do I tell him?” Tejal Vaghela is a mother of twin 2-year-olds, Jihan and Jiyan. But since Diwali, her heart has been torn between two places. At home, Jihan only sees his mother at night. At the hospital, Jiyan is battling with encephalitis. Her husband, the only breadwinner, is at the hospital, unable to go to his office. After exhausting