Joanna

CompanyBerlingske
ClientAsger Ladefoged
PhotographerAsger Ladefoged
PrizeGold in Press / Feature Story
Entry Description

She grew up as a refugee in Denmark, but in november 2014 she dropped out of high school to join the fight against Islamic State Joanna Palani, 22, was born in an Iraqi refugee camp in 1993 after her parents fled from Kurdish Iran. In ’96 her family managed to escape to Denmark where Joanna Palani grew up the countryside. “Let me be honest. Some times when we’ve been shot at I’ve prayed to god and promised my self that I would travel back to Denmark and live a normal life if just I survived this moment” Joanna Palani says. By April 2015 she still hasn’t fulfilled that promised. For Joanna the Kurdish war again ISIS is more important.