IRAN. Heydar Abad Village, Khuzestan. 2018. Katayoun Jamalpour, 48 years old in her house. She live is a small house with her children and her husband, Zohrab Jamalpour, 62 years old continue being a shepherd with nomadic life style. Zohrab Jamalpour: “Nomadics life has been changed a lot and it’s changing faster more and more each day. Now I am living a nomadic life while my wife and family live in a house in a small village. I chose this style and I really feel good about it as my family are living a better life now having a house with electricity, phone and many other stuff which comfort their lives. Before even a rain could have been a catastrophe for us, we had pack our stuff quickly and take care of the folks and the kids and it was a horrible life. I believe that the nomadic life will extinct whiten the next years. For example, at the time we moved to a house it was just our family and no other families were there for kilometers but now It became a village and perhaps in the next years it will become a small city and it grows each day. I spend the nights here in mountains with my flock. Some times I force my sons to stay here since it’s hard for me to shepherding alone. They hate it but there is no other way and we have to keep our flock to have an income. I sleep here so tight and calm.”

Katayoun Jamalpour: “ I got married when I was only 13 years old and I became pregnant 2 years later. I have 7 children and I really want them to study and continue their education. I would force them to if I have to. Even if I could go back in time I would choose studying instead of getting married. I believe If they go to university they can have a better life.”

In the background there are the new stuff they have bought for the house as it’s getting bigger with building a new room.