I have just finished tracing the streets of Slêmanî, or Sulaymaniyah, as it’s otherwise known. It’s pretty satisfying to map a large proportion of a major city by yourself; and this is my third.

I like to think of it as part of the missing map project, my own side line of it. From what I’ve read, internet access in Iraq is disproportionately expensive compared to the GDP of country, which would explain why even rapidly growing relatively rich regions haven’t been mapped by the inhabitants.

Countries I’m a citizen of are busy dropping bombs on daesh; I don’t know how I feel about that- in a neo-colonial sense and because of the awful mess that has come from previous efforts. I’d rather help out Kurdistan with something practical, unrelated to military hardware. So there you go people, add all the detail and make it your own.