What you bring when you run for your life
Displaced Iraqis pose with the one item they couldn't leave behind
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(Image credit: (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)In those hasty last moments, there's no time to thougtfully pack a suitcase and get your house in order. In most cases, these refugees could grab only a few small ite)

(Image credit: (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)After speaking with Iraqi Christians at a refugee camp in Erbil, Iraq, photographer Matt Cardy created portraits of his subjects with the items they hold most dear. M)

(Image credit: (Matt Cardy/Getty Images))

(Image credit: (Matt Cardy/Getty Images))

(Image credit: (Matt Cardy/Getty Images))

(Image credit: (Matt Cardy/Getty Images))

(Image credit: (Matt Cardy/Getty Images))

(Image credit: (Matt Cardy/Getty Images))

(Image credit: (Matt Cardy/Getty Images))

(Image credit: (Matt Cardy/Getty Images))
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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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