Last Tattooed Women of Kobani - Syria8

Amina Saleh--60 year-old woman from Musko, a village of Kobani, at Bulgur Fabrikasi refugee camp in Suruc, Turkey, October 25, 2014. Mother of 6, she got her face tattooed when she was about 10 years... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Mayre Hame, 65 or 66 year-old woman from Bir Rame, a village of Kobani. She is the mother of 11 children at Bulgur Fabrikasi refugee camp in Suruc, Turkey, October 25, 2014. ^My mother died when I was... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Fatima Habash, 55, from Kobani, and a mother of 8 children at refugee camp in Suruc, Turkey, October 25, 2014. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Safi Haso, about 70 years old, from Girik village of Kobani. ^We are probably the last generation that has tattoos, ^ she says. ^All Kurdish women had them.^ In addition to facial, hand and neck tatto... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Zubeyda Ali, 60, who fled Kobani with her whole family, including ten married children and 25 grandchildren, was tattooed at the age of 13. She has a large tattoo on her left hand and some small inver... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

^How beautiful we are, ^ says Goeja Haso, 60, from Girik village of Kobani, ^One young woman I knew had tattoos made by a gypsy woman, and when I saw, I cried and told my mother I wanted the same.^ © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Adule Imam Sheik Muhamad, 60, from Kabajuk village of Kobani with her grandchildren. ^I didn't want the tattoos, ^ she says, ^because it was very painful, but when I saw the results, I liked it.^ ~^In... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Adule Ali, about 80 years old, from Kobani. ^When I was young, a gypsy woman made my tattoos^, said Adule. As a young bride, her husband was apparently so taken by her beauty that upon seeing her retu... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen