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Cathy Otten

Cathy Otten is a British journalist and author based in Iraqi Kurdistan. She has written for publications including the Independent, Newsweek, Time, Monocle and the Guardian.

March 2018

  • Iraqis walk along a destroyed street in the old city of Mosul eight months after the Iraqi government forces regained control from Isis.

    Cities at war
    Rising from the rubble: 'If we don't rebuild Mosul, maybe Isis will come back’

    Months after Isis was forced out and tired of waiting for government action, volunteers have begun the urgent job of rebuilding Iraq’s cities

July 2017

  • Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar, Iraq

    The long read
    Slaves of Isis: the long walk of the Yazidi women

    The long read: When Isis rounded up Yazidi women and girls in Iraq to use as slaves, the captives drew on their collective memory of past oppressions – and a powerful will to survive
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