. >> kadir: yes. >> anthony: i remember him well, running uphill.. >> kadir: yes, all right. >> anthony: he would like that? >> kadir: yeah, he'd like. >> anthony: first cigarette in two years for you, man. ♪ ♪ [ helicopter ] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> anthony: what does it mean to be strong? it implies hardness, inflexibility. okinawa is a place with a fighting tradition. a history of ferocious resistance. but it's nothing like what you might think. not at all. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good

for local businessman rizgar kadir, who's construction company has a contract to build a kempinski hotele, business has been effected by isis. >> when isis took over mosul some indian worked were kidnapped by them. the indian government started to take back all the employees, they opened an office in erbil and they took back indians. we lost around 800 employees. now we have around 200 of them back. we are working on the project but very slow. >> reporter: as the sun falls over erbil, the city's streets become busier. young men gather in this market. many are putting off marriage and a family until times get better. at least here they can meet friends, and enjoy a cheap meal. rivan is a teacher who hasn't been paid in four months. "yes, it's tough," he says, "but people here believe if their military can fight isis, or deash as they call the group, without a salary, they should be just as stoic." so you haven't received a salary for four months? >> four months, yeah. >> reporter: so how do you survive? >> what shall we do? we are just living and for another side we have armed forces, pes