Kurdish writer Ahmad Ghazi (RFE/RL) Iraq's Kurdistan region has achieved a degree of self-rule that Kurds in neighboring states like Turkey and Iran can only dream about. That is making Irbil a ...

Prime Minister hails Kurdistan’s culture of coexistence; warns about governing post-ISIS Mosul 13-12-2016 Rudaw ...

irbil, iraq -- Unshackled from Arab domination and the yoke of Saddam Hussein’s regime, Iraqi Kurdistan has grown into a powerful incubator of Kurdish ambitions and nationalism. But the enclave ...

The disarmament of the P.K.K., a group that has battled since the 1980s for Kurdish independence, could end a conflict that ...

Kurdish language and culture was also suppressed for many years in the countries where they live. The language itself is divided into several dialects. The book was written in Sorani, ...

Facebook X Reddit Email Save “Life.” That’s what Jîna Amini’s name meant in Kurdish, her native language. But after her death at the hands of Iran’s “morality police” last month ...

But in recent years, Erbil, the largest city in the Kurdish autonomous region in Iraq, has seen both a state- and citizen-led cultural revival that has buoyed its film industry.

Saban's new book, "My Father's Paradise," explores his father's heritage and the little-known and nearly forgotten culture of the Kurdish Jews. Yona Sabar, Ariel's father joins the discussion as well.