The Emirate of Botan

This article explores the historical evolution of the Botan region, tracing its origins back to Herodotus's mention in the Achaemenid Empire. The pr

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Musa Anter: A Silenced Kurdish Voice
The life of an intellectual is a long and arduous one. Every century a few pivotal figures become the articulators of
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The Free Yezidi Foundation’s Impact on Youth Education
In Shekhan District in the Nineveh Governorate of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, a beacon of hope and progress has emer
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Discovering 'Amedi'
In a captivating interview, we had the pleasure of speaking in Denmark with Kristian Alex Larsen, the author of a book
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Resilience and Talent of Kurdish Women
This article was inspired by the story about Firmesk Wirya Qaneh, the Kurdish woman chess champion, published in March
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Empowering Women in Halabja: The Her Voice Project
The Iraq Space Center (IQSC) recently celebrated the graduation of approximately 240 women from the Her Voice project
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Protecting Kurdistan’s Last Leopards
Brothers Nabaz Horeni and Bahez Horeni live in the village of Horen in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate of the Kurdistan R
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Undiscovered Treasures: Malmime Connects Art and Heritage
Last May, the Goethe-Institut, a non-profit German cultural association, invited a group of artists to Erbil to partic
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Kurdish Board Game Teaches Geography, Strategy, and Culture
Kurdistan Railways is a five-player strategy board game similar to Monopoly that was created by Alan Salah, a young Ku
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Sketches of Resilience: Falah’s Journey Through Chaos and Creativity
In 1993, in the middle of all the chaos in Iraq, a Yezidi boy in primary school finds comfort in watching cartoons on
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‘Rhino Season’ by Bahman Ghobadi: A Bleak Reality in Poetic Language
In his 2012 film Rhino Season, Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi, known for war-time dramas A Time for Drunken Horses (
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Yezidi Novelist Sparks a Literary Flame in Germany
Ronya Othmann was born in Munich, Germany, in 1992 to a Yezidi father and a German mother. Currently a university stud
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Calling All Kurds: 'The Good, the Bad, and the Gringo'
Award-winning writer and UK-based film director Kae Bahar, who was born in Kirkuk during the regime of Saddam Hussein,
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In the Studio with Master Calligrapher Bjar Erbili
In his studio on the outskirts of Erbil, master calligrapher Bjar Erbili is surrounded by the warm glow of creativity.
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Cross-Border Verses: The Kurdish Poetic Tradition
For the most part, the Kurds tend to garner the attention of the world only during major political events, such as the
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