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Road to Erbil: Crossing Cultures in Music
As the lights dimmed in the Cologne, Germany, concert hall, a hush fell over the crowd. The audience sat in anticipation, filling every seat. Moments later, the first notes filled the air – a mix of
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The Peshmerga Who Sang for His Country
In a long journey filled with artistic and political struggle, the Kurdish artist Hassan Sharif has achieved many milestones that formed his artistic career, some of which were related to fighting f
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The Healing Generation
The November issue of Kurdistan Chronicle featured a story about the training in cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) being delivered by the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre, a part of Oxford University,
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Halabja’s Pomegranate Revival
The history of the city of Halabja is rich in events both happy and tragic. The city has sacrificed much, but these sacrifices have led to freedom and prosperity. One event serves as a celebration o
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Adorning Jewelry with a Touch of Kurdish Culture
Sayran Barzani, whose paternal grandfather was a peshmerga fighter who died during the First Iraqi-Kurdish War in the 1960s, was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, yet speaks Kurdish fluently. Her pa
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‘Little Kurdistan’ in Napa Valley
Mehmet Siddik Torun, originally from Dersim (Tunceli), Turkiye, has built his own little Kurdish paradise in Northern California. Fleeing persecution in Turkiye in 1994, he and his family moved to E
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Kurdistan
The July issue of Kurdistan Chronicles, issue 16, featured a story about a mental health training project led by the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Center (OCTC), a part of Oxford University. This story r
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