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Bahram Hajo: Emissary of Culture and Art
Born in 1952 in Tirbespi in Rojava Kurdistan (Kurdistan in Syria), Bahram Hajo moved with his family to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq at an early age, where he witnessed the Kurdish Revolution of the
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The Maestro of Kurdish Theater
Think of a writer, actor and director who has had a major impact on Kurdish theater over the span of 16 years and who, with each passing year, introduces audiences to innovative techniques, captivat
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Teaching Kurdish Language in China
Life is full of surprises and unique journeys. For Dyar Ali Kamal, a 46-year-old associate professor of linguistics from the Kurdistan Region, life has proved to be a truly one-of-a-kind journey.
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The Musical Legacy of Mohammed Zaza
Born in the early 1950s in Qamishli, a Kurdish city in Syria, Mohammed Aziz Zaza’s beginnings were modest, but he soon discovered in himself a love of music. Zaza’s early encounters with music were
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This is Fadil Jaf
Fadil Jaf – now a diligent scholar, cosmopolitan director and actor, and prolific translator – was passionate about music since childhood. In his early youth, he was influenced by existentialism and
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Repatriation of Artifacts
In February, a delegation from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and U.S. Consulate General in Erbil visited the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) General Directorate of Antiquities and Heritage to disc
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If This is a Girl
Thanks to Primo Levi for ‘If This is a Man’
On the 8th commemoration of Yazidi genocide (3 August 2019)
You who walk free
In your own town
You who can sing in your mother tongue
You who can
