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The 11th Duhok International Film Festival
From December 16-19, 2024, the picturesque city of Duhok in the Kurdistan Region hosted the 11th Duhok International Film Festival. This year’s festival showcased a diverse lineup of Kurdish and int
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Jamana: A Young Designer’s Aspiration
Huda Hassan, a 26-year-old Kurdistani girl from Erbil, is the designer of a modern Kurdish clothing brand of her own creation called Jamana, or Jamadani.
Having launched the brand four years ago, H
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A Movement Sparked by Potential
Celebrating International Volunteer Day with a look at how volunteers are shaping Kurdistan’s future
If you ask Mohammed al-Jaff to tell you about the transformative ripple effect that volunteering
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Lion of Language: Taufiq Wahby
Leading Kurdish statesman and politician Taufiq Wahby was born into a family that loved writing and language. His maternal grandfather, Rasul Masti (Katib Al-Arshif), was a writer for literary and c
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Surezha: Examining 6,500 Years of History
On the sunbaked plains of Kurdistan, about 20 kilometers south of the capital Erbil, lies the ancient village of Surezha. At first glance, it may seem like any other quiet spot in the countryside, b
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How Kurds are Transforming Moorhead, Minnesota
In 1976, Hameed Alemadi became the first Kurdish person to settle in the U.S. state of Minnesota, forever linking the city of Moorhead with the Kurdish diaspora. Originally from Amedi, a town in the
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The Promethean Man in Kurdish Political Thought
Kurdish political thought, as an inseparable part of global human history and philosophical discourse, is shaped by elements that provide it with philosophical space and time of existence. These ele
