Kurdish culture

“My Father’s Last Meal”—a Kurdish Tale

“My Father’s Last Meal”—a Kurdish Tale

In the aftermath of his father's death by shrapnel from an Iraqi shell, Dilan Qadir contends with a...

NOVEMBER 28, 2023 • By Dilan Qadir
First Kurdish Sci-Fi Collection is Rooted in the Past

First Kurdish Sci-Fi Collection is Rooted in the Past

Matt Broomfield reviews the first anthology of Kurdish science fiction, one that envisions new possibilities for Kurdish self-determination.

NOVEMBER 28, 2023 • By Matthew Broomfield
Hardi Kurda: Archiving the Sounds of Northern Iraq

Hardi Kurda: Archiving the Sounds of Northern Iraq

Melissa Chemam profiles Iraqi Kurdish musician-composer Hardi Kurda and his projects Space 21 and Archive Khanah: Sounds from...

FEBRUARY 5, 2023 • By Melissa Chemam
Hawra Al-Nadawi: “Tuesday and the Green Movement”

Hawra Al-Nadawi: “Tuesday and the Green Movement”

Translator Alice Guthrie shares a preview of Al-Nadawi's exquisite 2017 novel "Qismet," a Kurdish story set in Iraq...

JUNE 15, 2022 • By Hawra Al-Nadawi
The Harrowing Life of Kurdish Freedom Activist Kobra Banehi

The Harrowing Life of Kurdish Freedom Activist Kobra Banehi

Excerpted from the anthology Kurdish Women’s Stories (Pluto Press, 2020), by special arrangement with editor Houzan Mahmoud.  ...

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 • By Kobra Banehi
Academics, Signatories, and Putschists

Academics, Signatories, and Putschists

Kurdish poet and scholar Selîm Temo, takes us inside the continuing Academics for Peace struggle through his personal...

DECEMBER 20, 2020 • By Selim Temo
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