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Rudaw visited the Kumzar people, a remote community in northern Oman, who speak a distinct language with remarkable ...
I did feel that the day was going to come eventually, but it’s not a song I ever wanted to sing,” Julian Lennon told me in ...
Luke Styles’ orchestral piece inspired by Behrouz Boochani’s account of detention on Manus Island was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus during Refugee Week ...
The Kurdish-Kiwi singer takes every day as a blessing, using her music to inspire, connect, andultimately heal the world through song. Mitchell Hageman hears how her New Zealand upbringing and ...
Rapper Saman Yasin was imprisoned and says he was tortured for his involvement in anti-regime protests in Iran. Now, speaking exclusively to CNN, he’s able to recount how he escaped the country.
Rıfat Roni has spent more than a decade as an official court interpreter facilitating communication for Kurdish speakers in legal proceedings. This week, he found himself in the dock facing charges.
Since 2012, pupils can ask for two hours of Kurdish lessons Some parents say requests not met, schools can't find teachers Teachers' union says families fear stigmatisation if they ask Turkey may ...
But for some Kurdish men, women, and children, joyful dancing and singing of Kurdish political folk songs at wedding parties or elsewhere has ended in arrest and charges of “spreading terrorist ...
Erdogan’s Long Arm Threatens Kurdish Exiles in Sweden Those who fled Turkey are now facing extradition as Ankara seeks concessions from Stockholm before approving its NATO bid.
Hundreds of people celebrated Newroz, or the Kurdish new year, in northeast Syria on Tuesday. Newroz in Kurdish, or Nowruz in Farsi, is also known as Persian New Year. Men and women in the Kurdish ...