This powerful journey was submitted to The Kurdish Project from English traveler & storyteller, Hannah Ait Ahmed
Real People, Real Stories
A Word with Ava Homa
To find out more about writer, journalist, and activist Ava Homa, visit , and click here for more information on Daughters of Smoke and Fire. Can you tell us a bit about your background and how you got into writing, both...
Alan Amedi: Kurdish Medical Student & Healthcare Hero
Alan Amedi is a Kurdish-American medical student who was born in the U.S. immediately after his parents arrived in the U.S. as Kurdish refugees. Alan will be attending the Emory School of Medicine this fall—likely as one of the...
The Story of my Grandparents
The Story of my Grandparents Coming from London, one of the most multi-cultural, diverse cities in the world; where you originate from is often a topic of conversation. I remember people saying to me that because I was born in...
The Kurdish Saudade
Submitted by Mediha Inan Exactly one year ago, someone who is very important to me asked me a question that profoundly changed my perception of myself and my cultural identity. Ever since I can remember, my siblings and I share...
My Kurdish Experience in the Battle of Mosul
Submitted by Matt Green In the summer of 2017, I took a short-term position as a combat trauma instructor in Kurdistan through a British NGO and eventually became a nurse practitioner. As waves of Kurdish refugees fled from Daesh...
Op-Ed: Dictators aren’t built in a day
This article was originally posted in The Brussels Times on October 31, 2019. The last few weeks have witnessed a catastrophic geopolitical development in Rojava, Northeast Syria. On October 6, US President Donald Trump announced...
Welcome to Rania Bazaar
Contributed by Marilyn Gardner, a nurse and writer who had the privilege of living in Rania for ten months from 2018 to 2019. In that short time, she fell in love with the people of Kurdistan and plots every day how she might...