We believe that one of the best ways to improve cross cultural understanding is by getting to know real people and hearing their personal stories. We aim to show the cultural similarities and differences between Kurds and other countries through personal stories, photo essays, interviews, videos, and art projects. We hope that you can learn more about what it means to be Kurdish, by reading the following stories and insights.
This blog is curated by The Kurdish Project, and contains stories and insights written about Kurds, user generated content, and interviews with Kurds that we’ve conducted. Please share your own Kurdish story today!
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...
Here at The Kurdish Project, we have had the distinct privilege of connecting with Dilman Yasin, Director of Community Outreach at The Kurdish Professionals. Dilman contributes to the organization’s mission of creating a global...
Submitted by Marilyn Gardner “I miss Kurdistan.” I texted these words to my husband. He responded as I knew he would: “Me too.” For ten months we had the privilege of living in a small city in Kurdistan...
In 1981, my oldest son was killed under Saddam’s Arabization of Kirkuk at the age of 12. In the years following, during the Arabization, Saddam killed hundreds of thousands of Barzani, Halapja, and Anfal people. In 1990, my...
The Kurdish Project had the opportunity to interview Lukman Ahmad, a Kurdish artist who is using art as a weapon of peace and understanding. Learn more about how Lukman is raising awareness about Kurdish life and culture through...
The Kurdish Project had the opportunity to interview Mohammed A. Salih, doctoral student at UPenn’s Annenberg School for Communication and former freelance journalist covering the Islamic State as well as Kurdish and Iraqi...
The story below was written by Bahman Ghobadi, an acclaimed Kurdish filmmaker and a collaborator with The Kurdish Project. A Destined Friendship: How the Kurdish Cause United Me with Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters By Bahman...
Zaynê Akyol lived near the Iraq-Iran border to capture portraits of female Kurdish fighters, producing a series of arresting images that were quietly unveiled last week in Montreal's Mile End neighbourhood.
