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The article below was written by the editors of the Kurdish Project. To submit your own op ed, fill out a submission form here. The Geneva III peace talks are scheduled for this weekend, but one key player in the Syrian conflict...
The interview below was conducted by Sputnik, and was originally published on January 27, 2015. Photo courtesy of AFP. Washington Kurdish Institute Director of Media and Policy Yousuf Ismael said that the Kurdish opposition in...
The story below was written by Zack Bazzi, Middle East Program manager for Spirit of America. The original article was posted on Spirit of America’s website and is republished below with permission. All photos are courtesy...
The Kurdish Project interviewed Zozan Alosh, a women's rights activist working to raise awareness for Kurdish women.
A Yezidi woman from Iraqi Kurdistan has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Nadia Murad, a survivor of ISIS captivity, was nominated earlier this month by the Iraqi Government. Nobel Peace Prize nominations are due by early...
Salahaddin University in Erbil has enlisted experts at Appalachian State University.
NPR's Steve Inskeep interviews Sami Abdul Rahman, KRG's representative to the US
The following story is part of a series written by Zanyar Omrani, a Kurdish filmmaker and human rights activist who visited Rojava, or Western Kurdistan, in the spring of 2015. You can watch his film “Without Helmets” here...
