In 2011, in the Eastern city of Benghazi, whispers of dissent gave way to riotous revolution; Libyans took to the streets in unprecedented numbers, chanting anti-regime slogans, carrying signs and waving flags signaling their defiance. Two flags that were heretofore …
Posted in Culture, Discrimination, General, Reports | 2 CommentsLast night’s episode of Arab Idol brought more than flashy dresses and big voices to the stage. As the number of contestants dwindles down and each singer can taste victory, one Kurdish woman by the name of Perwas Hussein wowed …
Posted in Culture, Discrimination, Iraq, Language, Media | 4 CommentsIn January 2012 the City Court in Denmark ruled that the Kurdish TV-station ROJ TV from February 7, 2008 to February 10, 2010 had acted as a mouthpiece for PKK, a Kurdish rebel group fighting for Kurdish rights in Turkey. …
Posted in Censorship, Culture, European Union, Free speech, Journalists, Kurdish Human Rights Project, Media, Trials, Turkey | Comments Off on Interview with ROJ TV director: ROJ TV is facing an international conspiracykurds in #syria led a humiliating life under the assad regime and no one supported them. now syria is fighting assad, still no support. — naila bozo (@nailabozo) February 8, 2013 I read with horror about the attacks in Serê Kaniyê …
Posted in Call to Actions, Culture, Discrimination, Syria | 3 CommentsFor a long time after the Syrian uprising began almost two years ago, West Kurdistan (the Kurdish northern parts of Syria, also called Rojava) remained free of fights between the regime and the Free Syrian Army. This has since changed …
Posted in Call to Actions, Culture, Discrimination, Media, Protests, Syria, Turkey, Uncategorized | 1 CommentThe Danish author Adil Erdem both rebukes and celebrates the Kurdish identity when he is interviewed in a new series on Danish-Kurdish portraits, “KURDISH PROFILE,” as he answers personal questions about his Kurdish origin. Published first on the left-wing web …
Posted in Culture, General, Turkey, Youth | 2 CommentsI was in high school when the American occupation of Iraq began. I remember the months of dramatic media reports and passionate debates that preceded the invasion, and I remember how physically upset I would get at imagining the cost …
Posted in Culture, Discrimination, Media | 2 CommentsEw berî her tiştî mirovbû û bi hesanî xwe berda dilê kesê kurd, wek dengê req reqa tavan û şewqa birûskan, deng û şewq daye her çar perçên Kurdistanê. Before anything he was a human and with ease he let …
Posted in Culture, Discrimination, Kurdistan, Syria | 2 Comments