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The enduring legacy of the Russian languageJune 6th marks the United Nations’ Russian Language Day. On this occasion, one can’t help but remember the words of Ivan Turgenev (1818 - 1883), a major 19th-century Russian novelist and playwright, who once said, “In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country’s fate, you alone are my comfort and support,…AuthorMaxim Rubin
Behind the diplomatic turn east: The US, Russia shift toward ChinaIn the month of May, the Kurdistan Region is covered in lush greenery. Thousands of miles away, Beijing is equally vibrant as a notable wave of diplomatic activity unfolds. Within a single week, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin visited China consecutively, drawing global attention. Steering the course Trump held…AuthorLiu Jun
The story of Bahar FakhraddinThe endless road bore witness to an unprecedented and heart-wrenching journey by Hassan from Garmiyan, who has lost all family members, and Ali Arif from Halabja to the barren and terrifying deserts of southern Iraq. A journey seeking, after 38 years, to deliver a letter to that fortress which to this day remains the clearest trace of…AuthorNAWZAD MAHMOUD
The freedom of art is the freedom to thinkThe history of the Kurds is not only a history of displacement, repression, and denied identity. It is also a history of survival through language, music, poetry, and memory. When states tried to erase names, ban languages, and silence cultures, music often remained the last space of freedom. The voice of the dengbêj, the song of exile,…AuthorJan Ilhan Kizilhan
Turkey can help end political deadlock in Kurdistan RegionThe Kurdistan Region’s ruling parties — the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) — have demonstrated their regional influence by playing active and constructive roles in Turkey’s peace process and in efforts to prevent the Iran war from spreading to the Kurdish Region. Yet…AuthorSohan Aydogan
A decade-later handshake: Xi’s ‘Four Upholds’ charts the path forwardNot long ago, as our friends in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) stepped out from the shadow of war and back into peaceful daily life, the Chinese people, thousands of miles away, also welcomed heartening news in this bright spring season. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met in Beijing…AuthorLiu Jun
Inventing the Kurdish enemy: how states, nationalism, and conspiracy theories turned a people into an enemyFew peoples in the Middle East have been portrayed as a threat as often as the Kurds. For some, they are separatists. For others, terrorists, agents of foreign powers, or not “real” Muslims. Few minorities have been both so systematically persecuted and so consistently misunderstood. These conspiracy theories are not marginal…AuthorJan Ilhan Kizilhan
Conflict targets Iran, but Iraq bears major consequencesFor over 70 days, the global community has been held hostage by the escalating conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran. As the world waits to see if a diplomatic breakthrough or a fresh cycle of violence is on the horizon, a startling economic disparity has emerged. Despite being the primary target of international pressure,…AuthorMahmood Baban
Multimedia22-05-2026Relatives of Anfal victims visit Nugra Salman after executioner warden sentenced to death
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