Although women play a key role in the Kurdistan Parliament, they still need gender quotas to go to parliament in sufficient numbers, especially in regions where few women have jobs outside the home
A call for freedom for Sherwan Sherwani, Shvan Saeed, Ayaz Karam, Hariwan Issa, and Guhdar Zebari
Famed American Professor Noam Chomsky missed a chance to put his incisive talents to better use when he addressed students at Zaningeha Rojava, a
In the Kurdistan Region, the schools are closed. The government says that it wants to prevent coronavirus from spreading and to save the lives of the children. However,
Iraqi society prefers women to go into teaching and similar professions and there is poor gender balance in Iraqi ministries.
There are over a hundred thousand people with different types of disabilities in Kurdistan, a semi-autonomous region located in the north of Iraq. In its long history,
I was heartbroken when I learned that Kawa Hamaamin Salih, a survivor of the Halabja chemical attack
One English transplant to America, the late Christopher Hitchens, very much hoped he would. And he didn’t just engage in wishfu
I arrived in the UK on my Iraqi passport, but I never tell anyone that I am an Iraqi. I always carefully say: “I am a Kurd,” which usually then requires a long clarification about who t
Today is International Workers’ Day, a celebration that traces its roots back to the late 19th-century wave of organizing by workers and social democratic unions for wage increases, reduced w
Some commentators have argued that in recent decades human beings have become increasingly selfish and greedy, that they are not thinking properly about environmental p
One of the most challenging, and apparently shocking, tasks for unive
Schools and universities, places of worship, and theaters have closed. Festivals and conferences are canceled. Air traffic has slowed, streets are deserted, financial m
Ashwaq Haji Hamid Talo, a 20-year-old Ezidi survivor of Daesh (ISIS) rape, got the justice she was seeking in Baghdad court on March 2, 2
Thousands of British Kurds are having difficulty in renewing their UK passports because of discrepancies between the personal information they gave when arriving in the
Despite many flaws and drawbacks in the Kurdish education system, schools
There was a sense among some observers that many lawmakers in the Kurdistan Region were against the pension reform bill, especially those who are young and will not retire soon. But they voted in f
Turkish military jets crossed into Iraq on Wednesday morning (January 15) and conducted two air strikes in Dugery, Shingal, at 10:40 a.m. local time. The settlement is located 3 km from Snoni on th
As we as all know, after the breakdown of the past Iraqi system in 2003, a sort of a law based life created in this nation, however for the individuals and for nearby and universal eyewitnesses a f
Kurdistan is full of tragic stories. Each of them deserves films, documentaries, and books to explain to humanity what happened, but few have reached the ears of the world.
When I lived in
Watching events over the last week, I keep recalling a moment from when I was a student studying Arabic in my home state of Pennsylvania in the mid-2000s. I stepped outside with my Arabic teacher,
SULAIMANI — Lana Omed, a 21-year-old lesbian from Suliamani, faced violence from her parents when she decided to stay with her girlfriend instead of marryi
Even though officials announced that Islamic State (ISIS) was defeated in Iraq in December 2017 and in Syria in March 2019, ISIS sleeper cells remain active in both countries and still carry out de
Recently, a video circulated across social media and caused uproar among Kurds. A group of Kurdish tourists from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq taking photos with a scarf with the official Kurdish fl
I went to Tal Ezeer and Gir Zerik, Shingal, Iraq, July 21, 2019, three weeks after I was there filming the fires that des
In early May 2015, I was traveling from Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, to Mardin in Turkey. The bus stopped at the Ibrahim Khalil border crossing for four hours at the bridge before cr
On the evening of September 22, 1980, with a sonic boom four fighter jets unexpectedly passed over our home in Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region. That night my
Editorial Note: NRT does not typically publish anonymous Op-Eds, but has done so at the request of the author, who is close to the KRG, in order provide their
Conflict between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) over Kirkuk is rising, with each accusing the other of making a secret agreement with Arab and
It is true that Kurdistan has more women in Parliament than world’s average; 30 percent of Kurdistan Parliament seats are women. However, that is only a symbolic one because it is a law that
We are a family of four people: my wife and I and our two children. We have been registered for three years and eight months with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Ankara
April 7, 2019
When Daesh (ISIS/ISIL) occupied Sinjar city and the other Ezi
The time has finally come to craft a foreign policy strategy that will transform Iraq from a war-torn battlefield into a viable democratic and internationally respected actor. Correcting our image
Global communities are interested in the work of intellectuals such as thesis, theories, writings and treatises for the reason that intellectual constructs and ideas are
In general, Kurdish society is a patriarchal one and that mentality has entered into the very cells of the community. Most of the violence against women in the Kurdistan Region is conducted b
The widow and daughters of the Yezidi Progress Party leader, Waad Hamad Mato (DoB 1967), arrived in Paris December 20, 2018, after four years of being
There have been many documentaries and history books written about Iran and its unfortunate and totalitarian ways. The West has had a difficult time keeping up to the many political and religious o
It may seem strange to those unfamiliar with Kurdistan that someone would want to live and die here. After all, how does someone come to know a
Shaswar Abdulwahid has a vision for a new kind of politics in Iraqi Kurdistan — and, indeed, for all of Iraq. Abdulwahid is president of the New
Kurdish literature, and particularly poetry, has always been an assistive
The Kurdistan Region stands at a crossroads and the decisions that are made today will have an effect far into the future. To successfully navigate these dangerous time
Voting to elect a new Kurdistan region parliament will begin at 8am on September 30,
Last week, Kurds in the city of Sulaimani, the Cultural Capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), gathered in a public place to unveil an equestrian statue of Ibrah
“Spell it out,” “Say it again.” “Ase…?” “What?”
The Kurdistan Region of Iraq is one of the most dangerous regions in the Middle East for journalists. In the last ten years, journalists have been kidnaped, tortured, a
As of August 2018, Shingal is being protected by the Iraqi Police, the Iraqi Army, the Hashd al
Nearly four years after the Islamic State attacked Yezidis in Shingal, northern Iraq, in August 2014, their biggest problem is hopelessness and profoun
The recent three days of protests which broke out in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, with hundreds of angry shopkeepers taking to the street against the sharp fall in the
Articulate and well versed in the important issues affecting both the Kurdistan region and Iraq as a whole, Sarkawt Shamsuldin made his first bid for elected office this year in Sulaymaniyah, campa
I spent nearly 15 years in the CIA. I like to think that I
Faiza, a thirty-year-old, unmarried Yezidi woman from Sinjar, northern Iraq, will appeal her case in front of 22 judges in Baghdad, Iraq
Nearly four years after the Islamic State attacked Yezidis in Shingal, northern Iraq, in August 2014, their biggest problem is hopelessness and profound disappointment in humanity. They can
Dr. Amy L. Beam sat down with Major General Najim al-Jubouri on May 21, 2018 in Mosul to discuss the Ezidi Disaster in N
With the advent of the Islamic world's holiest month, Iraq finds itself a country in search of a viable political pathway by which it can sustain itself socially, economically, morally, and spiritu
When I was younger every room in our house was carpeted with Kurdish rugs, which had beautifully intricate little details and showed off the magnificent heritage
After a flurry of impassioned, inspirational campaign speeches delivered in cities around Iraq by New Generation's dynamic president, Mr. Shaswar Abdulwahid Qadi
In 2003, the United States invaded Iraq to topple the dictator, Saddam Hussein. They tho
In May Iraq will hold parliamentary elections for a new government. Prime Minister Haidar Abadi is the odds on favorite to return to office, but there have been s
The Iraqi people need a stable and peaceful life. They need a life without war and conflict. They need a country where people do not drive each other away. Iraqis are c
