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Former US Diplomat Says Time is Ripe for...
May 6, 2012 - Rêvebir_E

Former US Diplomat Says Time is Ripe for Kurdish Independence

Interview by HAWAR ABDULRAZZAQ - In this interview with Rudaw, former U.S diplomat and adviser to the Kurdistan Regional Government Peter Galbraith says the time is ripe for Kurdish independence thanks to the thriving oil industry, international investment and the fact that Kurds are America’s only reliable ally in the volatile region. Galbraith says Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is not following the constitution or respecting the...

Politics
Female Circumcision Still Prevalent Among...
May 6, 2012 - Rêvebir_E

Female Circumcision Still Prevalent Among Some Kurdish Communities

Rûdaw: ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Around 34 percent of women in the ethnically diverse city of Kirkuk have been circumcised and most of them are Kurdish, according to a new joint survey by the German WADI organization and the Iraqi Pana Center. The survey on female genital mutilation found that the practice has declined in Kirkuk; however, 15 percent of girls in the community under 20 have been circumcised. Awezan Nuri, a women’s...

Politics
Will Barzani declare independence? | jppost....
April 23, 2012 - Rêvebir_E

Will Barzani declare independence? | jppost.com

Since the 2003 war the Kurds have become the US ally and the most credible partner in post-Saddam Iraq Masud Barzani, president of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), is in the habit of dangling from time to time the idea of independence for Kurdistan. For example in an interview with Judith Miller in 2006 he insisted: “Having an independent state is the natural legitimate right of our people.” In another interview with the BBC in...

Politics
The Guardian published 3000 secret emails...
March 15, 2012 - rd

The Guardian published 3000 secret emails from Assad

TheGuadian: Bashar al-Assad took advice from Iran on how to handle the uprising against his rule, according to a cache of what appear to be several thousand emails received and sent by the Syrian leader and his wife. The Syrian leader was also briefed in detail about the presence of western journalists in the Baba Amr district of Homs and urged to "tighten the security grip" on the opposition-held city in November. The revelations are...

Politics
Erdogan runs roughshod over human rights: He...
March 15, 2012 - rd

Erdogan runs roughshod over human rights: He does not deserve the Steiger Award!

Open letter to the Mayor of Bochum Dear Dr. Scholz, Presentation of the eighth annual Steiger Award is scheduled for March 17, 2012. This international award is intended to honor one who has shown remarkable straightforwardness, openness, humanity and tolerance. You have chosen to bestow this award on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey. In the name of the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), I urge you to reconsider this decision....

Politics

 

May 6, 2012 - Rêvebir_E
Former US Diplomat Says Time is Ripe for Kurdish Independence

Interview by HAWAR ABDULRAZZAQ - In this interview with Rudaw, former U.S diplomat and adviser to the Kurdistan Regional Government Peter Galbraith says the time is ripe for Kurdish independence thanks to the thriving oil industry, international investment and the fact that Kurds are America’s only reliable ally in the volatile region. Galbraith says Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is...

May 6, 2012 - Rêvebir_E
Female Circumcision Still Prevalent Among Some Kurdish Communities

Rûdaw: ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Around 34 percent of women in the ethnically diverse city of Kirkuk have been circumcised and most of them are Kurdish, according to a new joint survey by the...

April 23, 2012 - Rêvebir_E
Will Barzani declare independence? | jppost.com

Since the 2003 war the Kurds have become the US ally and the most credible partner in post-Saddam Iraq Masud Barzani, president of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), is in the habit of dangling...

March 15, 2012 - rd
The Guardian published 3000 secret emails from Assad

TheGuadian: Bashar al-Assad took advice from Iran on how to handle the uprising against his rule, according to a cache of what appear to be several thousand emails received and sent by the Syrian...

March 15, 2012 - rd
Erdogan runs roughshod over human rights: He does not deserve the Steiger Award!

Open letter to the Mayor of Bochum Dear Dr. Scholz, Presentation of the eighth annual Steiger Award is scheduled for March 17, 2012. This international award is intended to honor one who has shown...

March 15, 2012 - rd
Remembering Halabja

By Robert M. Danin - Friday marks the twenty-fourth anniversary of Saddam Hussein’s brutal chemical gassing of Halabja, a northern Iraqi Kurdish town. The Halabja attack is the only documented...

Kurdistan

 

November 4, 2011 - Mahabadi
Deadly Earthquake Hits Van City

Rudaw.net - A powerful earthquake shook the Kurdish city of Van in eastern Turkey on Sunday and around 138 people are confirmed dead and hundreds more injured. The earthquake that was of 7.2 magnitude destroyed scores of buildings in the close vicinities of Van. Officials expect the death toll to rise as a nighttime search is under way to find survivors. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyib...

August 3, 2011 - Rêvebir_E
Debate Lingers Over Regulating Kurdistan’s Sex Trade

Rudaw.net, Iraqi Kurdistan -- Prostitution has become a hot topic of debate for legislators and activists in Iraqi Kurdistan, with some arguing that the sex trade should be legalized and regulated....

August 3, 2011 - Rêvebir_E
Iran shelling of Kurd separatist rebels displaces over 200 families

Dayilystar.com: Over 200 Iraqi Kurdish families have been forced from their homes by weeks of Iranian shelling of rebel bases in northern Iraq, local officials and an NGO said Tuesday. The shelling...

July 28, 2011 - Rêvebir_E
The Kurdish case | Jerusalem Post

The unilateral declaration of Kurdish autonomy in Turkey was greeted with deadly silence. The world couldn’t care less. Few of us may realize it, but 850 delegates from North Kurdistan recently...

July 26, 2011 - Rêvebir_E
Kurdistan Deploys Troops Along Border As PJAK-Iran Fighting Intensifies

Kurdistan has deployed 12,000 forces to an area along the Iran-Iraq border as ongoing fighting between Kurdish rebels and the Iranian military has killed civilians and raised concerns that Iranian...

December 8, 2010 - Rêvebir_E
How do we build a state? | Bedran A. Habeeb

The Kurds are a lazy, non-working people, and this is no slander, no story that I am making up about my own people. I am a Kurd and I love Kurds. But just go out there and ask around to find out for...

Culture & Art

 

September 5, 2010 - Rêvebir_E
German school opened in Erbil

Erbil, Sept. 2 (AKnews) – The first German school in Kurdistan was opened today in Erbil, and will accept students for this academic year. The school is supported by both German and Kurdish governments. Speaking to reporters during the inaugural ceremony, Stefan Bantle, the German Consul general in Erbil, said the school fees will be inexpensive so that more people can afford to send their...

 

June 23, 2010 - Ciwan Kawa
French Cultural Center celebrates the World Music Day with Kurdistan children

Erbil, June 23 (Aknews) - The French Cultural Center in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, held...

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Will Barzani declare independence? | jppost.com

Since the 2003 war the Kurds have become the US ally and the most credible partner in post-Saddam Iraq Masud Barzani, president of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), is in the habit of dangling...

 

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Roboski Katliamı'Gerceklestiren Ceheneimin 7 kat dibene gireceklerdir

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Aso Zagrosi Geçenlerde “Beluçiler de mi Kürd” adı altında bu yazı serisini başlattığım zaman farklı tepkiler aldım. Bazı arkadaşlar “K...

PKK VE YÖNETICI YALAKA VE ZÜBÜKLERI sizler kurban OLASINIZ KÜRDISTANIN GERCEK LIDERLERINE / Jiyan DERSIM

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İhsan Nuri Paşa'dan bir anektot Bu gün General İhsan Nuri Paşa'nın 37'inci ölüm yıl dönümü (25.03.1976) Em Te Ji Bîr Nakin / Seni Unutmayacağız...

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Kurdistan Cultural Institute

The Kurdistan Cultural Institute is established to assist the Kurdish community and get them acquainted to America ’s way of living and to help them to settle in Middle and other parts of...

 

Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI)

The Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, research and educational organization that was established in September 1996 WKI is committed to the following objectives: *...

 

Camp Unity

CAMP UNITY was constructed from over 100 hours of footage shot during the Summer and Fall of 2008, when filmmaker Ryan White spent a total of 9 weeks filming in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Primary...

 

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