Kurdish PM expresses condolences over the death of Colin Powell
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Monday offered his condolences over the...
[read full article]Kurdistan on the Sèvres Centenary: How a Distinct People Became the World’s Largest Stateless Nation
Loqman RadpeyUniversity of Edinburgh, School of Law, Edinburgh, ScotlandEmail: l.radpey@ed.ac.uk https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/nationalities-papers/article/abs/kurdistan-on-the-sevres-centenary-how-a-distinct-people-became-the-worlds-largest-stateless-nation/A8A41F9088ABB9443BCEFF51EAAEC76D AbstractIn August 1920, the political fate of the Kurdish nation, along with its territory, Kurdistan, were on the line,after the Allies asserted their interest in national rights to self-determination following World War I. Underthe Treaty of Sèvres, Kurds were acknowledged as an ethno-political entity in the Wilsonian perspective,yet the ideal of self-determination failed to crystallize as a...
[read full article]Xeyal Qertel: giving Kurdish people a voice abroad by founding the New York Kurdish Film Festival
In 2017, Kurdish people were represented on the news like never before. Kurdish peshmerga were praised for...
[read full article]Iraqi Elections 2021: Duhok witnesses highest voter turnout in Kurdistan Region
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – In contrast to the general low turnout across Iraq, more than 50 percent...
[read full article]Visual art as a gateway to storytelling: Behjat Omer Abdulla’s art questions the meaning of displacement and identity.
Looking at the postcard straight-on, you see a calm sea. The drawing is so realistic that you...
[read full article]PM Barzani discusses 9th cabinet reforms with EU representative in Kurdistan Region
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Sunday discussed his cabinet’s reforms with...
[read full article]Kurdistan PM and Swedish parliamentary delegation discuss upcoming Iraqi elections, Sinjar Agreement
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani welcomed a Swedish parliamentary delegation to discuss...
[read full article]Kurdish poets throughout history: Mawlawi Tawagozi
Mawlawi Tawagozi (1806-1882), also known as Mawlawi, is an Ismalic mystic and poet from the 19th century....
[read full article]US launches million-dollar program to invest in Kurdistan Region agriculture
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A governmental United States agency on Sunday announced a yearlong one-million-dollar program in...
[read full article]Spain to open its consulate general in Erbil, newly appointed ambassador says
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Spain is preparing to open a consulate general in the Kurdistan Region’s capital Erbil, the country’s newly inaugurated ambassador, Pedro Martinez-Avial, told Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Thursday. Prime Minister Barzani received the Spanish diplomat in Erbil. They discussed bilateral relations between Kurdistan Region and Spain, particularly in trade and investment sectors, according to a press release from Barzani’s office. Martinez-Avial, expressed his country’s...
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