Writer. Editor. Recipe developer. Mid East lover. Food enthusiast. Pastry chef trapped in a journalist's body.
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I don't oppose the butchery in Gaza because I love Hamas or hate Jews or love Islam or hate America.
I don't oppose the butchery in Gaza because I'm a lefty or a commie or an anarchist or an anti-imperialist.
I oppose the butchery in Gaza because I'm not a fucking psychopath.
Opposing Israel's butchery in Gaza is so obvious, so common sense, such a bare-minimum, fundamental-level, Being Human 101 position that if it isn't immediately self-evident to you after learning the basic facts, your problem is much, much deeper than whatever ideology or bias or prejudice you might happen to have. There's something wrong with you as a person.
If you support Israel's butchery in Gaza, you've got much bigger problems than merely not having the correct ist or ism belief system. You're just all fucked up inside. Your conditioning has made you into a generally shitty human being. You have deep and immensely consequential flaws in your character, and you won't mature as a person until you heal and transcend them.
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Khalid Azizi, spokesperson for the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), responded to statements by President Donald Trump alleging that the Kurds had prevented the delivery of American weapons to people inside Iran.
"Such claims are regrettable. Whenever the U.S. government finds itself in a political or diplomatic deadlock, it attempts to blame the Kurds for failures or for the lack of a strategy to support resistance within Iran.
He stressed that attributing political or operational problems to the Kurds does not provide a solution and distracts from the real challenges at hand." - @PDKIdeutsch
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“It was incredible to sing beautiful and eloquent Kurdish poetry over modern opera melodies. As a diaspora Kurdish Faili and Sorani woman, born in The Netherlands, conveying Tarza Jaff’s message at the prestigious Holland Festival felt like a great step in Kurdish international arts,” @BitsOfNaaz told Kurdistan Chronicle.
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"An independent veteran deminer cleared more than 27 landmines, grenades, and artillery shells from [...] Awesar village this week, highlighting the continued danger of war remnants from the Iran-Iraq war and ongoing civilian risk in rural areas."
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"The Kurdistan Region's rugged terrain remains heavily contaminated with landmines and unexploded ordnance left behind by the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), later clashes between Turkey and the [...] PKK, and the war against the Islamic State (ISIS) between 2014 and 2017."
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Damask rose harvesting in Khalifan village showcases the traditional flower agriculture of Mahabad, East Kurdistan.
Video: Farida Waisi / Channel8
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Le costume traditionnel n’est pas seulement l’expression d’une identité ethnique ; il témoigne aussi des particularités régionales. Ici, un costume partagé par les Kurdes et les Arméniens.
Extrait de la présentation de tenues traditionnelles - Mairie de Paris 10e - 30 mai 2026
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A life in full harmony with the breathtaking nature of Kurdistan; this is the nomadic existence at the foot of Qandil.
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This trilingual dictionary came out last year I believe. It is very reasonably priced, offers a basic vocabulary of 750 words in Kurmancî, German and English, and while intended for children I feel adult learners could benefit from it as well. Now all we need is a Soranî version.
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In an article for the London School of Economics (LSE), I argue that the Kurdistan Region’s diplomatic influence has long depended on its ability to project a unified and coherent position to the international community.
Today, the question of whether the Iraqi Kurdistan Region can remain politically cohesive has become inseparable from its capacity to act effectively and credibly on the international stage.
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"Chiman Hosseinzadeh, a Kurdish woman from the city of Bukan in Iran’s West Azerbaijan province, who lived in Afghanistan, and her daughter, Sara Yousefi, “were killed on May 8 by a local Taliban official who had sought to marry Sara,”[...] KHRN said."
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RT @Loay_Mudhoon: Wenn Medien mit dem Journalismus aufhören und zum Übersetzungsdienst mutieren, dann sieht das Produkt so aus. 👉
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Channel8 had deployed a dedicated production team to Zakho to finalize preparations for extensive coverage of the upcoming annual traditional Kurdish Shal and Shapik Festival; however, out of respect for the sudden passing of Rudaw correspondent and Baghdad bureau chief Halkawt Aziz on Monday, Channel8 has canceled its coverage of the event.
Read more: channel8.com/english/news/59…
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Pressure works.
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Une grande victoire pour les Albanais !
Le gouvernement albanais annonce l'arrêt des travaux du projet de Kushner et Ivanka et la suspension du projet.
Les foules refusent de rentrer chez elles tant que le projet n'est pas annulé intégralement.
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I am deeply saddened by the loss of my dear friend and colleague, Halkawt Aziz, who tragically passed away in a car accident while on assignment. A highly respected journalist and Rudaw’s Baghdad Bureau Chief, he dedicated his life to reporting with courage and integrity. He will be greatly missed. My heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
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My new commentary:
A century of anti-Kurdish racism
When remarks attributed to Turkish businessman Rahmi Koc about Kurdish womenrecently sparked public debate, the controversy appeared, at first glance, to concern little more than a singlestatement. Yet the intensity of the reaction suggested something deeper.
... What surfaces in such moments is not simply a personal opinion but the persistence of narratives that haveshaped relations between Kurds and their surrounding societies for generations.
...The Kurdish experience is therefore not merely a political story. It is equally a story about prejudice, racism,power, memory, and the long afterlife of ideas...
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The Qandil mountain range still holds visible snow caps into June.
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”This food is Kurdish” and it be the most common thing of which versions of it can be found from western China to Greece. Who cares about dolma and baklava (albeit delicious). Have you heard of Dokulîw? Quraw? Genmekutaw? Tirxêne? Birincî Rubehenar? Çensûte? Pelpîne?
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A Kurdish Copper Craftsman engraves the silhouette of the legendary mythological creature "Shahmaran" onto a copper tray.
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Erbil currently hosts the first Kurdish Book Fair with 130 publishers and thousands of titles.
The seven-day event at Sami Abdulrahman Park in Erbil brings together Kurdish publishers and bookstores from the Kurdistan Region, Rojhelat and Bakur.
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Mit der Riza Baran Grundschule will der Verein der Eltern aus Kurdistan e.V. (Yekmal) 2027 die erste deutsch-kurdische Grundschule Deutschlands eröffnen. Das bilinguale Konzept sieht Deutsch und Kurdisch als gleichberechtigte Unterrichtssprachen vor.
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