A new generation of young Kurdish folklore collectors are helping to revitalise endangered languages and create a living archive, a new study shows. Stories and songs could be saved from oblivion ...

Morî Publishing House, one of the few publishing houses that publish books on Kurdish children's literature, has recently been making remarkable efforts. Undertaking commendable initiatives for ...

(BIANET/IFEX) – According to broadcasting editor Mehmet Arslan of Radio Dunya, a case brought against the station for playing the Kurdish folk song “Mihemedo” in 2007 has ended in acquittal. However, ...

KIRKUK, Iraq—Sounds of a thumping drum and entrancing flute drew residents of this northern city to their balconies recently in hopes of glimpsing a wedding party that never materialized. The racket ...

A Malatya court sentenced Kurdish folk musician Tunç to one month imprisonment on the grounds of his statement at a festival and postponed the pronouncement of judgement. The Court of Appeals had ...

The sounds of northern Syria came alive at the Damascus Opera House on Thursday evening, as musicians and vocalists from across the region blended Arabic, Kurdish, and Syriac folk traditions in a ...

BRUSSELS - Kurdish musicians are teaming up with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra for a performance that blends Kurdish musical pieces into the symphony. “We have worked on integrating Kurdish ...

SXSW‘s second day was all about diversity. There were revelatory sounds from Africa, Turkey, and the U.K., all of them shot through with a sense of pride for the respective artists’ homelands. In some ...

Developed as a revolutionary socialist organization in 1974, the PKK began to use violence against Turkish security forces 10 years later. (photo: Department of Defense) In 1984, a Kurdish group known ...