ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Ten Kurdish dance troupes are performing this week to rapt audiences in the western Iranian city of Mahabad’s third annual dance festival that celebrates Kurdish culture and ...

Bane's Rosewater Festival joins Iran's tourism list, while Mahabad's 3rd Dance Festival concludes, celebrating Kurdish heritage and qualifying winners for international events.

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Hussein Smko’s encounter with an American soldier in Iraq led him to become a dancer. This week he performs in Pontus Lidberg’s work at the Joyce ...

Seven professors at Iran's Kermanshah University have been fired after a video of them performing a Kurdish folk dance at a graduation ceremony went viral, angering university officials. The video ...

Thousands of cars, trucks, tractors and donkeys crowd a winding mountain highway outside the Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah in northern Iraq, lurching and honking and weaving, careening within inches of ...

I'm throwing a Kurdish party in Central London on December 22nd—my very own celebration featuring DJ Krises, a stunning belly ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In describing the sharp sound of the Kurdish frame drum, percussionist Jalal Kimia recalled the voices of veteran Sufi dancers. “The hoarse bass ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A theatrical performance by a renowned Kurdish dance group from northeastern Syria (Rojava) at an event organized by the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) has ...