For performance artist Livia Gazzolo, her heritage as a Kurdish American born in Evanston has shaped every aspect of her life ...

The Kurdistan Foundation has assessed over 500 families in Chamchamal and begun rebuilding two flood-damaged schools, ...

"I was pinned to the floor by armed law enforcement officers in the house where I was staying with my children, and a gun was held to my head. My daughter was forced to undress in front of the cameras ...

Forged during the Syrian war, Rojava’s experiment in radical self-government offers a lens for examining how the left ...

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, does not want to risk that. Letting out Selahattin Demirtas, a Kurdish politician and former presidential candidate, would have been a less controversial ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Hundreds of homes and businesses across the Kurdistan Region have been devastated over the past two days due to heavy rainfall and severe flooding, while Kurdish authorities ...

Every Thursday, WTTW News newsletter producer Josh Terry highlights his picks for the week’s must-see cultural events.

Film critic Meghachandra Kongbam has been appointed as a member of the FIPRESCI International Jury at the 12th Duhok International Film Festival 2025, scheduled to take place from December 9-16 in ...

When those who vandalize, exhume, and desecrate graves face no accountability -- when such incidents pass without firm legal ...

A delegation from Moorhead is returning home with new friends and new perspectives after a trip to Zakho, Kurdistan. Over the ...

In Eastern Kurdistan, Sardasht’s 11th Beyt and Heyran Festival concluded with 226 works from 20 provinces and contributions ...

MOORHEAD — A group from Moorhead recently took a trip overseas to form a friendship with leaders in Kurdistan. They spent ...