Fearless Women in Turkish Kurdistan

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For decades, Turkey's Kurds have been struggling against a state that used to deny their very existence as a separate people. In the low level war between the Turkish military and the militant Kurdish group, the PKK, both side have been accused of atrocities. In the 29 years of f ... Show More

On this episode of Instant Coffee, Isabel Käser talks to Houzan Mahmoud about the state of feminism in Kurdistan and Culture Project, a platform for writers, feminists, artists and activists from Kurdistan and the Kurdish diaspora to freely express their ideas. Houzan, a Kurdish ... Show More

What role did Kurdish women play in Iran's protests last year? The death of Jina Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iranian authorities sparked mass demonstrations for women’s rights under the rallying cry of "Women, Life, Freedom." But the Kurdish minorities behind this resistance have ... Show More

100 years ago, Turkish defeat in World War One signalled the end of the once great Ottoman Empire. What emerged was a European orientated secular republic led by a man who used social engineering to shape Turkey in his own image – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Bridget Kendall examines t ... Show More

Female athletes faced brutal choices as allied forces withdrew from Afghanistan - to flee their homes and country or to stay and possibly abandon all hope of pursing their sporting dreams. Some made it onto those final flights out of the country, others faced dangerous journeys a ... Show More

Writer and historian Dr. Jabbar Kader's analysis regarding the failur of appointing a new president in Iraq. Iran's involvement in Iraqi politics and Turkish drone attacks on villages in the Kurdistan Region. - Em bi nivîskar û dîrokzan Dr Cebar Qadir re derbarê destnîşan nekirin ... Show More

Di naveroka raporta Hatice Kamer ji Amdê de behs li ser geşedaneke nû ya doza Tahir Elçî û bilindkirina ala Kurdistanê di maça Amedsporê de heye.