Category : Art & Culture

Erbil screens “52 Days” documentary to honor President Masoud Barzani and Peshmerga heroism during the 1988 battle The premiere of 52 Days, a new documentary...

By Dr. Salar Othman Since we have named this column “Songs of Zagros,” we cannot avoid talking about Zagros as a term and a concept....

By Younes Mohammad The mother had come all that way to save her daughter. By the time she reached us, the girl no longer moved...

Caves are millions of years old. Over the course of millions of years, continuous transformations have shaped the structure and appearance of natural caves, resulting...

Hama Hashim presents his work at the fifth International Art Forum “At the Peak” in Krefeld, highlighting Kurdish creativity in an international setting. Kurdish author...

The Erbil Folk Arts Troupe brings Kurdish folklore, music, and traditional dress to an international festival, promoting Erbil’s cultural heritage and message of coexistence. The...

Karimok Ghafour’s trilogy uses cinema to examine love, religion, and sensitive social issues while encouraging audiences to question and reflect. The trilogy of short films...

Jubrael Abubakir’s documentary explores the lives, struggles, and hopes of Kurds across Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Syria. The documentary film “The Fragmented Pomegranate,” directed by...

A Kirkuk-based troupe performs “Salma” in Kurdish and traditional attire at the eighth International “Ostrovsky-Fest” Theatre Festival, highlighting the Anfal genocide and Kurdish cultural identity....

Kurdish-American author Karzan Kirkuki draws on his own experiences of war, displacement, and service with the U.S. military in his novel, Birds of the Mountains:...