“You made me try to understand what you were singing…I wish you can teach me sing a Kurdish song. I would love to sing with you,” Ajram said during the show on Friday. Kurdistan in Iraq is ...

But stalls in music stores overflow with CDs by Kurdish singers, including performers who were banned because Turkish authorities judged their music incendiary. Signs written in the once-taboo ...

and I want to preserve Kurdish and Kurdistan in my heart and continue with Kurdish songs and Kurdish music, to preserve it in my heart and showcase it. Our culture is very important for me to show ...