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It’s bigger than music,” the quote on Nouri’s Instagram bio reads. After just 17 minutes of speaking to the humble songstress ...
In a meeting of Kurdish and French folkloric traditions, the French Institute organized a music concert and dance performance ...
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 ...
Rather than fostering genuine reconciliation, Turkey’s ‘terror-free’ process marginalizes and humiliates the Kurdish population, placing the entire burden of “peace” on them while offering no ...
The director of the world-class Kurdish folkloric dance group Anadolu Atesi (Fire of Anatolia) hopes to open an arts academy ...
With Issue 23, the magazine delivers a potent and diverse compilation of political analysis, cultural celebration, ...
“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 ...
We are also expecting the participation of cultural troupes from Khorasan, Kermashan, Bitlis, and Qamishlo, in addition to ...
More than 200 Harvard students and affiliates gathered in the Northwest Labs on Saturday evening for a showcase of dance, ...
At the end of the day, perhaps the answer to the question "Whose is this Song" belongs to Spotify and Varoufakis' Technofeudalists, proving analyses such as those of Eleni Eleftherias-Kostakidis ...
Revelers in traditional dress linked arms to dance to energetic music in Akigase Park, Saitama, while kids played among the crowd. Stalls sold kebabs, embroidery and even books about the Kurdish ...
Kathryn Tickell presents a session from Kurdish-Alevi singer and songwriter Olcay Bayir. Plus, music from Kenyan percussionist Kasiva Mutua and folk legend Shirley Collins.