More Than Refugees, More Than Tourist Attractions: People First!
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Seyda Perinçek Concert: Kurdish Music in Music City
Many are familiar with Nashville’s title of Music City. Many of the city’s residents and tourists flock to places like the Grand Ole Opry and other music venues for entertainment, the places that make Nashville a hub for country music in the United States. Even the Opry Mills Mall has country music on its speakers…
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The Israel-Gaza War: Kurdish Connection?
The Israel-Gaza War is capturing everyone’s attention across the world. Hamas killed over 1,400 people at the start of the war on October 7 while also taking around 239 hostages, continuing fighting in Gaza today. Hamas fighters broke through the perimeter fence separating Gaza from Southern Israel, leading to one of the most severe threats…
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Origin of the Kurds
As we live in an age of nation-states, our world has tied the histories of entire peoples and landscapes to the identity of a single ethnicity in each corner of the world, typically with some form of government made to create laws and institutions to rule in favor of that group. Suppose you live in…
Dengê Çiyayên: Voice of the Mountains 