Podcasts about Kurdistan

Wezareta Elektrîkê ragihand ku niha zêdetir ji 2.7 milyon kesên li Herêma Kurdistanê 24 saetan elektrîk hene. Herweha, di naveroka raporta Ehmed Xefûr ji Hewlêrê nûçeyeke din heye ku 2 kesên ji Bexdayê hatibûn Herêma Kurdistanê û li Hewlêrê li benzîn xaneyekê hatibûn kuştin.

Michael Montoya is a veteran with over 15 years of experience in the military and security sectors, specializing in EOD/IEDD/CIED/HMA operations. Michael's extensive experience has seen him providing training and operational support across the globe, from the volatile terrains of Iraq and Kurdistan to the challenging environments of Africa and Pakistan. As an independent contractor, his work under the U.S. State Department's AFRICAP and GPOI initiatives has empowered over 600 trainees. Michael is now focusing his efforts on Invictus Global Response, a nonprofit organization dedicated to mine action, capacity building, and humanitarian aid in conflict-affected regions. During a recent clearance operation in Ukraine, he tragically lost his foot to a landmine and is now home rehabbing and preparing for continued operations with IGR. https://www.invictusglobalresponse.org/   Today's Sponsors: Black Rifle Coffee Company: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com BettterHelp: Listeners get 10% off their first month at https://www.betterhelp.com/clearedhot  

This week on The New Arab Voice, we look at the recent ceasefire agreement between the PKK and the Turkish state. The Kurdistan's Worker's Party (PKK) and the Turkish state have been in a state of conflict since 1984. The conflict has killed over 35,000 people and achieved little, for either side. But now, a ceasefire has been announced. In a symbolic ceremony, PKK fighters burnt their arms in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq; and more recently, a commission was started at the Turkish Parliament to discuss the Turkish parliament. Is this the opportunity for Kurds to secure their rights in Turkey? Why is the Turkish state agreeing to a ceasefire now? Is President Erdogan using the ceasefire talks to increase his grip on power?Joining us to examine the Kurdish position, we speak with Dr. Salim Çevik (@salimcevikk), a visiting fellow at the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (@CATS_Network) at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (@SWPBerlin).And to guide us through Turkish thinking, we speak with Henri Barkey (@hbarkey), adjunct senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (@CFR_org) and the Bernard L. and Bertha F. Cohen chair in international relations at Lehigh University (Emeritus) (@LehighU). This podcast is written and produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).Theme music by Omar al-Fil with additional music from Audio Network.To get in touch with the producers, follow then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts or email podcast@newarab.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A bold, unforgettable novel of war, imagination, and survival. Thirteen-year-old Kamiran is fleeing the collapse of Syria when his body begins to harden literally—turning to chalk. As his transformation unfolds, he pours his memories, secrets, and darkly funny confessions into a piece of chalk he stole at school. Through the eyes of this precocious, resilient boy, Safe Corridor explores what it means to survive the unthinkable—with tenderness, fury, and imagination. Written by acclaimed Kurdish-Syrian novelist Jan Dost and translated by Marilyn Booth—winner of the 2019 International Booker Prize—Safe Corridor is a searing, surreal journey through displacement, coming of age, and the cost of war. Winner of the 2024 Bait AlGhasham DarArab International Translation Prize. Jan Dost, born in 1966, is a native of Kobani in the Aleppo region of Syria. A student of natural sciences at the University of Aleppo (1985-89), he embarked on a career in journalism in the roles of reporter and editor, currently for the Kurdistan Chronicle (published in English in Erbil, Iraq) He is editor-in-chief of the Arabic-language magazine Kurdistan. Marilyn Booth is professor emerita, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Magdalen College, Oxford University.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

A bold, unforgettable novel of war, imagination, and survival. Thirteen-year-old Kamiran is fleeing the collapse of Syria when his body begins to harden literally—turning to chalk. As his transformation unfolds, he pours his memories, secrets, and darkly funny confessions into a piece of chalk he stole at school. Through the eyes of this precocious, resilient boy, Safe Corridor explores what it means to survive the unthinkable—with tenderness, fury, and imagination. Written by acclaimed Kurdish-Syrian novelist Jan Dost and translated by Marilyn Booth—winner of the 2019 International Booker Prize—Safe Corridor is a searing, surreal journey through displacement, coming of age, and the cost of war. Winner of the 2024 Bait AlGhasham DarArab International Translation Prize. Jan Dost, born in 1966, is a native of Kobani in the Aleppo region of Syria. A student of natural sciences at the University of Aleppo (1985-89), he embarked on a career in journalism in the roles of reporter and editor, currently for the Kurdistan Chronicle (published in English in Erbil, Iraq) He is editor-in-chief of the Arabic-language magazine Kurdistan. Marilyn Booth is professor emerita, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Magdalen College, Oxford University.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

A bold, unforgettable novel of war, imagination, and survival. Thirteen-year-old Kamiran is fleeing the collapse of Syria when his body begins to harden literally—turning to chalk. As his transformation unfolds, he pours his memories, secrets, and darkly funny confessions into a piece of chalk he stole at school. Through the eyes of this precocious, resilient boy, Safe Corridor explores what it means to survive the unthinkable—with tenderness, fury, and imagination. Written by acclaimed Kurdish-Syrian novelist Jan Dost and translated by Marilyn Booth—winner of the 2019 International Booker Prize—Safe Corridor is a searing, surreal journey through displacement, coming of age, and the cost of war. Winner of the 2024 Bait AlGhasham DarArab International Translation Prize. Jan Dost, born in 1966, is a native of Kobani in the Aleppo region of Syria. A student of natural sciences at the University of Aleppo (1985-89), he embarked on a career in journalism in the roles of reporter and editor, currently for the Kurdistan Chronicle (published in English in Erbil, Iraq) He is editor-in-chief of the Arabic-language magazine Kurdistan. Marilyn Booth is professor emerita, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Magdalen College, Oxford University.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/middle-eastern-studies

A bold, unforgettable novel of war, imagination, and survival. Thirteen-year-old Kamiran is fleeing the collapse of Syria when his body begins to harden literally—turning to chalk. As his transformation unfolds, he pours his memories, secrets, and darkly funny confessions into a piece of chalk he stole at school. Through the eyes of this precocious, resilient boy, Safe Corridor explores what it means to survive the unthinkable—with tenderness, fury, and imagination. Written by acclaimed Kurdish-Syrian novelist Jan Dost and translated by Marilyn Booth—winner of the 2019 International Booker Prize—Safe Corridor is a searing, surreal journey through displacement, coming of age, and the cost of war. Winner of the 2024 Bait AlGhasham DarArab International Translation Prize. Jan Dost, born in 1966, is a native of Kobani in the Aleppo region of Syria. A student of natural sciences at the University of Aleppo (1985-89), he embarked on a career in journalism in the roles of reporter and editor, currently for the Kurdistan Chronicle (published in English in Erbil, Iraq) He is editor-in-chief of the Arabic-language magazine Kurdistan. Marilyn Booth is professor emerita, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Magdalen College, Oxford University.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Vad innebär det egentligen att vara företagare, år efter år, i med- och motgång? I det här avsnittet är Karwan Yousif tillbaka och pratar om uthållighet, familjens betydelse och drivkraften som aldrig slocknar. Från barndomens fruktauktioner i Kurdistan till ett liv som egenföretagare i Sverige – Karwan bär på en entreprenörsanda som genomsyrar både hans salong och hans vardag. Samtalet handlar om att ta ansvar, anpassa sig efter förändringar och att alltid leverera kvalitet – även när tiderna är tuffa.Det blir ett öppet samtal om frihet, oro, trygghet och engagemanget till det man gör.   Tre slutsatser: Entreprenörskap är en livsstil – inte bara ett jobb: För Karwan är företagandet både identitet och livsstil, något som genomsyrar hela tillvaron. Kvalitet skapar lojalitet: Att ge kunden mer än vad de förväntar sig är ett framgångsrecept – oavsett om det gäller en klippning eller ett poddavsnitt. Nätverk och familj är avgörande: Att omge sig med andra entreprenörer ger både praktiskt stöd och mental styrka att fortsätta framåt.

On May 15, international legal experts Lara Elborno, Richard Falk, and Penny Green joined me to discuss the work of the Gaza Tribunal, a group devoted to creating an archive of facts and a set of documents and arguments to help international civil society fight against the genocide in Gaza and the Zionist regime that, along with the United States, has perpetrated this atrocity.  Today they all return to update us. They present a grim picture of what they call the final phase of genocide and note both the overwhelming global support for Palestine and the concurrent repression against advocacy and protest. This is a critical episode to listen to and share.Lara Elborno is a Palestinian-American lawyer specialized in international disputes. She has worked for over 10 years as counsel acting for individuals, private entities, and States in international commercial and investment arbitrations. She dedicates a large part of her legal practice to pro-bono work including the representation of asylum seekers in France and advising clients on matters related to IHRL and the business and human rights framework.  She previously taught US and UK constitutional law at the Université de Paris II - Panthéon Assas. She currently serves as a board member of ARDD-Europe and sits on the Steering Committee of the Gaza Tribunal. She has moreover appeared as a commentator on Al Jazeera, TRTWorld, DoubleDown News, and George Galloway's MOAT speaking about the Palestinian liberation struggle, offering analysis and critiques of international law."Richard Falk is Albert G. Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University (1961-2001) and Chair of Global Law, Faculty of Law, Queen Mary University London. Since 2002 has been a Research Fellow at the Orfalea Center of Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Between 2008 and 2014 he served as UN Special Rapporteur on Israeli Violations of Human Rights in Occupied Palestine.He is Senior Vice President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, having served for seven years as Chair of its Board. He is Chair of the Board of Trustees of Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. He is co-director of the Centre of Climate Crime, QMUL.Falk has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize several times since 2008.His recent books include (Re)Imagining Humane Global Governance (2014), Power Shift: The New Global Order (2016), Palestine Horizon: Toward a Just Peace (2017), Revisiting the Vietnam War (ed. Stefan Andersson, 2017), On Nuclear Weapons: Denuclearization, Demilitarization and Disarmament (ed. Stefan Andersson & Curt Dahlgren, 2019.Penny Green is Professor of Law and Globalisation at QMUL and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. She has published extensively on state crime theory, resistance to state violence and the Rohingya genocide, (including with Tony Ward, State Crime: Governments, Violence and Corruption, 2004 and State Crime and Civil Activism 2019). She has a long track record of researching in hostile environments and has conducted fieldwork in the UK, Turkey, Kurdistan, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Israel, Tunisia, Myanmar and Bangladesh. In 2015 she and her colleagues published ‘Countdown to Annihilation: Genocide in Myanmar' and in March 2018 ‘The Genocide is Over: the genocide continues'. Professor Green is Founder and co-Director of the award winning International State Crime Initiative (ISCI); co-editor in Chief of the international journal, State Crime; Executive member of the Gaza Tribunal and Palestine Book Awards judge. Her new book with Thomas MacManus Chronicle of a Genocide Foretold: Myanmar and the Rohingya will be published by Rutgers university Press in 2025

Nicola Verderame"Tutte le canzoni di Istanbul"Cemal SüreyaBompiani Editorewww.bompiani.itIn Turchia la poesia dei maestri del Secondo Nuovo, l'avanguardia postmodernista, è stata riscoperta dalle generazioni più giovani solo con il passare degli anni. Cemal Süreya è un caso esemplare: se il suo linguaggio semplice e sensuale, anche se ricco di simboli e allusioni, ha stentato ad affermarsi mentre il poeta era ancora in vita, oggi alcuni suoi versi circolano nelle strade, scritti con pennarelli indelebili su muri e panchine, con l'hashtag #şiirsokakta (“poesia in strada”), e molti giovani li conoscono a memoria. Le sue poesie, cariche di eros e ironia, sono raffinate, mai leziose, e possiedono una forza comunicativa immediata: un classico moderno dal forte impegno, anche per la critica mossa dal poeta, di origini curde, alle politiche repressive dello stato turco.Cemal Süreya (1931-1990) Nacque nel Kurdistan turco da una famiglia curda zaza. Fondò e diresse tra il 1960 e il 1981 la rivista Papirüs, fondamentale per la letteratura turca del secondo Novecento, e fece parte del Secondo Nuovo, l'avanguardia postmodernista. È considerato in Turchia un vero e proprio classico contemporaneo.Nicola Verderame (1984) ha insegnato Lingua turca all'università del Salento e Filologia turca presso l'università “L'Orientale” di Napoli, dove si è laureato in Studi Islamici (2003-2008). Ha conseguito un Research Master in Turkish Studies all'università di Leiden (2011) e il PhD in Storia contemporanea alla Freie Universitaet Berlin (2018). Ha tradotto opere di narrativa dal turco per le case editrici nottetempo, E/O, Feltrinelli, Mondadori, Carbonio, e numerose traduzioni da poeti turchi viventi per le riviste Atelier, Testo a fronte, Poeti e Poesia. Nel 2016 ha curato e tradotto la raccolta di Tuğrul Tanyol Il vino dei giorni a venire – Poesie scelte 1971-2016 (Ladolfi ed.), insignita del Premio Benno Geiger 2017 e del Premio Nazionale di Traduzione del Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali nel 2018. Nel 2020 ha pubblicato la raccolta di Haydar Ergülen La casa nella melagrana – Poesie scelte 1982-2018, prefazione di Milo de Angelis, Premio Ciampi, Valigie Rosse Edizioni.Attualmente cura la sezione “Versi” della rivista online Kaleydoskop – Turchia, cultura e società e il blog Defter – Poesia turca contemporanea.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

Iraqê yekemîn partiya siyasî ya jinan bi navê Partiya el-Mewadde damezrand, di destpêşxeriyeke ku armanc dike hewildanên jinên ji civak û mezhebên cûda bike yek û rola wan di jiyana siyasî de zêde bike. Her weha roporta ji Hewlêrê behs li ser zêdebûna êrîşên bi dronan ên li ser avahiyên pêtrolê li Herêma Kurdistanê dibe ku bûye çavkaniyeke xeman ji bo rayedarên herêmî. Bi gelemperî tê bawerkirin ku komeke ji milîsan li paş van erîşanin.

Komeke ji parlamenterên Iraqî doz li Dadgeha Federal vekirin û xwestin ku statuya Helebçeyê wekî parêzgeha 19emîn betal bikin, lê, dadgeha federal doz red. Li alîkî din, çend endamên Parlamena Herêma Kurdistanê xwestin ku xula 6emîn a HHK betal bikin. Dadgeha Federal a Iraqê doz red kir û hîşt ku xula 6emîn a HHK di meriyetê de bimîne.

Exitsemester, ayurveda & att skriva från hjärtat - med Sara SerrayFrån Kurdistan till Bali, från företagsbyggande till bokskrivande. Detta samtal med Sara Serray⁠ är ett avsnitt du inte vill missa. Vi pratar om vad en exitsemester egentligen är, hur ayurvediska retreats rensar mer än kroppen, och varför vissa ord - som “förlåt” - först kan förstås efter 30 år.Vi snackar också om föreläsningar, AI-assistenter, morgonrutiner, förlåtelse, journaling och hur det känns att våga starta om efter att ha sålt sin baby.

This week we talk about the PKK, Turkey, and the DEM Party.We also discuss terrorism, discrimination, and stateless nations.Recommended Book: A Century of Tomorrows by Glenn AdamsonTranscriptKurdistan is a cultural region, not a country, but part of multiple countries, in the Middle East, spanning roughly the southeastern portion of Turkey, northern Iraq, the northwestern portion of Iran, and northern Syrian. Some definitions also include part of the Southern Caucasus mountains, which contains chunks of Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan.So this is a sprawling region that straddles multiple nations, and it's defined by the presence of the Kurdish people, the Kurds, who live all over the world, but whose culture is concentrated in this area, where it originally developed, and where, over the generations, there have periodically been very short-lived Kurdish nations of various shapes, sizes, and compositions.The original dynasties from which the Kurds claim their origin were Egyptian, and they governed parts of northeastern African and what is today Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. That was back in the 8th to 12th century, during which Saladin, who was the sultan of both Egypt and Syria, played a major historical role leading Muslim military forces against the Christian Crusader states during the Third Crusade, and leading those forces to victory in 1187, which resulted in Muslim ownership of the Levant, even though the Crusaders continued to technically hold the Kingdom of Jerusalem for another hundred years or so, until 1291.Saladin was Kurdish and kicked off a sultanate that lasted until the mid-13th century, when a diverse group of former slave-soldiers called the mamluks overthrew Saladin's family's Ayyubid sultanate and replaced it with their own.So Kurdish is a language spoken in that Kurdistan region, and the Kurds are considered to be an Iranian ethnic group, because Kurdish is part of a larger collection of languages and ethnicities, though many Kurds consider themselves to be members of a stateless nation, similar in some ways to pre-Israel Jewish people, Tibetan people under China's rule, or the Yoruba people, who primarily live in Nigeria, Benin, and Togo, but who were previously oriented around a powerful city-state in that region, which served as the central loci of the Ife Empire, before the Europeans showed up and decided to forcibly move people around and draw new borders across the African continent.The Kurds are likewise often politically and culturally powerful, and that's led to a lot of pushback from leaders in the nations where they live and at times operate as cultural blocs, and it's led to some very short-lived Kurdish nations these people have managed to establish in the 20th century, including the Kingdom of Kurdistan from 1921-1924, the Republic of Ararat from 1927-1930, and the Republic of Mahabad, which was formed as a puppet state of the Soviet Union in 1946 in northwestern Iran, following a Soviet push for Kurdish nationalism in the region, which was meant to prevent the Allies from controlling the region following WWII, but which then dissolved just a few months after its official formation due to waning support from the Kurdish tribes that initially helped make it a reality.What I'd like to talk about today is the Kurdistan Worker's Party, and why their recently declared ceasefire with Turkey is being seen as a pretty big deal.—The Kurdistan Worker's Party, depending on who you ask, is a political organization or a terrorist organization. It was formed in Turkey in late-1978, and its original, founding goal was to create an independent Kurdish state, a modern Kurdistan, in what is today a small part of Turkey, but in the 1990s it shifted its stated goals to instead just get more rights for Kurds living in Turkey, including more autonomy but also just equal rights, as Kurdish people in many nations, including Turkey, have a long history of being discriminated against, in part because of their cultural distinctiveness, including their language, manner of dress, and cultural practices, and in part because, like many tight-knit ethnic groups, they often operate as a bloc, which in the age of democracy also means they often vote as a bloc, which can feel like a threat to other folks in areas with large Kurdish populations.When I say Kurdish people in Turkey have long been discriminated against, that includes things like telling them they can no longer speak Kurdish and denying that their ethnic group exists, but it also includes massacres conducted by the government against Kurdish people; at times tens of thousands of Kurds were slaughtered by the Turkish army. There was also an official ban on the words Kurds, Kurdistan, and Kurdish by the Turkish government in the 1980s, and Kurdish villages were destroyed, food headed to these villages was embargoed, and there was a long-time ban on the use of the Kurdish language in public life, and people who used it were arrested.As is often the case in such circumstances, folks who support the Kurdish Worker's Party, which is often shorthanded as the PKK, will tell you this group just pushes back against an oppressive regime, and they do what they have to to force the government to backtrack on their anti-Kurdish laws and abuses, which have been pretty widespread and violent.The PKK, in turn, has been criticized for, well, doing terrorist stuff, including using child soldiers, conducting suicide bombings, massacring groups of civilians, engaging in drug trafficking to fund their cause, and executing people on camera as a means of sowing terror.Pretty horrible stuff on both sides, if you look at this objectively, then, and both sides have historically justified their actions by pointing at the horrible things the other side has done to them and theirs.And that's the context for a recent announcement by the leader of the PKK, that the group would be disarming—and very literally so, including a symbolic burning of their weapons in a city in northern Iraq, which was shared online—and they would be shifting their efforts from that of violent militarism and revolution to that of political dialogue and attempting to change the Turkish government from the inside.Turkish President Erdogan, for his part, has seemed happy to oblige these efforts and gestures, fulfilling his role by receiving delegates from the Turkish, pro-Kurd party, the DEM Party, and smilingly shaking that delegate's hand on camera, basically showing the world, and those who have played some kind of role in the militant effort against the Turkish government, that this is the way of things now, we're not fighting physically anymore, we're moving on to wearing suits and pushing for Kurdish rights within the existing governmental structures.The founder of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, got in on the action, as well, releasing a seven-minute video from prison, which was then broadcast by the PKK's official media distribution outlet, saying that the fighting is over. This was his first appearance on camera in 26 years, and he used it to say their effort paid off, the Kurds now have an officially recognized identity, and it's time to leverage that identity politically to move things in the right direction.Erdogan's other messages on the matter, to the Kurdish people, but also those who have long lived in fear of the PKK's mass-violence, have reinforced that sentiment, saying that the Kurds are officially recognized as a political entity, and that's how things would play out from this point forward—and this will be good for everyone. And both sides are saying that, over and over, because, well, child soldiers and suicide bombings and massacres conducted by both sides are really, really not good for anyone.By all indications, this has been a very carefully orchestrated dance by those on both sides of the conflict, which again, has been ongoing since 1978, and really picked up the pace and became continuous and ultra-violent, in the 1980s.There was an attempted peace process back in the 20-teens, but the effort, which included a temporary truce between 2013 and 2015, failed, following the murder of two Turkish police officers, the PKK initially claiming responsibility, but later denying they had any involvement. That led to an uptick in military actions by both groups against the other, and the truce collapsed.This new peace process began in 2024 and really took off in late-February of 2025, when that aforementioned message was broadcast by the PKK's leader from prison after lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish DEM Party worked to connect him and the Turkish government, and eventually helped negotiate the resulting mid-May of 2025 disarmament.Turkey's military leaders have said they will continue to launch strikes against PKK-affiliated groups that continue to operate in the region, and the PKK's disarmament announcement has been embraced by some such groups, while others, like the Syrian Democratic Forces, which is tied to the PKK, but not directly affiliated with them, have said this truce doesn't apply to them.Most governments, globally, have heralded this disarmament as a major victory for the world and Turkey in particular, though the response within Turkey, and in Kurdish areas in particular, has apparently been mixed, with some people assuming the Turkish government will backtrack and keep the DEM Party from accomplishing much of anything, and worrying about behind-the-scenes deals, including a reported agreement between Erdogan's government and the DEM Party to support Erdogan's desire to transform the Turkish government into a presidential system, which would grant him more direct control and power, while others are seemingly just happy to hear that the violence and fear might end.Also notable here is that a lot of Turkey's foreign policy has revolved around hobbling and hurting the PKK for decades, including Turkey's initial hindering of Sweden's accession to NATO, which was partly a means of getting other nations to give the Turkish government stuff they wanted, like upgraded military equipment, but was also a push against the Swedish government's seeming protection of people associated with the PKK, since Sweden's constitution allows people to hold all sorts of beliefs.Some analysts have speculated that this could change the geopolitics of the Middle East fundamentally, as Turkey has long been a regional power, but has been partly hobbled by its conflict with the PKK, and the easing or removal of that conflict could free them up to become more dominant, especially since Israel's recent clobbering of Iran seems to have dulled the Iranian government's shine as the de facto leader of many Muslim groups and governments in the area.It's an opportune time for Erdogan to grab more clout and influence, in other words, and that might have been part of the motivation to go along with the PKK's shift to politics: it frees him and his military up to engage in some adventurism and/or posturing further afield, which could then set Turkey up as the new center of Muslim influence, contra-the Saudis' more globalized version of the concept, militarily and economically. Turkey could become a huge center of geopolitical gravity in this part of the world, in other words, and that seems even more likely now that this disarmament has happened.It's still early days in this new seeming state of affairs, though, and there's a chance that the Turkish government's continued strikes on operating PKK affiliated groups could sever these new ties, but those involved seem to be cleaving to at least some optimism, even as many locals continue hold their breath and hope against hope that this time is different than previous attempts at peace.Show Noteshttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/heres-what-to-know-about-turkeys-decision-to-move-forward-with-swedens-bid-to-join-natohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_PKK%E2%80%93Turkey_peace_processhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%E2%80%932015_PKK%E2%80%93Turkey_peace_processhttps://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2025/05/turkey-pkk-disarm-disband-impacts?lang=enhttps://www.middleeasteye.net/news/pkk-claims-deadly-suicide-bombing-turkish-police-stationhttps://web.archive.org/web/20161016064155/https://hrwf.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Child-soldiers-in-ISIS-PKK-Boko-Haram%E2%80%A6.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan_Workers%27_Partyhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/jul/11/kurdistan-workers-party-pkk-burn-weapons-in-disarming-ceremony-videohttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/18/turkiye-pkk-analysis-recalibrates-politicshttps://time.com/7303236/erdogan-war-peace-kurds/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/19/unidentified-drone-kills-pkk-member-injures-another-in-iraqhttps://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/unidentified-drone-kills-pkk-member-injures-another-near-iraqs-sulaymaniyah-2025-07-19/https://www.aljazeera.com/video/inside-story/2025/7/11/why-has-the-pkk-ended-its-armed-strugglehttps://archive.is/20250718061819/https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-07-17/ty-article-opinion/.premium/how-the-possible-end-to-turkeys-kurdish-problem-could-become-israels-turkey-problem/00000198-1794-dd64-abb9-bfb5dbf30000https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kurdish_dynasties_and_countrieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Kurdish_nationalism This is a public episode. 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"The Stranger from Kurdistan" is a short story by E. Hoffmann Price, first published in the July 1925 edition of Weird Tales. "An enigmatic stranger infiltrates a secret gathering of devil-worshipers in the haunted depths of an ancient tower."

Informed Dissent with Dr. Jeff Barke and Dr. Mark McDonald – I share my experience traveling through Lebanon and Kurdistan, challenging common misconceptions about safety and culture in the Middle East. What I discover is a deep sense of community, faith, and family—values often lost in American society. Join me as I explore what makes these regions unique and what we can learn from their way of life...

Informed Dissent with Dr. Jeff Barke and Dr. Mark McDonald – I share my experience traveling through Lebanon and Kurdistan, challenging common misconceptions about safety and culture in the Middle East. What I discover is a deep sense of community, faith, and family—values often lost in American society. Join me as I explore what makes these regions unique and what we can learn from their way of life...

One of the world's most protracted armed conflicts could finally be drawing to a close in Turkey. This month, a small group of fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been waging an armed struggle against the Turkish state for greater minority rights, voluntarily disarmed. At a ceremony in northern Iraq, PKK commander Bese Hozart announced that the disarmament by 30 fighters - 15 men and 15 women - was undertaken freely and in line with the group's commitment to pursue a democratic socialist society through peaceful means. The fighters' weapons were burned as part of the symbolic event. The move came just days after the release of a video message from imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, who reiterated his call for an end to the armed struggle and the formal dissolution of the group. It was the first time the Turkish public had heard Öcalan's voice since his incarceration in 1999. PKK ends 40-year fight but doubts remain about the next steps Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan responded by telling supporters that the country had reached a historic moment. Ankara now expects a complete disarmament of the remaining PKK fighters by autumn. Since the beginning of the peace process last year, Erdoğan has ruled out making concessions, insisting the rebels are unilaterally surrendering. However, the high-profile nature of the disarmament ceremony is increasing pressure on the government to respond in kind. “This is a historic moment; this is a conflict that has been going on for nearly half a century. Now it's the government's turn to actually open up the political space,” said Aslı Aydıntaşbaş of the Brookings Institution in Washington. “Both the Kurdish side and the Turkish side are telling their own constituencies that they're not giving up much—trying to convince their bases, which, in both cases, seem unprepared for such a radical shift,” she added. Kurdish leader Ocalan calls for PKK disarmament, paving way for peace Opaque negotiations, rising distrust As a gesture of goodwill, the government has reportedly improved Öcalan's prison conditions and allowed communication through a so-called “secretariat.” However, the PKK continues to press for broader concessions, including an amnesty for its members and the right for ex-fighters to return to Turkey. There have also been calls for Öcalan's release, alongside the release of tens of thousands of individuals jailed under Turkey's broad anti-terror laws. Yet concerns are mounting over the transparency of the peace negotiations. “It's really difficult even to assess it because we don't really know what's going on,” said Zeynep Ardıç, an expert on conflict resolution at Istanbul's Medeniyet University. “Some negotiations don't need to be public, but the public should still be informed,” she said. Ardıç warned that the current polarization in Turkish politics and a legacy of mistrust built over decades of conflict make transparency essential. “There should be a bit of transparency, because people don't trust state institutions, people don't trust each other, people don't trust the government or the judiciary. So, it's not easy to succeed under these circumstances. The government needs to reinstall trust - not just among Kurdish people, but among Turkish people as well.” Politics could undermine fragile progress Following the disarmament ceremony, Erdoğan announced the formation of a parliamentary commission to oversee the process, including members from his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), his coalition partner the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), and the pro-Kurdish People's Equality and Democracy Party (DEM). Notably absent was the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), whose exclusion is fueling fears that Erdoğan is politicizing the peace process. Erdoğan requires the support of Kurdish parliamentarians to amend the constitution and potentially remove presidential term limits—allowing him to remain in power indefinitely. Turkey's Saturday Mothers keep up vigil for lost relatives “Erdoğan is trying to juggle two conflicting priorities,” noted analyst Atilla Yeşilada of U.S.-based consultancy Global Source Partners. “A: give the Kurds the least of what they want in return for a constitution that allows him to run again, and B: broaden his war against the CHP. I don't know how he can finesse that.” While Erdoğan speaks of a new era of unity between Turks, Arabs, and Kurds, he is simultaneously escalating a legal crackdown on the CHP, even going so far as to label the party a terror threat. This is a risky move, given that the pro-Kurdish DEM party has previously supported CHP candidates in both presidential and mayoral elections. Kurdish analyst Mesut Yeğen, of the Center for Social Impact Research in Istanbul, warned that Erdoğan may be overplaying his hand. “If Erdoğan's pressure on the CHP continues, then it's likely that DEM's electorate, members, and cadres could grow discontent,” Yeğen predicted. “They'll think that if Erdoğan succeeds against CHP, he'll start a similar campaign against the DEM. So I think they will strike a kind of balance.” Turkey's rivalry with Iran shifts as US threats create unlikely common ground Despite the uncertainty, powerful incentives remain on both sides to pursue peace. With the PKK largely pushed out of Turkish territory and facing military defeat, and Erdoğan in dire need of parliamentary support, momentum for a resolution is strong. But with negotiations shrouded in secrecy, many remain skeptical about what kind of peace this process will ultimately deliver.

Rich Brown is a retired Marine Corps Officer, former Police Officer, and the Co-Host of America's leading Self-Defense podcast, the American Warrior Show. On today's American Warrior Show, we will be joined by Mike Chesne. Mike founded Tecton after a storied 25-year career in the United States Army Special Operations. At Tecton, as Chairman of the Board and Chief of Innovation, he maintains the corporate vision and mission while continuing to delve deeply into scientific exploration to create new and innovative ways to broaden the scope and breadth of Tecton's product portfolio and intellectual property landscape.   At the outset of Tecton, he developed the biochemical makeup and design for the Tecton Ketone molecule. He then methodically worked on the methods, processes, and procedures necessary to formulate and manufacture the molecule from the benchtop to large-scale manufacturing. This process was designed to make it the most energy-efficient and environmentally friendly process possible, beginning with organic byproducts and enzymes and finishing with no hazardous waste. Mike founded an emergency medical supply company shortly before retiring from the army. This company developed trauma and emergency medical kits for all branches of the United States Department of Defense, as well as many of our NATO allied countries, and some of these kits are still standard issue in several different military forces to this day. Mike exited this business (Caromeds) and went into global healthcare consulting, working with the Ministries of Health of Afghanistan, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, etc. During this period, he developed the curriculum for the first-ever nursing school in Afghanistan, realigned the entire healthcare system and medical doctor training program in Afghanistan, assisted in the logistics and manning of the Faruq Medical Center in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq, and helped the Algerian government design and develop their own version of the Food and Drug Administration.   His experience in the United States Army working with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) led him to develop a keen understanding of the scientific method and of cutting-edge science. In 2012, he read about an older DARPA project which involved the search for a nutritional supplement that would improve physical performance and cognition by thirty percent. This project started in 2004 and had been funded for nearly ten million dollars. It never met the full requirement, so it was ended. The end product of that research was an exogenous ketone developed by Oxford University and the National Institutes of Health. He ended his healthcare consulting, went to Oxford, and began working on ketones. He is a motivational speaker who speaks at veterans' events and fundraisers around the country, as well as brain injury and brain health symposiums sponsored by the Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration. He has received many awards and decorations while serving in the army and served in the most prestigious units in the army. He has served in combat throughout the globe and continues to serve veterans through his charity work.   Mike is passionate about helping others. He serves on the Board of Directors of multiple veteran non-profits and has served in many roles in these organizations, including Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Treasurer, Co-Founder, etc. He will continue to serve these deserving people for as long as he is physically able. He splits his time between Orlando, Florida, with his wife, oldest son, three grandsons, and daughter-in-law, and Alexandria, Louisiana, with his wife, youngest son, two... Coffee with Rich Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rhodieusmc/videos

Piştî zêdetirî 40 salî ji têkoşîna çekdarî ya dij-kapîtalîstê ji bo diyarkirina çarenûsa Kurdan li dijî hukûmeta Tirkiyeyê, Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê (PKK) dawî li şer anî û pêvajoya bêçekbûnê da destpêkirin. Roja Înê, 30 şervanên PKKê bi merasîmeke li Silêmaniyê li Herêma Kurdistanê çekên xwe danîn û şewitandin. Gelo li hember vê gava dîrokî Hukûmeta Tirkiyeyê dê tu mafan bide Kurdên Bakur, em vê pirsê û pirsên din ji nûçegîhana SBS Kurdî Hatice Kamer ji Amedê dipirsin.

Li çendîn deverên Herêma Kurdistanê xwepêşandan çêbûn û tê d welatîyekî jiyana xwe ji dest da. Çend kesên din jî hatin girtin, xwepêşandan ji bo nebûna av, kehrebe û muçeyan bû. Zêdetir derbarê wê mijarê û mijarên din di naveroka raporta Ehmed Xefûr ji Hewlêrê hene.

US President Trump said they are very close to an India deal, could possibly make one with Europe & it is too soon to say re. Canada.European bourses broadly in the green, whilst US equity futures are mixed; TSMC +4% in pre-market trade after Q2 results.USD attempts to recover from Wednesday's Powell/Trump drama; AUD underperforms post jobs data.Fixed benchmarks weighed on by the TSMC-driven risk tone, Gilts underperform after the UK's job data which continued to show a weakening labour market but unlikely to change the BoE's trajectory.Crude briefly boosted on reports of a drone attack on Iraq's Kurdistan oil fields; XAU modestly lower.Looking ahead, US Trade, Jobless Claims, Retail Sales & Atlanta Fed GDPNow, G20 Finance Ministers Meeting, Speakers including Fed's Kugler, Daly, Cook & Waller. Earnings from PepsiCo, GE, Abbott Laboratories, Netflix.Read the full report covering Equities, Forex, Fixed Income, Commodites and more on Newsquawk

Serangan drone kembali menghantam fasilitas minyak di wilayah Kurdistan, Irak dan serangan terbaru memaksa satu ladang minyak menghentikan operasinya setelah terjadi ledakan.

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: President Trump reportedly asked Ukrainian President Zelensky whether Kyiv could strike Moscow and St. Petersburg to “make Putin feel the pain,” following a tense call with Vladimir Putin. A drone strike hits a U.S.-operated oil field in Iraq's Kurdistan region, igniting a fire and prompting accusations of terrorism against vital infrastructure. Israel carries out a second day of airstrikes in southern Syria, pledging to protect the country's Druze minority from Assad regime forces. And in today's Back of the Brief: questions still surround the crash of Air India Flight 171. A preliminary report offers limited insight, fueling speculation over what really happened. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President's Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com.Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold DeleteMe: Visit https://joindeleteme.com/BRIEF & Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Piştî hewldana girtinê ya têkildarî nakokiyeke domdar a zeviyê, roja Sêşemê li rojavayê parêzgeha Hewlêrê di navbera hêzên ewlehiya Herêma Kurdistanê û alîgirên kesayetekî eşîrî de pevçûnên dijwar derketin. Zêdetir derbarê vê babetê di naveroka raporta Ehmed Xefûr ji Hewlêrê heye.

Der 76-jährige PKK-Gründer Abdullah Öcalan hat sich diese Woche erstmals seit seiner Festnahme 1999 in einer Videobotschaft aus dem Hochsicherheitsgefängnis Imrali an die Öffentlichkeit gewandt. In dem siebenminütigen Clip ruft er die verbotene Arbeiterpartei Kurdistans auf, den bewaffneten Kampf einzustellen und auf »demokratische Politik« zu setzen. Der jahrzehntelange Befreiungskampf sei beendet, weil die Existenz der Kurden mittlerweile anerkannt werde, erklärte Öcalan. Die PKK wird von Ankara, der EU und den USA als Terrororganisation eingestuft. 1984 griff die Gruppe zu den Waffen, seitdem sind in dem Konflikt mindestens 40.000 Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Präsident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan begrüßte Öcalans Erklärung als »Meilenstein«, sprach jedoch auch von einem langen Prozess. Schon am heutigen Freitag wollen erste PKK-Einheiten im Nordirak symbolisch ihre Waffen niederlegen. In der aktuellen Folge des SPIEGEL-Podcasts »Acht Milliarden« spricht Host Juan Moreno mit Maximilian Popp, stellvertretender Ressortleiter Ausland beim SPIEGEL. Popp glaubt, dass es nun vor allem auf den türkischen Präsidenten Erdoğan ankommt: »Es wäre jetzt an der Zeit, dass die türkische Regierung wirklich versucht, die Situation der Kurden und Kurdinnen zu verbessern. Es wird entscheidend sein, wie Erdoğan sich verhält. Leider ist er nicht dafür bekannt, sich für Teilhabe und Minderheitenrechte einzusetzen.« Mehr zum Thema: (S+) Nach der Selbstauflösung der PKK könnte Präsident Erdoğan die Spaltung der türkischen Opposition vorantreiben. Seine politische Zukunft hängt von den Stimmen der Kurden ab. Ihnen muss er nun allerdings etwas bieten – von Şebnem Arsu und Anna-Sophie Schneider: https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/tuerkei-die-selbstaufloesung-der-pkk-ist-ein-erfolg-fuer-recep-tayyip-erdogan-aber-mit-risiken-a-7cf86c23-d0c9-47bd-80e9-db27881190a8 (S+) Für den türkischen Präsidenten ist der Aufruf von PKK-Chef Öcalan ein Triumph. Doch ob der Konflikt mit den Kurden wirklich endet, hängt von Erdoğans nächsten Schritten ab – von Maximilian Popp: https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/pkk-chef-abdullah-oecalan-kommt-es-jetzt-zum-frieden-zwischen-der-tuerkei-und-den-kurden-a-90b670c8-fbf9-4ba5-aa26-244dbaa51b6c+++ Alle Infos zu unseren Werbepartnern finden Sie hier. Die SPIEGEL-Gruppe ist nicht für den Inhalt dieser Seite verantwortlich. +++ Den SPIEGEL-WhatsApp-Kanal finden Sie hier. Alle SPIEGEL Podcasts finden Sie hier. Mehr Hintergründe zum Thema erhalten Sie mit SPIEGEL+. Entdecken Sie die digitale Welt des SPIEGEL, unter spiegel.de/abonnieren finden Sie das passende Angebot. Informationen zu unserer Datenschutzerklärung.

Die Kurden im Norden Syriens haben sich in den vergangenen Jahren Selbstbestimmung und demokratische Strukturen erkämpft, gegen die Interessen der Türkei. Das türkische Militär greift syrische Gebiete immer wieder mit Bomben und Raketen an – um Terroristen zu bekämpfen, so die offizielle Begründung. SWR-Auslandsjournalist Matthias Ebert war im Norden Syriens unterwegs. Er erzählt uns von der Situation der Menschen vor Ort – und warum das Schicksal der syrischen Kurden auch mit der Sicherheit in Europa zusammenhängt. Stichwort: Terrormiliz Islamischer Staat. Hier geht's zur Reportage “Erdogans Kampf gegen die Kurden - Unterwegs mit deutschen Helfern in Nordsyrien” von Matthias Ebert: https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/story/erdogans-kampf-gegen-die-kurden/swr/Y3JpZDovL3N3ci5kZS9hZXgvbzIyNDUwMjE Hier geht's zu “Dark Agent”, unserem Podcast-Tipp: https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/dark-agent-im-netz-der-geheimdienste/urn:ard:show:a9d616396da29578/ Diese und viele weitere Folgen von 11KM findet ihr überall da, wo es Podcasts gibt, auch hier in der ARD Audiothek: https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/11km-der-tagesschau-podcast/12200383/ An dieser Folge waren beteiligt: Folgenautorin: Nadja Mitzkat Mitarbeit: Lukas Waschbüsch Host: David Krause Produktion: Christine Frey, Konrad Winkler, Pia Janßen, Marie-Noelle Svihla, Jürgen Kopp Planung: Nicole Dienemann und Hardy Funk Distribution: Kerstin Ammermann Redaktionsleitung: Fumiko Lipp und Lena Gürtler 11KM: der tagesschau-Podcast wird produziert von BR24 und NDR Info. Die redaktionelle Verantwortung für diese Episode liegt beim NDR.

Odağımızdakilerin bu bölümünde kolektifimizin üyelerinden Pınar Dinç, geçtiğimiz ay Routledge tarafından yayımlanan Green Transitional Justice (Yeşil Geçiş Dönemi Adaleti) kitabını tanıtıyor.Çevresel yıkım, yapısal eşitsizlikler, hukukun sınırları ve neoliberal kalkınma modelleri gibi konuların geçiş dönemi adaletiyle nasıl iç içe geçtiğini anlatan bu bölümde, adaletin insan-merkezli ve devlet odaklı sınırlarını sorguluyoruz.Görüşlerinizi bizimle sosyal medya hesaplarımız üzerinden #DEMOStanSesler etiketi ile paylaşmayı unutmayın! #YeşilGeçişDönemiAdaletiMüzik: Front Runner - Blue Dot SessionsOkuma listesi: Hassaniyan, A., & Sohrabi, M. (2022). Colonial Management of Iranian Kurdistan; with Emphasis on Water Resources. Journal of World-Systems Research, 28(2), 320–343. https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2022.1081Dinc, P. (2022). Environmental Racism and Resistance in Kurdistan. The Commentaries, 2(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.33182/tc.v2i1.2189Dinc, P., Eklund, L., Shahpurwala, A., Mansourian, A., Aturinde, A., & Pilesjö, P. (2021). Fighting Insurgency, Ruining the Environment: The Case of Forest Fires in the Dersim Province of Turkey. Human Ecology, 49(4), 481–493. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-021-00243-yEklund, L., Abdi, A. M., Shahpurwala, A., & Dinc, P. (2021). On the Geopolitics of Fire, Conflict and Land in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Remote Sensing, 13(8), 1575. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13081575Eklund, L., & Dinc, P. (2024). Fires as collateral or means of war—Challenges of environmental peacebuilding in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Ecology and Society.Etten, J. van, Jongerden, J., Vos, H. J. de, Klaasse, A., & Hoeve, E. C. E. van. (2008). Environmental destruction as a counterinsurgency strategy in the Kurdistan region of Turkey. Geoforum, 39(5), 1786–1797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.05.001Hunt, S. E. (2021). Ecological solidarity and the Kurdish freedom movement : Lexington Books,.Jongerden, J. (2010). Dams and Politics in Turkey: Utilizing Water, Developing Conflict. Middle East Policy, 17(1), 137–143. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4967.2010.00432.xTürk, N., & Jongerden, J. (2024). Decolonisation agriculture: Challenging colonisation through the reconstruction of agriculture in Western Kurdistan (Rojava). Third World Quarterly, 0(0), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2024.2374521

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06/30/25: Minnesota State Senator Rob Kupec is filling in for Joel Heitkamp, and is joined in the KFGO studio by Jihan Brifki to talk about the relationship between Kurdistan and Moorhead. (Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We dive headlong into one family's migration odyssey from Iraqi Kurdistan to Nashville.To really understand what this family — and so many others — were fleeing from, we need to go back to one terrible, pivotal day in 1988. And to do that, we need to go to Kurdistan.The Country in our Hearts is the story of how Nashville became home to the largest Kurdish diaspora in America is an epic one. A tale of bloody genocide, of freedom fighters, of stunning perseverance.But the story of the Kurdish people, no matter where they are, is a story about a country that only exists in the hearts of its people. And the lengths they'll go to make it real.Guest Rose Gilbert, host and reporter of the podcastSeries Credits: Reported and produced by Rose Gilbert Edited and co-produced by Meribah Knight Additional editing by Tony Gonzalez, LaTonya Turner, and Rachel Iacovone, with help from Marianna Bacallao, Char Daston and Justin Barney Mack Linebaugh is Nashville Public Radio's Vice President of Audience – and supported this project in many ways Our community and cultural advisors on this project were Dr. David Romano and Dilman Yasin Sound Design was done by Martin Cruz Fact checking by Daniel Potter And Original logo artwork is by Nuveen Barwari Traditional music by Arkan Doski With additional music from Blue Dot Sessions Special thanks to Paul McAdoo, Jennifer Nelson and to the village of Chalke, and the people there who showed Rose so much hospitality.

Depuis quelques années, la scène musicale électronique irakienne se développe. C'est à Erbil, au Kurdistan irakien, que ce genre musical se fait le plus entendre, à l'occasion de grandes célébrations qui réunissent plusieurs milliers de mélomanes pour danser aux rythmes de DJs parfois venus de l'étranger. Ces fêtes s'ouvrent de plus en plus aux femmes irakiennes, qui, elles aussi, souhaitent s'imposer comme DJ et passer derrière les platines. De notre correspondant à Erbil,  Elles sont cinq femmes, la vingtaine, toutes réunies par leur passion de la musique électronique dans le studio de l'ONG Action Humanitaire et Journalisme à Erbil. Pour une semaine, la DJ française Olympe 4000 leur enseigne les ficelles du métier. Nour, concentrée sur ses platines numériques, raconte sa rencontre avec la techno : « J'ai commencé à aller à des fêtes, à vraiment aimer la musique, se remémore-t-elle. J'avais envie d'essayer, je me suis mise à le faire pour rigoler chez mes amis. Ma copine jouait et je m'amusais à appuyer sur les boutons avec elle... Puis je me suis dit que je devais apprendre, que je devais devenir une DJ moi aussi, parce que je m'en sortais super bien. » Cette passion n'a pourtant rien d'évident lorsqu'on est une jeune femme ayant grandi à Bagdad, comme en témoigne une de ses camarades, DJ 5AM. « La perception est négative... Particulièrement pour les filles, partage-t-elle. Les hommes, personne ne les jugera. Mais nous sommes des filles en Irak et toutes les femmes DJ seront confrontées à leur jugement ». Ayant déjà fait les frais de cette défiance, la musicienne préfère rester discrète. « Je l'ai personnellement expérimentée avec mon chef, raconte la jeune femme. Il a souligné que j'avais une position élevée dans l'entreprise, pourquoi est-ce que je choisirais alors de devenir DJ ? Je lui ai dit que c'était juste un loisir. Ça ne l'a pas tout à fait convaincu, mais je me moque de son opinion. J'ai fait ce que je voulais. » À lire aussiRegards sur l'Iran : l'art comme acte de résistance Cette persévérance suscite l'admiration d'Olympe 4000. La DJ est une habituée des clubs européens, mais c'est sa première expérience en Irak, où elle s'est fixé plusieurs objectifs au cours de la formation qu'elle dispense auprès de Nour, 5AM et leurs camarades. « J'essaie de les accompagner dans le développement de leur carrière, de faire en sorte qu'elles s'autonomisent et surtout leur donner confiance, explique-t-elle. Il y en a quelques-unes qui savent déjà mixer, mais qui ne se sentent juste pas légitimes de jouer devant un public. Le peu d'amis DJ qu'elles ont autour d'elles, ce sont principalement des hommes. » Encore balbutiante, la scène électronique émergente d'Erbil se veut inclusive et protectrice, des valeurs au cœur des soirées que Nour organise avec ses amis. « Lors de nos évènements, de nombreuses femmes dansent librement, c'est un environnement sécurisant : nous nous efforçons de créer un espace où elles se sentent à l'aise de faire ce qu'elles veulent, tous leurs droits sont garantis », témoigne la DJ.  L'un des principaux obstacles à l'expansion de cette industrie musicale, c'est la difficulté pour ses artistes de voyager afin de se produire en Europe où les visas sont délivrés au compte-goutte pour les Irakiens. Pas de quoi effrayer Nour : « Je rêve en grand : je me vois un jour jouer dans les grands festivals. Je sais que j'en suis capable, et j'y arriverai un jour. »  À lire aussiMusique : où sont les femmes ?

There has been immense progress on childhood vaccination since 1974, with over four billion children vaccinated worldwide. So why now are we seeing vaccination rates stall, and decline? We look at what is driving this stagnation that is putting millions of children at risk. The psychological impacts of war can persist for long after the events themselves. Reporter Stephanie Tam talks to the therapists aiming to break cycles of intergenerational trauma in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Being diagnosed with ME, or chronic fatigue syndrome, can be a long process that requires ruling out other conditions first, we discover how researchers are working towards identifying blood biomarkers of chronic fatigue syndrome. Also, on the show we hear from Dr Adele Goman who has unexpectedly found hearing interventions reduce the risk of falling. Finally, Dr Phil Silva the founder of the Dunedin Study has died. We take a look at some of the key achievements of this landmark study that has been running for half a century. It follows the same group of almost 1000 people, all born within 12 months of each other in the early 1970s. Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producers: Katie Tomsett & Hannah Robins Studio Manager: Sue Maillot(Image: Doctor injecting a vaccine. Credit: Karl Tapales via Getty Images)

Nicole F. Watts's Republic of Dreams: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Struggles, and the Future of Iraqi Kurdistan (NYU Press, 2025) is a harrowing portrait of Iraqi Kurdistan and its history, as it weathers Hussein's genocidal campaign against the Kurds, a civil war, the US invasion of Iraq, the Arab Spring, and the sustained neglect of the city of Halabja. Watts, a former journalist and now professor of political science, has spent over a decade researching the struggles of the Kurdish people in Iraq, and in vivid, lyrical prose, she tells their story through the eyes of Peshawa, a young Muslim Kurd whose family barely survived the bombing and then fled for their lives.Throughout the book, the thread of Peshawa's story immerses readers in the everyday and extraordinary world of Iraqi Kurds between the late 1980s and 2022, exploring the meaning of home and dislocation in the wake of war and genocide.Based on over a hundred in-depth interviews with Iraqi Kurdish activists, journalists, elected officials, and community organizers, and hundreds of hours of conversations with Peshawa and his family, Republic of Dreams brings to vivid life the story of modern Kurdistan, and the Kurdish national dream to have their own homeland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Nicole F. Watts's Republic of Dreams: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Struggles, and the Future of Iraqi Kurdistan (NYU Press, 2025) is a harrowing portrait of Iraqi Kurdistan and its history, as it weathers Hussein's genocidal campaign against the Kurds, a civil war, the US invasion of Iraq, the Arab Spring, and the sustained neglect of the city of Halabja. Watts, a former journalist and now professor of political science, has spent over a decade researching the struggles of the Kurdish people in Iraq, and in vivid, lyrical prose, she tells their story through the eyes of Peshawa, a young Muslim Kurd whose family barely survived the bombing and then fled for their lives.Throughout the book, the thread of Peshawa's story immerses readers in the everyday and extraordinary world of Iraqi Kurds between the late 1980s and 2022, exploring the meaning of home and dislocation in the wake of war and genocide.Based on over a hundred in-depth interviews with Iraqi Kurdish activists, journalists, elected officials, and community organizers, and hundreds of hours of conversations with Peshawa and his family, Republic of Dreams brings to vivid life the story of modern Kurdistan, and the Kurdish national dream to have their own homeland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

Nicole F. Watts's Republic of Dreams: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Struggles, and the Future of Iraqi Kurdistan (NYU Press, 2025) is a harrowing portrait of Iraqi Kurdistan and its history, as it weathers Hussein's genocidal campaign against the Kurds, a civil war, the US invasion of Iraq, the Arab Spring, and the sustained neglect of the city of Halabja. Watts, a former journalist and now professor of political science, has spent over a decade researching the struggles of the Kurdish people in Iraq, and in vivid, lyrical prose, she tells their story through the eyes of Peshawa, a young Muslim Kurd whose family barely survived the bombing and then fled for their lives.Throughout the book, the thread of Peshawa's story immerses readers in the everyday and extraordinary world of Iraqi Kurds between the late 1980s and 2022, exploring the meaning of home and dislocation in the wake of war and genocide.Based on over a hundred in-depth interviews with Iraqi Kurdish activists, journalists, elected officials, and community organizers, and hundreds of hours of conversations with Peshawa and his family, Republic of Dreams brings to vivid life the story of modern Kurdistan, and the Kurdish national dream to have their own homeland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/middle-eastern-studies

Dr. Bzhar Othman Ahmed, history lecturer at the University of Soran, Kurdistan, Iraq, discusses his research on the Jewish community in Koya, Iraq from 1918 to 1951. Transcription link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nahrein/media/podcasts/transcript-conversation-bzhar-othman-ahmed Date of episode recording: 2025-02-01T00:00:00Z Duration: 38:13 Language of episode: English Presenter:Mehiyar Kathem Guests: Bzhar Othman Ahmed Producer: Mehiyar Kathem

Laurent, Sylvain, et Pablo, militants tourangeaux, nous parlent, par temps de canicule – 35°C – de leurs engagements, de leurs luttes et de la fatigue militante. Nous sommes au café chez Colette, quai Paul Bert, repaire de camarades. Pas d’enfants à la rue, Kurdistan, Peuples en mouvement. Mouvement étudiant contre la LRU. Malik Oussekine. Le […] L'article La Méridienne – Militant, tout le temps ! – au café chez Colette est apparu en premier sur Radio Campus Tours - 99.5 FM.

Platforma 'Serdana Kurdistanê'/visit Kurdistan ya Herêma Kurdistanê roja Sêşemê bi fermî hate destpêkirin, û mijareke din behs li ser birîna kehrebê li hindek parêzgehên Îraqê dibe ku Herêma Kurdistanê weke tolhildan li hember hukumeta Iraqê ji bo nedana mûçeyên fermanberan dibe. Bir di raporta Ehmed Xefûr ji Hewlêrê heye.

We haven't spoken since John's dog ate the afikoman, and we discuss his Omer success and Asher's Omer challenges. In the meantime, Asher continues his amazing world travels, this time to Kurdistan on an interfaith mission with his Chaldean friends. We discuss that region's deep connection to Jewish history, including minor prophets like Nachum (John had to Google him). We then discuss Trump's anti-antisemitism efforts, and our gratitude that adults are finally in the room on college campuses. Asher ends by describing the Wild West way in which new Jewish holidays are established.

The Grand Ole Opry and the Ryman Auditorium weren't always connected. We take a look at how they became forever linked. Plus, the local news for June 5, 2025, and going to Kurdistan to better understand a vibrant Nashville community. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, Rachel Iacovone, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP

Di aloziyeke dramatîk a krîza mûçeyan de bandoreke mezin li Herêma Kurdistanê kiriye. Serokê Komîteya Yasayî yê Parlemena Iraqê Rebwar Hadi, Wezîrê Darayî yê Federal Taîf Samî bi rawestandina mûçeyên fermanberên Herêma Kurdistanê tawanbar dike. Em bi nûçegîhan Ehmed Xefûr ji Hewlêrê derbarê pirsgirêka mûçeyan diaxafin.

Wezîrê Darayî yê Iraqê ragirtina mûçeyên karmendên Herêma Kurdistanê ji bo heşt mehên bê ragihand. Gumanên Iraqê li ser şandina mûçeyên karmendên Herêma Kurdistanê bûye sedema nerazîbûna gelek siyasetmedarên navdar ên Kurd di salên borî de, yên ku daxwaza muameleyeke dadperwerane ji Bexdayê û mafên xwe yên destûrî kirine. Zêdetir derbarê mijarê di raporta Ehmed Xefûr ji Hewlêrê heye.

In this conversation, guest Meer Awny discusses his Kurdish heritage and its significance, the political challenges of Kurdistan, and the pride and history of Kurdish people. He shares insights from his upbringing in Australia, his experiences with sports, and a pivotal car accident at 16 that shaped his perspective on life. Meer also talks about his work as a high-performance coach, the rigorous journey of building his business, the immigrant mindset, and balancing professional ambitions with personal relationships and health. The discussion touches on the importance of spirituality, nature, and maintaining integrity in daily actions.00:00 Introduction and Welcome00:04 Exploring Kurdish Heritage02:51 Life in Kurdistan vs. Australia04:59 High Performance Coaching and Upbringing06:17 The Impact of Combat Sports11:13 A Life-Changing Car Accident14:29 Gratitude and Perspective16:09 The Immigrant Mindset and Hard Work22:03 Balancing Health, Family, and Business29:08 The Realities of Business Success33:35 The Challenges of Gym Ownership34:17 Refusing to Quit: A Business Owner's Mindset38:51 The Importance of Daily Efforts44:55 High Performance Standards in Combat Sports46:30 Balancing Mental and Physical Training52:49 Spirituality and Connection to Nature01:02:13 The Impact of Technology on Youth01:03:19 Pride in Personal and Professional AchievementsFollow Meer: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meer_awny/FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickbetarofficial/Sponsors: Betar Media: https://www.instagram.com/betarmedia/

Nûçegîhan Ehmed Xefûr di raporta xwe de behsa serdana Serokwezîrê Hukûmeta Herêma Kurdistanê bo Washington dike. Birêz Barzani hin peymanên bazirganiya li wir pêk anîn lê ew yeka ne bi dilê hukûmeta navendî ya Îraqê ye.

Si la guérilla kurde du Parti des travailleurs du Kurdistan, le PKK, est née en Turquie à la fin des années 1970, c'est au Kurdistan irakien voisin qu'elle a installé ses quartiers généraux. Les combats s'y sont déportés et même concentrés : depuis 2022, l'armée turque mène une opération militaire d'envergure dans la vallée d'Amedi en Irak, véritable occupation du territoire où les populations civiles sont prises au piège. L'officialisation, le 12 mai, de la dissolution du groupe insurgé kurde qui mettrait un terme à plus de 40 ans de lutte armée, suscite les espoirs d'un retour à la vie normale, même si beaucoup craignent que la présence militaire turque se prolonge. De notre envoyé spécial de retour d'Amedi,Deux jours après l'annonce par le Parti des travailleurs du Kurdistan de sa volonté à s'engager dans un processus de paix avec la Turquie, le calme règne dans le petit village de Guharzé, au Kurdistan irakien. Shayda, 19 ans, nous ouvre les portes de son jardin. Une sérénité qui contraste avec la violence de ces derniers mois : « Le 27 octobre dernier, nous étions tous en train de dîner, il n'y avait pas particulièrement de combats ce soir-là, alors, nous ne nous y attentions pas, quand soudain, il y a eu un immense fracas, nous sommes sortis précipitamment de la maison, nous ne pouvions rien voir avec la fumée et la poussière dans nos yeux. »Le père de Shayda nous emmène au fond du jardin, il désigne un cratère creusé à une dizaine de mètres de la bâtisse : « Une rocket tirée par un drone est tombée juste là. Regardez, ici, le plafond s'est effondré, les murs sont fissurés, toutes les fenêtres ont été soufflées vers l'intérieur de la maison. Nous avons vidé quatre brouettes de fragments de la bombe… »La bombe qui s'est écrasée sur le jardin de Shayda et son père a été larguée par un drone turc. Malgré la rumeur de la paix, leur ronronnement discret est incessant dans le ciel de Guharzé. Sur une pente rocailleuse à la sortie du village, nous retrouvons son chef, Ahmed, il fait paître ses 200 chèvres dans un enclos bien trop étroit : « Si l'on s'éloigne du village, on risque d'être pris pour cible. Ou les drones vont se mettre à nous tourner autour dans le ciel, ils vont nous forcer à rentrer avec nos chèvres. C'est pour ça qu'on ne quitte pas le village. On se fait tirer dessus. Avant, nous vivions plus haut dans la montagne, nous avions des vignes, des arbres fruitiers, nos fermes. Mais nous ne pouvons plus y accéder, l'armée turque occupe ces terres. »À lire aussiTurquie : le Parti des travailleurs kurdes (PKK) annonce sa dissolution après plus de 40 ans de lutte arméeDans sa lutte contre la guérilla du PKK, repliée dans un réseau de tunnels et dont les déplacements sont invisibles, depuis six ans, la Turquie a renforcé son emprise sur le territoire. Pour en prendre la mesure, nous rejoignons le village de Sergélé, situé à 20 kilomètres de la frontière. Agriculteur à la retraite, Rochavi nous invite à le suivre sur son toit : « Vous voyez, de ce côté, il y a les bases de la Turquie, toute la montagne de Matin, c'est désormais la Turquie… »À moins de cinq cents mètres, nous pouvons discerner les sacs de sables qui protègent une installation militaire posée sur un promontoire rocheux. Il y en aurait plus de 136 disséminées au Kurdistan irakien : « Nous sommes tous extrêmement soulagés que le PKK ait pris cette décision de se dissoudre, ils auraient dû la prendre il y a plus de dix ans. Si ce processus de paix est un succès et que le PKK abandonne les armes, nous pourrons retrouver nos montagnes, nos animaux, nos fermes… »Pour cela, les soldats turcs doivent quitter le Kurdistan. Les mains crispées autour de sa tasse de thé, Rochavi est habité par les doutes : « Je ne suis pas sûr que la Turquie s'en ira aussi facilement. La terre du Kurdistan, c'est de l'or. Et les Turcs ont jeté leur dévolu dessus et ont coupé tous les arbres de la région, des arbres fruitiers parfois centenaires, et ils les ont emportés en Turquie. Mais si le PKK n'existe plus, ça doit s'arrêter. »Les bruissements de la paix sont sur toutes les lèvres dans cette vallée où les civils vivent sur un fil et les bombardements ont certes diminué ces derniers jours, mais n'ont pas cessé pour autant, alors que la démobilisation du PKK est attendue ces prochains mois. À lire aussiPKK: histoire d'une lutte armée dont la fin annoncée peut recomposer le Moyen-Orient

Guhdare podcastên bernameyên SBS Kurdî yên rengîn û balkêş bike. Nûçe, hevpeyvîn, raporên ji Amed û Hewlêre û babetên cur bi cur. Di bernameya iro de mijarên derbarê helweşîna Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan hene.

This episode of Speaking Out of Place is being recorded on May 15, 2025, the 77th anniversary of the 1948 Nakba, which began the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land. We talk with Lara Elborno, Richard Falk, and Penny Green, three members of the Gaza Tribunal, which is set to convene in Saravejo in a few days.  This will set in motion the process of creating an archive of Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people with an aim to give global civil society the tools and inspiration it needs to further delegitimize Israel, end its genocidal acts, help bring about liberation for the Palestinian people.Lara Elborno is a Palestinian-American lawyer specialized in international disputes, qualified to practice in the US and France. She has worked for over 10 years as counsel acting for individuals, private entities, and States in international commercial and investment arbitrations. She dedicates a large part of her legal practice to pro-bono work including the representation of asylum seekers in France and advising clients on matters related to IHRL and the business and human rights framework. She previously taught US and UK constitutional law at the Université de Paris II - Panthéon Assas. She currently serves as a board member of ARDD-Europe and sits on the Steering Committee of the Gaza Tribunal. She has moreover appeared as a commentator on Al Jazeera, TRTWorld, DoubleDown News, and George Galloway's MOAT speaking about the Palestinian liberation struggle, offering analysis and critiques of international law.Richard Falk is Albert G. Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University (1961-2001) and Chair of Global Law, Faculty of Law, Queen Mary University London. Since 2002 has been a Research Fellow at the Orfalea Center of Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Between 2008 and 2014 he served as UN Special Rapporteur on Israeli Violations of Human Rights in Occupied Palestine.Falk has advocated and written widely about ‘nations' that are captive within existing states, including Palestine, Kashmir, Western Sahara, Catalonia, Dombas.He is Senior Vice President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, having served for seven years as Chair of its Board. He is Chair of the Board of Trustees of Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. He is co-director of the Centre of Climate Crime, QMUL.Falk has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize several times since 2008.His recent books include (Re)Imagining Humane Global Governance (2014), Power Shift: The New Global Order (2016), Palestine Horizon: Toward a Just Peace (2017), Revisiting the Vietnam War (ed. Stefan Andersson, 2017), On Nuclear Weapons: Denuclearization, Demilitarization and Disarmament (ed. Stefan Andersson & Curt Dahlgren, 2019.Penny Green is Professor of Law and Globalisation at QMUL and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. She has published extensively on state crime theory, resistance to state violence and the Rohingya genocide, (including with Tony Ward, State Crime: Governments, Violence and Corruption, 2004 and State Crime and Civil Activism 2019). She has a long track record of researching in hostile environments and has conducted fieldwork in the UK, Turkey, Kurdistan, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Israel, Tunisia, Myanmar and Bangladesh. In 2015 she and her colleagues published ‘Countdown to Annihilation: Genocide in Myanmar' and in March 2018 

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Shanidar Cave is a unique archaeological site in Kurdistan where scientists found the remains of 10 Neanderthal men, women, and children. Some of these individuals had survived serious injuries, and one seemed to have been buried with flowers beneath his body. The discoveries at Shanidar challenged long-standing ideas of who Neanderthals were and what separates our species from theirs. Now, more than 50 years after the original excavations, scientists have returned to Shanidar to answer lingering questions about the Neanderthals who lived and died there. Double your impact Support Origin Stories with a one-time or monthly donation. Your gift will be matched, and every dollar helps make this show possible. Go to leakeyfoundation.org/originstories to donate. Links to learn more The Shanidar Cave Project Ralph Solecki's excavations Ralph S. and Rose L. and Solecki Papers at the Smithsonian Shanidar Z: 75,000-year-old face revealed More about Shanidar Z Shanidar Cave location New Shanidar research on cooking Revisiting the flower burial Shanidar: The First Flower People (pdf of book by Ralph Solecki) Sponsors Origin Stories is a project of The Leakey Foundation, a donor-supported nonprofit dedicated to funding human origins research and sharing discoveries to advance public understanding of science.  This episode is generously sponsored by Dub and Ginny Crook. Dub and Ginny are long-time Leakey Foundation Fellows who directly support scientific research and science communication projects. They are passionate about human origins research and making science accessible for all. We are deeply grateful for their support. Are you interested in sponsoring a future episode? Email media@leakeyfoundation.org to learn more! Origin Stories is listener-supported. Additional support comes from Jeanne Newman, the Anne and Gordon Getty Foundation, and the Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund. Credits This episode was produced and written by Ray Pang and Meredith Johnson. Sound design by Ray Pang. Our editor is Audrey Quinn. Michael Gallagher helped record the interviews at Cambridge. Our theme music is by Henry Nagle with additional music by Blue Dot Sessions and Lee Roservere.