Podcasts about Kurdistan

Bikaranîna çekên neqanûnî û bêdestûr dibin sedema bûyerên nebaş û xirab, ku di encamê de kuştin û birîndarbûna mirovan çêdibe. Berî çend rojin li gundê Lacanê yê bi ser Parêzgeha Hewlêrê ve xwepêşandanek çê bû, ku têde kesek hate kuştin û şeş kesên din jî birîndar bûn. Hêzên ewlekariyê çend kesên ku alozî çêkiribûn girtin. Di heman xwepêşandana li gundê Lacanê de, rojnamevan û peyamnêr rastî îşkence û şikandina kelûpelên xwe hatin.

Maurizio Fantoni Minnella"Un viaggio in inverno"Passigli Editoriwww.passiglieditori.itUna storia senza tempo: è così che appare al lettore, fin dalle prime pagine, questo breve, intenso romanzo, la narrazione di un viaggio tra i Grigioni e l'Italia che si rivela come una nuova iniziazione per il protagonista, Hans, un suonatore di liuto devoto alla sua arte e, in particolare, al grande compositore inglese John Dowland, uno dei maestri di questo strumento. Ecco, dunque: la città di Coira, capoluogo dei Grigioni, dove si parla il romancio, una delle quattro lingue nazionali della Svizzera, ma così minoritaria da non essere neppure considerata tra le sue lingue ufficiali; e un musicista che ha scelto – contro i desideri e le ambizioni della madre pianista, che vive con lui e che vorrebbe per lui un avvenire di grandi successi – uno strumento musicale del tutto inattuale, completamente rivolto a un passato glorioso ma ormai completamente fuori da ogni clamore di mondanità. Sembra un destino personale ancor più che una vocazione; e il viaggio che Hans compie in pieno inverno tra musica e silenzio, attraverso l'affascinante Passo del Lucomagno, in occasione di un concerto che deve tenere in Italia presso un antico monastero benedettino, rimette in gioco l'intera sua vita. Tra strani incontri, sogni, imprevisti – fino allo smarrimento, quasi freudiano, del suo amatissimo liuto –, Hans sente che qualcosa in sé sta, pur impercettibilmente, cambiando, come se la neve che lo accompagna durante l'intero viaggio lo abbia fatto finalmente scivolare in una nuova accettazione di sé stesso.«… Il Lucomagno, immerso nel gelo, era ancora lontano e il suo corpo febbricitante si rifiutava di proseguire e di affrontare, una volta giunto a casa, colei che aveva il volto di sua madre ma anche della montagna che stava per raggiungere. Fu quando sul lato destro della strada apparve la mole di un edificio che sembrava un gigantesco palazzo in abbandono, in posizione dominante rispetto al villaggio sottostante, che Hans decise di fermarsi…»Maurizio Fantoni Minnella, nato a Varese nel 1959, Maurizio Fantoni Minnella è un nome noto in particolar modo per la sua intensa attività documentaristica, che lo ha portato a realizzare lungometraggi nei luoghi più complessi del pianeta, da Gaza al Kurdistan, da Hebron al Chiapas, dal Messico dei cartelli della droga alle instabili repubbliche postsovietiche. Nel 2021 è stato nominato Ambasciatore di Genova nel mondo dal Comune di Genova per l'intenso lavoro di promozione culturale fatto per il capoluogo ligure attraverso i suoi libri e i suoi documentari. Viaggiatore instancabile, ha sempre affiancato a questa sua attività quella di critico e saggista, anche scrivendo per diverse testate come «La Stampa» e «Avvenire»; è tra i principali collaboratori del Festival letterario di Genova, nell'ambito del quale cura la sezione cinematografica “Poevisioni”. Come scrittore, ha al suo attivo diverse pubblicazioni, tra le quali i romanzi Il viaggiatore delle catastrofi (Pequod, 2016), definito «una discesa agli inferi contemporanea e post-ideologica» e La virtù oscena (Castelvecchi, 2023); e saggi di grande rilievo, anche legati ai suoi viaggi, come In Praga (Castelvecchi, 2021) e Il lato d'ombra. Visioni palestinesi (Alpine Studio, 2022).Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Xelata FIFA ya Hezkiriyan (FIFA Fan Award) yek ji xelatên herî binirx û cuda ya FIFA ye. Hezkiriyên Yaneya Werzişî ya Zaxoyê li Herêma Kurdistanê ji bo bidestxistina vê xelatê hatine berbijêrkirin. Alîgirên Zaxoyê di sala 2025an de, bi avêtina bûk û leystikan nav yarîgehê ji bo zarokên bi nexweşiya penceşêrê, ciwantirîn û mirovdostanetirîn dîmen di cîhana fûtbolê de çêkirin.

If there is one episode you listen to this season, let it be this one. It revolves around these questions: how do we heal the world? How do we practice love?Today, we're speaking with Hadar Cohen, an Arab Jewish scholar, mystic, and artist whose work focuses on multi-religious spirituality, politics, social issues, and community building. Hadar comes from a 10th-generation Jerusalem family with lineage roots in Syria, Kurdistan, Iraq, and Iran.Hadar's story is one that we don't often hear in the mainstream conversations in the Global North, because she comes from the Sephardic Jewish lineage: the branch of Judaism that originated in Spain at the time of Moorish Al Andalus, more closely related to the traditions of the Near East, rather than Europe.Become a Going Places member for as little as $6 a month. Visit our reimagined platform at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Going Places is an audience-supported platform. Become a member for as little as $6 a month and get the perks like getting on a group call with Yulia every month to ask questions, get advice, and be in community with each other.Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members: RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoWhat you'll learn in this episode:The Jewish mystical concept of tikkun olam, repairing the worldHow Judaism is rooted in social justiceWhat it means to be an Arab JewHow spirituality gives us the courage to face injusticeWhat Sephardic Jews have in common with their Muslim peersDifferences between Ashkenazi, Sephardic, and Mizrahi JewsThe erasure of Arab Jews from the region's historyWhat is Jewish anti-ZionismDebunking the myth of 'Arabs versus Jews'How Hadar uses her platform to heal the worldHadar's research in Andalusia and MoroccoWhat it was like growing up Syrian Arab Jew in JerusalemFeatured on the show:Follow @hadarcohen32 on InstagramListen to Hadar's podcast, Hadar's WebLearn more about Hadar's work on her websiteRead Hadar's writing on SubstackCheck out the Tikkun Olam episode on the On Being showWatch Edward Said's 1991 interviewGoing Places is a reader-supported platform. Get membership perks like a monthly group call with Yulia at goingplacesmedia.com!For more BTS of this podcast follow @goingplacesmedia on Instagram and check out

Episode #434: “I don't see how there could be a new social contract for a post-war, post-conflict Myanmar.” With this stark observation, Henning Glaser sets the tone for his analysis of the country's turmoil. Glaser is a German legal scholar based at Thammasat University in Bangkok, where he co-founded the German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance. His work spans Asia, but Myanmar has become one of his deepest commitments. Since the early 2010s, he has organized dialogues and seminars on the country's political transition, and after the 2021 coup, his institute shifted to documenting and analyzing the descent into conflict. Glaser describes the future in bleak terms. The junta shows no sign of collapse, while the opposition remains fragmented. Ethnic armed groups pursue divergent roadmaps, preventing unity around a federal constitution. Glaser admires the energy of younger activists and local governance experiments, yet doubts these can form a coherent national framework. He cites Kurdistan in Iraq as a warning: local stability without broader resolution. Geopolitics, he stresses, makes matters worse. “It is inevitable that a primary focus on geopolitics is creating tension and border conflicts and wars. We see that everywhere,” he says. Myanmar, he argues, is reduced to a pawn in a larger contest between China, Russia, India, and an increasingly disengaged West. The result is proxy struggles that entrench the conflict. Organized crime further compounds the chaos. Scam centers, narcotics, arms smuggling, and trafficking create a criminal economy that fuels the war. “If you have this involvement of organized crime and an organized criminal economy, then you can sustain that for a very, very long time. And that is also why a long stalemate,” he warns. Glaser dismisses upcoming elections as hollow and recalls Myanmar's earlier transition as a “democratic façade with a military heart.” Despite his dark assessment, he ends by saluting the resilience of activists and diaspora communities, whose determination to master law and policy remains, in his view, remarkable. “I totally admire all the young people, middle-aged people, and older people in the diaspora who put incredible efforts to keep up and to gain legal knowledge, to draft laws, to understand how to translate policies into law, how to interpret laws. That is remarkable.”

Irene Seidler fuhr mit einem Supersportler – Motorrad durch Norwegen im Winter und Kurdistan im Sommer. Warum tut sie sich das an, wie hat sie sich darauf vorbereitet und was ist ihr auf diesen zwei so unterschiedlichen Reisen widerfahren? Das erzählt uns Irene im Podcast den wir live im Café Steinbruch in Duisburg aufgenommen haben. Die Ingenieurin und Trainerin berichtet, wie sie durch Schnee und Eis fuhr, wie sich der Unterschied zwischen -20 und + 50 Grad anfühlt und wie freundlich die Kurden im Irak sind.

In this episode of the Chuck ToddCast, historian and author David Lesch joins Chuck to discuss the new book Dodgers to Damascus — an unexpected blend of Middle Eastern politics and baseball. Lesch traces his path from aspiring major-leaguer to one of America’s foremost scholars on Syria, explaining how the fall of the Ottoman Empire, artificial borders drawn by European powers, and a lack of cohesive national identity still shape the region today. He offers candid reflections on his relationship with Bashar al-Assad, why Syria is likely drifting toward a sectarian majoritarian state, and whether any country in the Middle East is truly positioned to attempt democracy. From Iran’s teetering leadership to the Saudis’ complicated partnership with the West, Lesch unpacks the geopolitical moment with clarity and experience. Chuck and David also dive into the surprising ways baseball helped him understand the Middle East — and vice versa. Lesch reflects on the physical toll of pitching, the Braves’ legendary rotation, and why modern sports medicine might have saved his career. The conversation even explores whether the Middle East could ever embrace baseball, the role of Islamophobia in shaping perceptions, and why travel remains one of the strongest antidotes to fear. Ultimately, Dodgers to Damascus is less a sports memoir and more a sweeping look at a region still wrestling with the consequences of history — and this episode brings that complexity to life. Go to https://getsoul.com & enter code TODDCAST for 30% off your first order. Thank you Wildgrain for sponsoring. Visit http://wildgrain.com/TODDCAST and use the code "TODDCAST" at checkout to receive $30 off your first box PLUS free Croissants for life! Got injured in an accident? You could be one click away from a claim worth millions. Just visit https://www.forthepeople.com/TODDCAST to start your claim now with Morgan & Morgan without leaving your couch. Remember, it's free unless you win! Timeline: (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements) 00:00 David Lesch joins the Chuck ToddCast 01:00 Origin of “Dodgers to Damascus” 02:00 It’s weird reading about someone else’s writing about yourself 04:30 What drew David to the Middle East 06:15 Most people don’t understand the Middle East pre 1948 07:00 Fall of Ottoman Empire isn’t covered well in public education 09:00 Artificial divisions in Middle East were to benefit Europe 10:45 Countries in the Middle East lack a national identity 11:30 Davd’s relationship with Bashar Al-Assad 12:30 Assad was raised as an authoritarian and child of conflict 14:30 Any faith in the new leader of Syria to bring about positive change? 16:45 Syria has been helping with counter terrorist operations 18:00 Syria likely on the way to being a sectarian majoritarian state 21:00 Which Middle East country has the best shot at trying democracy? 22:00 Iran’s weakness makes Kurdistan more possible 23:00 Iranian ayatollahs won’t be able hold power when Khamenei dies 24:00 Iran’s government is teetering, and their proxies are weak 25:30 Iran would be an economic power if they became a western democracy 26:15 Israel is at the apex of military power in the region 29:30 The academic case for the Saudis being a partner 30:45 Can the Saudis and Iranians co-exist if Iran moderates? 32:00 How did baseball give you extra perspective on the middle east 34:00 Would modern sports medicine have saved your career? 36:00 The motion for pitching is not meant for human anatomy 37:30 Throwing sidearm is much less damaging for your arm 39:30 The Braves legendary pitching lineup 41:00 David wishes he had at least one year in the majors 42:15 Nolan Ryan’s missing flexor tendon was his superpower 44:30 Teams run the risk of ending pitchers careers early to win a title 46:15 Why is Ohtani so unusual, why haven’t pitchers been able to hit? 48:15 Could you see people in the Middle East getting into baseball? 51:15 Middle East would need a star from that region to rise in MLB 52:00 Islamophobia exists on both sides of the isle 52:30 Travel helps to cure phobias 53:45 Islamophobia is a harder barrier to break than people realize 57:15 Dodgers to Damascus is more of a middle east book than baseballSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today’s Chuck ToddCast, Chuck breaks down how Donald Trump is being consumed by the growing Epstein feeding frenzy — from his inexplicable softness toward Ghislaine Maxwell to signs he may be genuinely afraid of what she knows. As Trump lashes out at Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene with the same fury he once reserved for impeachment-backers, his grip on the GOP shows early signs of slipping, even as the DOJ considers whether reopening the Epstein investigation could delay the release of sensitive files. With the economy struggling, tariffs quietly being dropped, and ACA subsidies suddenly in play, Trump’s visible panic comes at a politically vulnerable moment. Chuck also recaps conversations from the Texas Tribune Festival, where potential Democratic contenders like Wes Moore and Tim Walz signaled a return to mainstream, service-rooted politics — and where Moore’s centrist lane and military background set him apart as 2028 speculation slowly heats up. Then, historian and author David Lesch joins Chuck to discuss the new book Dodgers to Damascus — an unexpected blend of Middle Eastern politics and baseball. Lesch traces his path from aspiring major-leaguer to one of America’s foremost scholars on Syria, explaining how the fall of the Ottoman Empire, artificial borders drawn by European powers, and a lack of cohesive national identity still shape the region today. He offers candid reflections on his relationship with Bashar al-Assad, why Syria is likely drifting toward a sectarian majoritarian state, and whether any country in the Middle East is truly positioned to attempt democracy. From Iran’s teetering leadership to the Saudis’ complicated partnership with the West, Lesch unpacks the geopolitical moment with clarity and experience. Chuck and David also dive into the surprising ways baseball helped him understand the Middle East — and vice versa. Lesch reflects on the physical toll of pitching, the Braves’ legendary rotation, and why modern sports medicine might have saved his career. The conversation even explores whether the Middle East could ever embrace baseball, the role of Islamophobia in shaping perceptions, and why travel remains one of the strongest antidotes to fear. Ultimately, Dodgers to Damascus is less a sports memoir and more a sweeping look at a region still wrestling with the consequences of history — and this episode brings that complexity to life. Finally, Chuck hops in the ToddCast Time Machine to revisit several pivotal moments in the history of American conspiracy theories that all fell on the same calendar week, plus he recaps the weekend in college football! Go to https://getsoul.com & enter code TODDCAST for 30% off your first order. Thank you Wildgrain for sponsoring. Visit http://wildgrain.com/TODDCAST and use the code "TODDCAST" at checkout to receive $30 off your first box PLUS free Croissants for life! Got injured in an accident? You could be one click away from a claim worth millions. Just visit https://www.forthepeople.com/TODDCAST to start your claim now with Morgan & Morgan without leaving your couch. Remember, it's free unless you win! Timeline: (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements) 00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction 03:00 Trump is being consumed by the Epstein feeding frenzy 04:30 Trump’s leniency towards Ghislaine Maxwell is perplexing 05:15 Trump seems to fear Maxwell…but why? 06:30 There’s something Maxwell knows about Trump that scares him 08:00 Trump goes to war with Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor-Greene 09:15 He’s as mad at Massie and Greene as he was with R’s who voted to impeach 11:00 DOJ can avoid releasing the Epstein files by reopening investigation 12:30 Trump is rattled at a time when the economy is struggling 14:00 Administration dropping tariffs, know they’ve raised costs 14:30 It looks like ACA subsidies will actually have a chance to pass 16:00 Offering cash payouts to pay for premiums is a strange solution 17:30 Trump is letting America “see him sweat” over Epstein 19:15 Trump’s influence over the GOP is starting to wane 19:45 If Massie wins his primary, it will be a major rebuke of Trump 20:30 Trump only punishes Republicans who don’t go along with his lies 22:15 We are witnessing the lame duck period beginning for Trump 23:15 Chuck’s experience at Texas Tribune fest, multiple Dem ‘28 hopefuls 24:00 Wes Moore fully embraced the centrist lane during interview with Chuck 25:15 Wes Moore didn’t join the military to “check a political box” 27:00 Tim Walz & Wes Moore agree Trump’s penchant for action is a strong trait 30:15 Wes Moore will run more as a mainstream Dem, not a progressive 35:00 David Lesch joins the Chuck ToddCast 36:00 Origin of “Dodgers to Damascus” 37:00 It’s weird reading about someone else’s writing about yourself 39:30 What drew David to the Middle East 41:15 Most people don’t understand the Middle East pre 1948 42:00 Fall of Ottoman Empire isn’t covered well in public education 44:00 Artificial divisions in Middle East were to benefit Europe 45:45 Countries in the Middle East lack a national identity 46:30 David’s relationship with Bashar Al-Assad 47:30 Assad was raised as an authoritarian and child of conflict 49:30 Any faith in the new leader of Syria to bring about positive change? 51:45 Syria has been helping with counter terrorist operations 53:00 Syria likely on the way to being a sectarian majoritarian state 56:00 Which Middle East country has the best shot at trying democracy? 57:00 Iran’s weakness makes Kurdistan more possible 58:00 Iranian ayatollahs won’t be able hold power when Khamenei dies 59:00 Iran’s government is teetering, and their proxies are weak 1:00:30 Iran would be an economic power if they became a western democracy 1:01:15 Israel is at the apex of military power in the region 1:04:30 The academic case for the Saudis being a partner 1:05:45 Can the Saudis and Iranians co-exist if Iran moderates? 1:07:00 How did baseball give you extra perspective on the middle east 1:09:00 Would modern sports medicine have saved your career? 1:11:00 The motion for pitching is not meant for human anatomy 1:12:30 Throwing sidearm is much less damaging for your arm 1:14:30 The Braves legendary pitching lineup 1:16:00 David wishes he had at least one year in the majors 1:17:15 Nolan Ryan’s missing flexor tendon was his superpower 1:19:30 Teams run the risk of ending pitchers careers early to win a title 1:21:15 Why is Ohtani so unusual, why haven’t pitchers been able to hit? 1:23:15 Could you see people in the Middle East getting into baseball? 1:26:15 Middle East would need a star from that region to rise in MLB 1:27:00 Islamophobia exists on both sides of the isle 1:27:30 Travel helps to cure phobias 1:28:45 Islamophobia is a harder barrier to break than people realize 1:32:15 Dodgers to Damascus is more of a middle east book than baseball 1:33:00 Chuck’s thoughts on the interview with David Lesch 1:33:15 ToddCast Time Machine 1:33:45 Jonestown, JFK assassination, gap in Nixon tapes same calendar week 1:35:00 Jonestown shows a closed information system can destroy judgement 1:36:00 Jonestown shows the consequences of conspiratorial thinking 1:36:45 JFK conspiracy shows what happens when gov’t can’t convince public 1:37:45 JFK’s death caused boomers to mistrust the government 1:38:45 Nixon tape gap reinforced public’s mistrust in government 1:40:15 The public never received justice for Watergate 1:41:15 Americans now process events through lens of government coverup 1:43:30 Public is correct to believe they aren’t getting the entire story 1:45:30 College football recapSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

À cheval entre la Turquie, l'Iran, l'Irak et la Syrie, le Kurdistan est une région multiculturelle et multireligieuse. Dans le cadre d'un documentaire belgo-suisse, on découvre à travers des témoignages une crise humanitaire due aux ravages de l'Etat Islamique encore méconnue : des milliers d'enfants, issus des viols des djihadistes, […] The post Hawar, nos enfants bannis: les victimes cachées de Daech first appeared on Radio Vostok.

À cheval entre la Turquie, l'Iran, l'Irak et la Syrie, le Kurdistan est une région multiculturelle et multireligieuse. Dans le cadre d'un documentaire belgo-suisse, on découvre à travers des témoignages une crise humanitaire due aux ravages de l'Etat Islamique encore méconnue : des milliers d'enfants, issus des viols des djihadistes, […] The post Hawar, nos enfants bannis: les victimes cachées de Daech first appeared on Radio Vostok.

Wek tê zanîn ku roja Sêşemê 11 Mijdarê Hilbijartina Parlemana Iraqê cî girtin, û Komîsyona Bilind a Serbixwe ya Hilbijartinan a Iraqê, encamên destpêkê yên herdu proseyên dengdana giştî û taybet ragihand. Komîsyonê rgihand ku zêdeyî 12 milyon kes beşdarî proseya dengdanê bûn. Dengdan bi gîştî li Herêma Kurdistanê bi aramî derbas bû lê li hin deverên dervayî Herêmê hin pirsgirêk çê bûn. Nûçegîhan Ehmed Xefûr ji me re behsa hûrgiliyên roja dengdanê dike.

Hur skapar man ett framgångsrikt förhållande som håller länge? Ja, den magiska formeln funderar nog många på. En av dem som har några ledtrådar i ämnet är Hana Jamali. Men kan man verkligen ta hjälp av ett excelark för att styra upp ett förhållande? Måste erkänna det kryper i mig när det kommer på tal.Vilken roll spelar arv och miljö för att forma dig till den du är? Uppenbarligen en hel del.Hana Jamalis föräldrar flydde undan förföljelse i Iran och blev även utsatta i Sverige av iranska regimen. De nyfikna samtalen kring middagsbordet och pappas omtanke om hennes kompisar inspirerade Hana till att bli psykolog.Många känner Hana som en av psykologerna från SVT:s succéprogram ”Gift vid första ögonkastet”. Enligt henne ett ganska knäppt program, men spännande att vara en del av.Vi pratar också om låtsasdiagnoser som gör oss trångsynta, konsensuskulturen som gör att vi inte har råd med olikhet, hur det kommer sig att vi ens blir ihop, om mikronyfikenhet och om likheten mellan bergen i Kurdistan och Bohusläns granitklippor.Moderator: Gunnar OesterreichMusik: Mattias Klasson/Daniel OlsenDistribution: AcastSamarbetspartners: Life Genomics, Gröna Gårdar, FunmedHitta allt om podden: Websida: https://spannandemoten.se/Instagram: @spannandemotenFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spannandemotenLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunnar-oesterreich/Kontakt: gunnar@oesterreich.se eller via sociala medier Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The latest wave of Kurds is arriving from Turkey — fleeing political repression and nationalist hate groups. They're coming to a very different America than the Kurds who have called Nashville home for generations. It's an America in turmoil — a place where immigrants are increasingly seen as enemies within, to be rooted out and sent back to where they came from.In this final installment from The Country In Our Hearts, we meet a new generation of Kurdish Nashvillians and leave on a hopeful note with a Kurdish new year celebration.Series Credits:The Country In Our Hearts was reported and produced Rose Gilbert, who also produced the visual trailer. Meribah Knight edited and co-produced the series. Sound design by Martin Cruz, and traditional music is by Arkan Doski. The original logo artwork is by Nuveen Barwari.Special thanks to Paul McAdoo and Jennifer Nelson and huge thanks to Mehmet Ayaz, who made so much of this storytelling possible. Additional thanks for all of the people who welcomed Rose in Kurdistan, like Azad Sameen, the Barmarne family and the village of Chalke; and, of course, the many journalists she met along the way, Suha Kamel, Makeen Mustafa, Paul Idon, Namo Addullah and Wladimir van Wilgenburg.

Komîsyona Hilbijartinê ya Iraqê ji bo misogerkirina ku binpêkirin çênebin û mafên wekhev ji bo hemî namzed û lîsteyên hilbijartinê li Iraq û Herêma Kurdistanê li gorî qanûnê bin, rêbername û biryarên nû derxist. Di hilbijartinên berê de, çend namzed û lîsteyên hilbijartinê rêbername û qanûnên Komîsyonê binpê kirin, vê carê Komîsyon bi alîkariya çavdêrên navneteweyî, konsulxane û balyozxaneyan hewlên cidî didin da ku pêşî li her sextekarî û binpêkirinan bigirin.

Kurdish designer Lara Dizeyee is preparing a couture collection for Milan Fashion Week. Dizeyee fled Iraqi Kurdistan as a child, grew up in the US, and later returned to Erbil. Her designs draw on traditional Kurdish dress - layered garments, capes, and ornate headpieces - reimagined as bold evening wear. Her work is celebrated in Kurdistan, across the diaspora, and in the Arabian Gulf. Yet despite her growing profile, she lacked the funds to stage a show on the scale Milan demands. Arts journalist Melissa Gronlund follows her as she secures backing and races against time to source fabrics, sketch and sew designs, and collaborate with Kurdish artisans on jewellery and bespoke accessories. More than 30 outfits are completed and packed into suitcases carried by her extended family. On the big day, Dizeyee fits each model and navigates last-minute crises - models too short, earrings that won't fit, designs that misfire. But as the models walk out in her reimagined Kurdish looks, the emotion in the room is unmistakable. And in that final moment, as the Kurdish flag is symbolically recreated on the runway, Dizeyee presents her culture to the world.

WPLN's Rose Gilbert dives 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. Rose Gilbert, host and reporter of the podcastSeries Credits:The Country In Our Hearts was reported and produced Rose Gilbert, who also produced the visual trailer. Meribah Knight edited and co-produced the series. Sound design by Martin Cruz, and traditional music is by Arkan Doski. The original logo artwork is by Nuveen Barwari.Special thanks to Paul McAdoo, Jennifer Nelson, Namo Abdulla, Luqman Abdulqadir and the Halabja Chemical Victims Society.Audio of interviews with victims of al anfal chemical attacks came from the Kurdish Memory Programme. Audio of the interview with a Halabja chemical attack victim is courtesy of Kurdistan 24. 

All'interno del programma di RadioPNR condotto da Alberto La Piana : "Buongiorno PNR", il Co-presidente dell'Associazione "Verso il Kurdistan" Antonio Olivieri, ci ha illustrato l'operazione: "Clementine e Non Solo", volta alla vendita di specialità agroalimentari in cui prevenuto sarà destinato a terminare la costruzione di un ospedale.

Ev bû demeke ku hejmareke mezin ji penaber û koçberan ji welatên Ewropî bi taybetî ji Almanya û Brîtanya bo Îraq û Herêma Kurdistanê tên vegerandin. Karbidestên wan welatan wan penaxwazan ji ber hin egeran vedigerîn. Egerên weke çûna koçberan bo welatên Ewropî bi awayekî neyasayî, herweha rêkeftina di navbera Îraqê û hin welatên di Yeketiya Ewropî de bo vegerandina panaxwazên ku bi şêweyeke neyasayî çûne.

From armed struggle to politics. The Kurdistan Workers' Party says it's withdrawing from Turkey after a decades-long fight for a Kurdish homeland. So, how will Turkey build on this move? And what does it mean for Kurds across the region? In this episode: Hiwa Osman, Former Adviser, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (2005-2008). Mohammed D Salih, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute. Hisyar Ozsoy, Former Deputy Chairman, Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). Host: Adrian Finighan Connect with us:@AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook

Denna veckan forstsätter vi lite på förra veckans tema kring hollywood-fighting och hur skådisar tror de kan slåss. HET KONTROVERS drabbar den åttakantiga buren när fans raljerar mot Reinier de Ridder vars hörna kastar in handduken mellan 4e och 5e ronden. Vi snackar även roliga fightingspel som har influerat oss och givetvis om titelmatchen i den viktklassen som sannolikt lär ha en och samma regerande mästare ett bra tag framöver efter lördag natt.   Rondvilan  Rondvilan YouTube Rondvilan Instagram Rondvilan TikTok   0:00 Intro 0:17 Hej och välkomna till rondvilan news 3:10 New rondvilan new me 3:40 Borde Reiner de Ridder ha dött i buren? 17:20 Fanns det en seriemördare bland UFC-publiken? 18:48 Sebbe förklarar var vetenskap är  20:10 Resten av Kanadakortet: pungsparkar och dåliga domare  23:00 Huvudmatchen bevisar det: ingen kommer slå khamzat  26:22 Vilken UFC-divisionen har haft sämst konkurrens?  30:45 Ali tror att vi lever i en simulering  31:30 Favoritkampsportsfilmer del 2 33:30 Vad för roll hade Ali spelat i Hollywood och varför är det en terrorist? 36:22 Tillbaka till kampsportsfilmer 40:26 Joe Rogan vs Wesley Snipes 44:17 Karate kid, Van Damme och steroider  48:00 Will Smith catching strays sedan tillbaks till film 52:52 TV-SPEL! Tekken, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, The Warriors och mer  1:04:10 Ali fick stryk av kids från Redline 1:05:35 Diskussion om Saw-filmerna  1:09:29 Juste, UFC: Aspinall vs Gane! Vi snackar också om UFC ibland  1:12:03 Finns det mycket för Tom Aspinall att göra i UFC?  1:13:00 Hur ska UFC Vita Huset funka egentligen?  1:16:20 Mer om resten av UFC-kortet 1:17:30 Umar Nurmagomedov kommer förhoppningsvis mangla Mario bautista 1:17:57 Aleksandar Rakic vs Azamat Murzakhanov  1:19:00 Mateusz Rebecki och big boys Chris Barnett vs Hamdy Abdelwahab 1:21:00 Adal Kurd-roastar Ali  1:23:00 Fler fighters borde reppa den svenska flaggan  1:28:40 Varför vill fighters inte ha den svenska flaggan?  1:36:35 Kurdistan kallade Ali för svenne  1:38:39 Vilken otippad musikgenre eller artist gillar grabbarna?  1:45:50 Ingångslåt-bingo Rondvilan Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rondvilan/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@rondvilan YouTube https://youtube.com/@rondvilan?si=Zr6jLjAdHHnOG0qw   

Herdu perlemanên Îraq û Herêma Kurdistanê bûne ciyê rexne û gilî û gazincên mezin ji alîyê xelk ve. Komisyona Helbijartinên Îraqê bo roja dengdanê jiber saxtekarî hindek biryar derxistin, di nav de birina mobayil û kamîra bo hola dengdanê qedexe kir. Zêdetir derbarê wan mijaran û yên din di raporta Ehmed Xefûr ji Hewlêrê heye.

Bangeşa helbijartinê bo perlemana Îraqê li herêma kurdistanê destpêkiriye ku bangeşeke gerim birêve diçe û partên desthelat û opozisyûn bangeşa xwe bê pirisgirêk birêve dibin. Roja Sêşemê firokeyeka bê firokevan li sînora Qendîlê kete xwarê, ev jî piştî ku dever bombaran kir û her dem û demekê hinek deverên Herêma Kurdistanê tên burdoman kirin. Vê yekê dilgiranîyeke mezin li gel xelkê wan gundên sînorî çêkirye. Zêdetir derbarê van mijaran di raporta Ehmed Xefûr ji Hewlêrê heye.

What's it like to arrive in Finland as a minor with no parents? In this episode, we explore a new youth theatre production where young people from Afghanistan, Somalia, Syria, Kurdistan and Ukraine transform their challenging journeys into a powerful story of resilience. Zena Iovino produced and presented this episode of All Points North. The sound engineer was Katri Koivula. Let us know what you think via WhatsApp on +358 44 421 0909 or at allpointsnorth@yle.fi. 3 October 2025 / All Points North / Yle News

In this Week 39 edition of the GMS Weekly Podcast, we unpack the latest ship-recycling market trends, freight dynamics, currency and steel movements, and key regional updates from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Turkey. This week's theme: Disconnect. Global Market Overview Dry bulk freight turned volatile: Baltic Dry Index ended the week with a net 2.5 % gain, driven by Capesize strength of about 5.5 %, even as daily readings slipped late in the week. Oil softened: WTI crude fell 1 % to around USD 65 per barrel, pressured by Kurdistan resuming crude exports after 2.5 years. Currencies weakened: Indian rupee dropped to INR 88.62, Bangladesh taka to BDT 122.04, and Turkish lira to TRY 41.58; only the Pakistani rupee strengthened, to PKR 282.50. Steel plate prices mostly flatlined, except India slid USD 15 to USD 409.20 per ton, weighing on sentiment. Bangladesh Chattogram stayed the quietest sub-continent market. Recycled steel failed to move, and larger LDT tonnage kept diverting to competitors. The taka closed at BDT 122.04, while 18 yards are HKC-compliant with more approvals expected next month. India Alang faced a tough week. The rupee weakened to INR 88.62, briefly near 89, and steel prices dropped to USD 409.20 per ton. Some speculative deals, like the 4,810 LDT container Niigata Trader at USD 480/LT LDT, look stretched as fundamentals deteriorate. Ongoing U.S. tariffs and sanctions continue to cloud Q4 prospects. Pakistan Gadani brightened the regional picture. Several bulkers changed hands, including Rising Harrier at USD 445/LT LDT and Puteri Kirana at USD 390/LT LDT (“as is” Surabaya). Strong local steel prices and a PKR strengthening to 282.50 support momentum, even as HKC compliance work continues. Turkey Activity remained subdued. The lira slipped to TRY 41.58, and local steel prices edged lower, keeping sentiment soft. Beach Breakdown With freight rates mixed and steel prices uneven, regional ship-recycling markets show a clear disconnect between fundamentals and bidding. For full details, vessel rankings, and port positions, download the GMS Weekly on our website or mobile app. Follow GMS on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for daily updates.

Dagens ämnen: 0:00 Intro 4:45 Integrum & Intellego  11:08 Kurdistan 13:00 Ørsted 15:17 Oklo och kärnkraft 16:17 Studsvik 20:38 Räntesänkning i Sverige 23:10 Oracle, OpenAI och Nvidia 27:55 Flat Capital 31:53 Guld och silver 35:49 Veckans Fill or Kill 37:35 Intervju med Nosa Plugs!   www.instagram.com/fillorkillpodden    Tack @savr! www.savr.com    

Au cœur du Moyen-Orient, le yézidisme est une foi ancienne et mystérieuse, souvent mal comprise et persécutée. Vénérant le Péacock Angel (l'Ange Paon), cette religion combine des éléments du zoroastrisme, du christianisme et de l'islam tout en conservant ses propres croyances uniques. Pourquoi cette religion a-t-elle été ignorée ou rejetée ? Découvrez les secrets et les mystères du yézidisme, une religion aux racines profondes et oubliées.Ouvrez la porte des Mystères avec Arcana Podcast ! Présenté par Ludovic - Arcana ⛎ Soutenir l'émission sur Tipeee : https://www.tipeee.com/arcana-mysteres-du-monde

Francesco Marilungo"Frammenti di Kurdistan"Prefazione di Silvia BallestraPolidoro Editorewww.alessandropolidoroeditore.itDal carcere alla montagna, dalla protesta delle madri dei desaparecidos curdi alle linee di confine che come cicatrici dividono in quattro parti una geografia mai diventata nazione.La letteratura curda riflette la condizione politica del paese da cui nasce: diviso, controllato, colonizzato. In un territorio in cui studiare nella propria lingua madreè impossibile, l'esilio diventa una tappa obbligata. Sparigliati per i sentieri della diaspora, gli scrittori curdi vivono il loro paese d'origine nella dimensione del frammento, della perdita, della distanza, ma anche della memoria tenuta in vita dalla lingua. Dai racconti di sapore testimoniale e civile, ai viaggi lisergici che trasmutano la realtà politica in assurde scomposizioni del corpo; dalle narrazioni epiche che affondano le radici nel patrimonio folkloristico curdo, al racconto dell'esilio e dell'emigrazione che costringono a rinegoziare la propria identità.Prefazione di Silvia Ballestra.Francesco Marilugno: è nato a Fermo nel 1983. Ha studiato letteratura italiana nelle università di Bologna e Roma e, dopo la laurea, si è trasferito per un periodo in Turchia, dove ha vissuto a Istanbul e Diyarbakır, cuore pulsante della geografia curda.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

Benjamin Isakhan is just back from Erbil in Kurdistan.  He attended a conference on the genocide of the Yazidi people at the hands of Islamic State in Iraq. GUEST:Benjamin Isakhan is Australian Research Council Future Fellow in the Alfred Deakin Institute and Professor of International Politics in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University

Quand on pense aux conflits armés, on imagine souvent des guerres entre États. Pourtant, les guerres les plus fréquentes depuis la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale sont des guerres civiles. Elles traversent l'histoire contemporaine, de l'Afghanistan au Mali, de la Syrie au Rwanda, de la République démocratique du Congo aux Balkans, sans oublier la question Kurde. Et pourtant, nous en savons finalement assez peu de choses. Elles sont souvent perçues comme des violences chaotiques, irrationnelles, ou comme des effondrements d'État, alors qu'elles obéissent à des logiques politiques, sociales et économiques précises. Qu'elles sont pratiquement un phénomène universel sur le temps long. Et que la quasi-totalité des sociétés a connu un épisode de guerre civile, provoquant la mort de dizaines de millions de personnes ainsi que l'exil ou le déplacement de centaines de millions d'autres. Enfin, loin d'être une affaire uniquement interne à un pays, les guerres civiles ne peuvent se comprendre sans prendre en compte les acteurs internationaux.  Gilles Dorronsoro est notre invité, professeur de science politique à l'Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne et membre de l'Institut universitaire de France. Gilles Dorronsoro a travaillé sur les guerres civiles contemporaines en Afghanistan, au Kurdistan, en Syrie et au Mali. Auteur de Le plus grand des maux. Sociologie des guerres civiles, CNRS ÉDITIONS.  

En regardant son oncle se régaler de sauce harissa, Julien Fréchette tout jeune cherche à comprendre, d'où vient cette appétence pour le feu et le piquant. C'est un autre feu, celui de la guerre, frôlé de bien trop près alors qu'il filmait des documentaires en Irak et au Kurdistan qui l'incitera à repenser à cette scène : son oncle, la harissa et le goût manifeste pour ce piment. (Rediffusion) D'où vient ce goût pour les piments ? De quelles cultures fait-il partie ? D'où vient ce plaisir de la brûlure ? Un documentaire plus tard sur ces « fous de piments », Julien Fréchette mordu, se lance, et fonde « la pimenterie », mariage en français de piment et de brasserie en français. La première sauce sera une Royal Bourbon, entre le Moyen-Orient et les Amériques : des piments habanero chocolat, des dattes, une touche de bourbon, totalement addictive. La pimenterie travaille avec des piments élevés et produits au Québec, crée des mélanges originaux -  Cari vert, Rose Flash, Kumquat crush, le temps des cerises ou vertigo – sans consigne ni injonction sur la (bonne) manière de les savourer : champ libre et pur plaisir ! Avec Julien Fréchette, pimenteur en chef, passionné et grand curieux. La pimenterie est à Montréal au Québec, et sur le web. Parmi les documentaires réalisés par Julien Fréchette, il y a Chiliheads : fous de piments forts réalisé en 2021 et présenté au FIPADOC, le festival international du film documentaire en 2021. Ses autres films.  Cette rencontre a été enregistrée à Montréal, lors d'un voyage effectué à l'occasion de la sortie d'une nouvelle collection de guide Hachette Tourisme intitulée Food lovers travel avec plusieurs villes à savourer en l'occurrence «Eat Montréal». Découvrez aussi les autres destinations.   En images   Pour aller plus loin : - François Chartier - Papilles et molécule, de François Chartier, éditions la Presse - Le répertoire des saveurs, de Nikki Segnit, éditions Marabout. Un répertoire des saveurs végétales a été publié au printemps 2024 - Piments de Sophie Dupuis Gaulier, éditions Hachette Cuisine - Piments, des recettes hot hot hot, de Valérie Drouet et Pierre Louis Viel, éditions Mango - Créole et veggie, métissage végétal, de Suzy Palatin, éditions La Plage.   Programmation musicale : - Mariana Froes, Gabriela, a colors show - Gabi Hartman, Lever du soleil.

Last week's arrest of Lahur Talabani in a violent raid that left four dead set a dangerous precedent, one that could undermine PUK leader Bafel Talabani and the Kurdistan region as a whole, says independent analyst Shayan Talabany.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Li Hewlêrê çalakvanê sîyasî Şêrwan Şêrwanî bi tawana hereşekirin li afserekî hêze emnîyetê 4 sal û 5 meh zîndan dadgehê hukum da wî. Piroseya dadgehkirinê bi amadebûna jimareyek ji parlemanteran û nûnerên rêxistinên mafê mirovan û çalakvanan berêve çû. Li alîyekî din, li Silêmanî Şaswar Abdulwahîd serokê Cûlaneweyî Neweyî Nwê ku partiyekî opozisyone û xwedan çendîn kursî li perlemana Herêma Kurdistanê û Îaqê ye bi tawanên ku çendín gilî li ser hene hat girtin.

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

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

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.

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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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.

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