In Iran, Israeli and American strikes have killed more than 1,200 people. Middle Eastern artists in Nashville are channeling ...

Current trends in Kurdish music reflect that impulse. Like many nomadic peoples, the Kurds developed a strong folk music tradition they use to pass down their stories from one generation to the next.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — In Nashville’s “Little Kurdistan,” ancient tradition is honored and celebrated. Nashville is home to the largest population of Kurdish people in the United States, according ...

MOORHEAD, MINN. – Two dozen national flags fly in Zak Amin’s classroom. As an English Learner teacher at Moorhead High School, Amin wants his students to feel seen, so these flags reflect the ...

A girl walks through one of the sections at the Damascus International Book Fair, in Damascus, Syria, February 10, 2026. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi DAMASCUS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Owning a copy of Sayyid Qutb ...

MOORHEAD — Though they’ve never met, three Moorhead residents and a Columbus, Ohio, man share a kinship that easily bridges the miles between them. They are united through their shared Kurdish ...

In a brief introduction to the project, Kanai explained: “On the day of spring’s arrival, Saitama Prefecture in Japan becomes a stage for the harmony of Nowruz; how do the Kurds celebrate it, and how ...

The sounds of northern Syria came alive at the Damascus Opera House on Thursday evening, as musicians and vocalists from across the region blended Arabic, Kurdish, and Syriac folk traditions in a ...

“Kurdish culture is a strong and mighty tree with deep roots,” he says. “Turks, Persians and Arabs have spent centuries trying to cut off this tree’s water so it would wither and die. But in the last ...