Culture

Nabaz Chawshin (right) dancing at his cafe in Ta'jil, a popular neighborhood of the Kurdistan Region's capital, March 26, 2023. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

Kurdistan

Unique dance attracts hundreds of customers to an Erbil café during Ramadan

Hundreds of Kurdish people lit torches and walked up Mount Kale in celebration of the Kurdish new year in Akre, known as the capital of Newroz, on Sunday evening (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

Kurdistan

Governor of Duhok proposes Akre as official capital of Newroz

Ismail Kamil, the head of the Kurdish Diaspora Confederation, speaking to Kurdistan 24, March 26, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Europe

Kurdish Diaspora Center holds its second congress

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delivering remarks at a Newroz party in Erbil, March 20, 2023. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

The Kurdish nation never gives up in face of challenges, says PM Barzani in Newroz greeting

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delivering a speech on the national Kurdistan's Flag Day, Dec. 17, 2020. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

Newroz is a symbol of unity, success and freedom, says PM Barzani

President Masoud Barzani during a press conference. (Photo: Khalid Mohammed/AP)

Kurdistan

President Masoud Barzani welcomes Newroz

A number of men hold lit torches as they climb on a mountain in the Kurdistan Region Akre town on the eve of Kurdish New Year Newroz, March 20, 2022. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

Kurdistan

Diplomats from 80 countries celebrating Newroz in Kurdistan Region

A music performance held at Newroz and Freedom Festival in 2022 in Erbil. (Photo: Erbil Governorate)

Kurdistan

Erbil hosts cultural festival to mark Newroz, Uprising

German Kurdish artist arrested in Turkey

Turkey

German Kurdish artist arrested in Turkey

The inauguration of the 15th International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Erbil inaugurates 15th international book fair

UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay (Photo: Aurelien Morissard/AP)

Iraq

UNESCO chief in Iraq to visit war-battered cultural sites

Kurdistan

Kurdish artist releases album in honor of Halabja victims

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani speaking during the seventh TedxNishtiman event in Erbil, March 4, 2023. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani attends 6th TedxNishtiman in Erbil

People watch a cockfight at a popular cafe in Iraq's southern city of Basra, Feb. 24, 2023. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)

Iraq

Cockfighting still a popular blood sport in southern Iraq

Security forces in the Kurdistan Region's Erbil province enforce COVID-19 lockdown, March 2020. (Photo: Safin Hamed / AFP)

Kurdistan

Streets near Erbil Citadel limited to pedestrian traffic, says municipality

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani is pictured during a weekly ministerial meeting in Erbil. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani issues two executive decisions regarding the Kurdish language