Culture

Joseph Elias Yalda, director of the Heritage Museum of al-Qosh, points to old photographs depicting the Prophet Nahum synagogue, Feb. 3, 2022. (Photo: Ismael Adnan/AFP)

Iraq

Heritage of Iraq's last few Jews at risk

The Great Ziggurat temple in the ancient city of Ur in the southern province of Dhi Qar, around 375 kilometres southeast of the capital Baghdad (Photo: Asaad Niazi/AFP)

Iraq

Iraq to build 'tourist city' for archeological sites

Amedi, Feb. 12, 2022 (Photo: Kurmanj Nhili)

Kurdistan

500 years of producing tasteful Tahini continues in Amedi

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani congratulates the people of the Kurdistan Region on International Mother Language Day

Chawan Dana Tofiq makes string art based on Kurdish themes (Photo: Chawan Dana)

Kurdistan

A self-taught Kurdish female artist creates string art focused on Kurdistan

A florist in Duhok on Valentine’s Day, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022 (Photo: Kurmanj Nhili)

Kurdistan

Demand for flowers rises on Valentine's Day in Duhok

Chinese Consul General Ni Ruchi speaks at a Kurdish-Chinese cultural event in Erbil, Feb. 14, 2022. (Photo: Hero Mawludi/Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Kurdish students of Mandarin hold cultural event to mark Chinese New Year in Erbil

British Consul General in Erbil David Hunt poses for a photo in his newly tailored Kurdish outfit and turban, Feb. 11, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

UK consul general’s Kurdish outfit is ready for Newroz

A librarian shows a book from the library collection of the University of Iraq's northern city of Mosul, on Jan. 31, 2022. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)

Iraq

In Iraq's Mosul, library rises from ashes of IS reign

A number of artifacts on display. (Photo: Iraqi News Agency)

Iraq

Lebanon to return smuggled artifacts to Iraq

Canadian-Kurdish singer Melody. (Photo: Melody)

World

Canadian Kurdish artist’s new song raises awareness about Kurdish women's struggles

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, right, and the Iraqi legal expert Tariq Harb. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Iraq

PM Barzani sends condolences to friends and family of deceased Iraqi legal scholar

Patrons sit in a public bathhouse in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. Syria's traditional public bathhouses, known as Hammamat, are picking up steam again due to electricity cuts during a particularly cold winter. (Photo: AP/Omar S

Syria

Power cuts help revive Syrian tradition of public bathhouses

A view of Ranya's Black Mountain.

Kurdistan

The wonders of the Kurdistan Region city of Ranya

Jan Dost. (Photo: Kurdish Cultural Institute of Vienna)

Syria

Rojava writer uses 'soft power' to get his voice heard

Sherzad Heini discusses his writings during a meet-up in Erbil with a group of readers of his works. (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour)

Kurdistan

Prolific writer focuses on Erbil history, culture