Culture

Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani poses for a photo with Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the background, Jan. 26, 2022. (Photo: KRG)

Middle East

PHOTOS: PM Barzani tours Abu Dhabi’s landmark Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

Anaïs Boelicke, Director of the German Institute in Iraq and Agnès Banipal, Director of the French Institute in Erbil, being interviewed by Kurdistan 24, Jan. 22, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

French, German institutes launch annual cultural program in Kurdistan

Flag raising ceremony in the town of Sirye, Duhok province.

Kurdistan

Sister of fallen Peshmerga sews hometown's largest Kurdistan flag

Wiebe Wakker visited the Kurdistan Region earlier this month (Photo: Kurdistan 24/Wladimir van Wilgenburg).

Kurdistan

Dutch world traveler hopes to come back to Kurdistan

PM Masrour Barzani attending the returning ceremony of the body of Sheikh Shamo Sheikh Na’amo, Yezidi leader, head of the Lalash Center, and the PM’s advisor for Yezidi affairs, to the Kurdistan Region, Jan. 20, 2022 (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani attends returning ceremony of Sheikh Shamo's body to Kurdistan Region

The Tomb of Sultan is considered the epicenter of the Kakai religion. (Photo: Archive)

Kurdistan

Top Kurdistan officials honor Kakai religious observance

USA

Kurdish Cultural Center of Illinois aims to create a community center

Inside the coffee shop in Duhok dedicated to Peshmerga who sacrificed their lives in defense of the Kurdistan Region (Photo: Kurmanj Nhili)

Kurdistan

The Duhok coffee shop that honors Peshmerga martyrs

Khalis Yunus Mustafa, born in 1956 near Erbil citadel, runs the Qala antique shop behind the Erbil’s main bazaar and citadel (Photo: Wladimir van Wilgenburg/Kurdistan 24).

Kurdistan

Owner of rare Erbil antique store hopes to create national museum

New Year's celebration in Erbil's citadel, Dec. 31, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Governor thanks security forces for keeping Erbil safe during New Year’s celebrations

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

Kurdistan

President Masoud Barzani wishes happy New Year

Mustafa and his grandchildren (Photo: Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images agency).

Kurdistan

Kurdish photographer comes in third place for UNICEF Photo of the Year Award

Duhok's Great Mosque is located in the main bazaar of the city. (Photo: Kurmanj /Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Duhok’s Great Mosque; a history of knowledge

Erbil resident wearing Al-Sidara hats, Dec. 28, 2021. (Photo: Hoger Birazhi/Erbil Museum and Archives of Education)

Kurdistan

Erbil celebrates historical Iraqi hat from monarchy era

The renovated Al-Mutanabbi Street is the historic heart of the book trade and an outlet for writers and intellectuals in the Iraqi capital (Photo: Sabah Arar/AFP)

Iraq

New chapter for Baghdad’s book street

Kurdistan

University lecturer calls for renaming terebinth coffee ‘Kurdish coffee’