Culture

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

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