Culture

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’

Dancers perform in Duhok's main square. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Dancers amaze onlookers in Duhok main square

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

Kurdistan

Top Kurdish leaders stress 'peaceful coexistence' in Christmas messages

Armenian-Kurdish filmmaker Solin Bakircian (Photo: Salah Haji Hussein).

Kurdistan

New Kurdish feature film to focus on the mental health of Peshmerga veterans

New Year's Eve celebration at Erbil Citadel. (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour)

Kurdistan

New Year’s Eve in Kurdistan

Iraqi calligrapher Wael Ramadan uses a stylus to produce a sample of Arabic calligraphy at his workshop in al-Ashar district of Iraq's southern city of Basra, Dec. 21, 2021. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)

Iraq

Building on tradition: Iraqi labourer preserves calligraphic art

The Art Frosh (Art Seller) in Sulaimani city displays and sells a wide variety of Kurdish art. (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour)

Kurdistan

Art Frosh: Unique platform in Sulaimani displays Kurdish art