Culture

A man shares candy with Eid al-Adha celebrators at a neighborhood in the Kurdistan Region's Sulaimani province, July 20, 2021. (Photo: Dana Hama Gharib/Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region celebrates second Eid al-Adha amid COVID-19 pandemic

Memories on Stone by Kurdish director Shawkat Amin Korki will be shown at the Moscow Kurdish Film Festival in July 2021. (Photo: Memories on Stone)

Kurdistan

First Moscow Kurdish Film Festival starts on Wednesday

The Erbil Education Museum. (Photo: Omed Anwer)

Kurdistan

Erbil’s oldest Kurdish school serves as education museum

Photo: Kurdistan 24

Kurdistan

PHOTOS: ‘Kurdish Exodus’ brought to life in art project

Farsat Hassan Muhammad outside his souvenir shop, Duhok, July, 1, 2021 (Photo: Kurmanj Nheli)

Kurdistan

In an unlikely corner of the Duhok bazaar, treasures of Kurdish culture are preserved

An illustration of 12th century Kurdish philosopher Shahabaddin Yehya Surawardi. (Photo: Archive)

Kurdistan

Local Erbil writer works to revive ancient Kurdish philosophy

Sumayah showcases a garment-made portrait of half-naked breast woman breaking the chains, seeking freedom from cultural barriers, July 3, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Female Iraqi artist challenges cultural norms at Erbil exhibition

Members of the hip-hop dance group Kurd Dance practice in Erbil's Peshmerga Park. (Photo: Social Media/Kurd Dance)

Kurdistan

Hip-hop dancers in Erbil aim to unite all four parts of Kurdistan

A carved lion awaits visitors at the entrance to the Duhok National Museum in the provincial capital. The museum is working to preserve Kurdistan's local heritage. (Photo: Duhok National Museum/Facebook)

Kurdistan

Duhok archeological sites under threat from Turkey-PKK conflict

Exterior of the National Library of Greece. (Photo: This is Athens)

Kurdistan

Greece’s national library will soon include thousands of Kurdish works

Kurdish writer Helen Palany has had to confront a wide array of restrictive social norms since she began writing 10 years ago. (Photo: Kurdistan 24/Goran Sabah Ghafour)

Kurdistan

Female Kurdish writers break through local, international barriers

Roudy Ali (center) a Kurdish activist and refugee from the Syrian Kurdish city of Afrin, won the 2021 Diana Award for her activism. (Photo: Roudy Ali)

Europe

Kurdish woman from Afrin now living in Germany awarded UK humanitarian prize

Iraqi tribal elders sheikhs gather at a funeral assembly in the Radwaniyah district, west of the capital Baghdad, Sep. 29, 2020. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

Tribal Iraq: where petty squabbles turn lethal

Lebanese singing sensation Elissa is slated to perform in the Kurdistan Region's capital Erbil on June 25, 2021. (Photo: Getty Images)

Kurdistan

Lebanese pop star Elissa to perform in Erbil

Iranian merchants display their products at the second annual Iran Trade Exhibition in the Kurdistan Region's Sulaimani, June 22, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

PHOTOS: Iranian trade exhibition kicks off in Kurdistan Region’s Sulaimani

The newly inaugurated park in Khurmal district of the Kurdistan Region's Halabja province, June 20, 2021. (Photo: Halabja Disabled Organization/Facebook)

Kurdistan

Abandoned park in Halabja turned into disability-friendly green space