Literature
Booker Prize 2024 shortlisted authors. (Photo: AFP)
The cover of 1rth Issue of the Kurdistan Chronicle Magazine. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
A Woman In The Despondent Garden, the title of Shnia Abdulmajid's new book (Kurdistan 24)
Karzan Koyi, Kurdish writer, journalist and poet. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan 24)
Renowned Kurdish author and translator Aziz Gardi, 75, died in Erbil. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan 24)
The 25th Galawezh Festival in the Kurdistan Region’s Sulaimani, May 2022 (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour)
Book clubs have become much more common in Erbil and the Kurdistan Region over the past year. (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour)
Kurdish novelist Burhan Sönmez. (Photo: Kalem Agency)
Entrance to Ashti Serko's bookstore. (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour/K24)
The founder and director of the New York Kurdish Film and Cultural Festival, Xeyal Qertel. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
A portion of the cover art from author Newzad Brifki's new novel, "War Can't Stop Love." (Photo: Newzad Brifki)
The first 10 books and logo of the Kurdistan Region's Rega literary project. (Photos: Rega)
An illustration of 12th century Kurdish philosopher Shahabaddin Yehya Surawardi. (Photo: Archive)
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)
Publisher and poet Alan Pary reads his work before an audience. (Photo: Alan Pary/Social Media)
Members of a book club meet to review a novel at a book store in Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan Region, April 9, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed / AFP)