Yadgar Ismail

Yadgar Ismail

Dr. Yadgar Ismail is an academic, political analyst, journalist and translator specializing in Kurdish identity, postcolonial politics and minority struggles. With a PhD in English Literature, he bridges literary theory with contemporary geopolitics while amplifying marginalized voices through his media work.

Articles of the Author

Politics

Prime Minister Barzani’s U.S. Mission Was a Strategic Leap of Kurdistan’s Future

Politics

General Barzani: Championing Kurdish Autonomy in the Diplomatic Arena

Abdulrazak Gurnah, first black-African since Soyinka, wins 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature

Jundyan resort: one of the wonders of nature or beauty beyond nature?

Gird-i Dasht: The site of one of Kurdistan’s oldest settlements has stories to tell

Empires have risen and fallen from Kurdistan’s Dween Citadel, castle of emirs

Neanderthals of Kurdistan key to more discoveries about early humans

The roots of coexistence and religious tolerance in Kurdistan

The exodus of Mustafa Barzani and his companions to the Soviet Union kept Kurdish freedom alive

Indigenous people in Kurdistan were first to domesticate goats more than 10,000 years ago, new study finds

From military base to place of learning, Soran University’s Delzyan campus is a Kurdish success story

The story of Kurdistan’s famous waterfall, Gali Ali Bag