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Kurdish culture is little-known abroad, and international coverage often focuses on war, displacement, and geopolitical tensions. But one international film festival is rewriting that narrative, bringing Kurdish cinema to an expanding audience.
After a transgender woman was killed by her own brother in Iraqi Kurdistan, LGBTQ+ activists argue that the Kurdish authorities are ultimately complicit in the crime, and responsible for the surge of transphobic violence in the region.
The refugee crisis at the EU-Belarus border has brought along with it harrowing stories of loss and despair. Many of the hundreds of families are from Iraqi Kurdistan. After multiple pleas, one child amputee has been lucky enough to be given asylum.
FGM, in which a girl or woman's genitals are cut or removed, was once extremely common in the Kurdish region, but WADI's campaigning has chipped away at the practice.
Comment: YouGov's campaign has undermined the integrity of all polling groups, writes Tallha Abdulrazaq.
Assyrian businesses in Iraqi Kurdistan are facing 'discriminatory' taxes, with community leaders denouncing a history of 'anti-Christian policies' in the tribal region, reports Adam Lucente.
'Women are persecuted, and as a women's news agency we must show this': A Kurdish female-run news agency is battling against dogged allegations of 'terror propaganda' by Turkish authorities.
Comment: The Syrian opposition needs Turkey's support, and has had it, but it should not back Ankara's occupation of Afrin, writes Robin Yassin-Kassab.
Comment: Ex-President Masoud Barzani was the force driving a referendum that was doomed to fail - and ultimately ruined long-term chances for independence, writes Gareth Browne.
Comment: Haider al-Abadi must temper Baghdad’s response, without appearing weak, or Iraq will be left with divisions from which it may never recover, writes Gareth Browne.