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Book Club: Kurdistan+100 reimagines Kurdish state struggles through a prism of futurism, offering a space for freer Kurdish expressions and possibilities.
Hawraman, one of Iran's last isolated treasures, has recently been designated by UNESCO as one of its World Heritage Sites. Complete with millennia-old culture and stunning landscapes, the region has an infinitely rich depository of Kurdish heritage.
Book Club: Few studies have sought to understand the Yazidi people beyond their unfortunate victimhood. Austrian anthropologist Thomas Schmidinger's latest book avoids this simplistic temptation and presents a vivid portrayal of their plight.
Book Club: Di Giovanni's personal and multi-faceted portrait of Christians in the Middle East is a welcome departure from texts that seek to demonise other religions in the region, or use Christians as a politico-religious pawn in foreign policy.
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Book Club: Louis Yako's latest book veers away from the pre-prescribed understanding of post-conflict Iraq - that of securitisation, sectarianism and humanitarianism - to focus on the lived experiences of various Iraqi academics who live in exile.
Book Club: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon's book is a riveting account of how an all-women Kurdish militia, aided by US Special Forces, racked up strategic victories against the Islamic State group.