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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Struggling against fascism: second open letter
It is more crucial than ever for each one of us to be skeptical of othering discourse in whatever form it takes.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCorruption corrodes Kurdish education
Quality education from the outset can eradicate corruption, guarantee peaceful coexistence, and bring about social...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe first commune in Kobane: construction and challenges
A story of the creation of the first commune in Kobane, and the struggle against authoritarianism within.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe survival game: post-referendum politics in Iraqi Kurdistan
The regional hostile post-referendum moves may seem to leave the Kurds with little reason for optimism, but in...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIraqi Kurdistan: the fight for a seat at the table of nations
The result of Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence referendum was never in doubt, but the budding state’s future is.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaKurdistan referendum: why now is the wrong time
It appears that the referendum is arguably nothing more than a bargaining chip used by President Barzani, whilst...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCan the Kurds pull off Kurdexit?
Iraqi Kurdistan president Masoud Barzani and former Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari share their thoughts about...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe making of the modern Kurdish Middle East
Rather than a unified Kurdistan across borders, a single ethnic group with multiple sovereign territories is more...
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Published in: HomeLove in a time of fear: an interview with Dashni Morad
‘The Shakira of Kurdistan’ discusses feminism, Kurdish unity, and healing the scars of war.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDo the people of Kurdistan live in security?
The main threat to the people in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq is not ISIL, but failed governance which endangers...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOccupying democracy
The replacement of democratically elected HDP/DBP mayors and local municipality workers by AKP appointees is a grave...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe consequences of politicized forces in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
The politicization of the Kurdish military and security forces has a diverse and severe impact on human security,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhat is missing in President Barzani’s rhetoric for a Kurdish state-building enterprise?
The question before Masoud Barzani is what to do in order to turn state-building rhetoric into a future Kurdish state.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaRebuilding Kobanê
A report from the war-torn city of Kobanê about the people trying to rebuild what Daesh and US bombs have destroyed.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBuilding autonomy in Turkey and Kurdistan: an interview with Revolutionary Anarchist Action
On the history of anarchism in Turkey and establishing alternatives to the current system through self-organisation,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe limited effectiveness of US Middle East policy
There's not much the US can do in a post-Saddam Middle East except practice containment (and keep up...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaProspects for a future Kurdistan
A future independent Kurdish state faces many political, economic, and administrative challenges, but its success...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSyrian Kurds turn the tables on ISIS
Syrian Kurds have won a strategic victory in Tel Abyad, uniting two of their self-run cantons and putting ISIS on...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMosul under IS
Three Sunni men from Mosul describe life under the so-called Islamic State.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSelf-immolation in Kurdish Iraq
Why has self-immolation become an alarmingly common trend in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq since the fall of...