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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Struggling against fascism: second open letterIt 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 educationQuality 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 challengesA 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 KurdistanThe 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 nationsThe 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 timeIt 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 EastRather 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 democracyThe 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 IraqThe 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 KobanêA 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 ActionOn 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 policyThere'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 KurdistanA 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 ISISSyrian 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 ISThree 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 IraqWhy has self-immolation become an alarmingly common trend in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq since the fall of...
