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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaKurdish women’s experience of state violence in TurkeyAn Interview with the Migration Monitoring Association (GÖÇİZDER) that illuminates the invisible aspects of the war...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe fate of the Syrian KurdsThe fate of the region became unknown after US President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of his troops from...
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Published in: HomeCGI crime scene reconstruction opens new leads in Kurdish activist killingInvestigation into Tahir Elçi’s shooting by Goldsmiths research group Forensic Architecture sheds new light on stalled case.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMy scorched land: the story of Sardasht’s unhealed woundsThe story of Sardasht is a perfect example of the dark days of the Iranian regime’s unbridled hegemony over the Kurds.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Syrian Kurds at a crossroadThe sharp regional and international alignments that have currently gripped the Middle East in general, and Syria in...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDon't do It: why attacking Afrin city would be a major blunder for the Syrian rebelsTo attack a major Kurdish population centre alongside the forces of a historical adversary is a mistake firstly in...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe geopolitics of the Kurds and the case of RojavaHow does the military cooperation of the Kurds in Rojava and Northern Syria with the US, Russia and other forces...
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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 AsiaPKK music: engineering a social revolutionMusic has shaped the social engineering of the entire Kurdish community, be it in Turkey and Syria to the swathes of...
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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 AsiaUK activists’ report on the struggle for autonomy in SilvanWhen the city of Farqîn or Silvan declared autonomy, the Turkish state responded with violence and curfews: a...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTurkey: repeating past mistakesCivilian Kurds bear the brunt of Turkey's indiscriminate campaign against the PKK. Only learning from history can...
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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 AsiaOil politics and the battle for KobaneDecades of energy colonialism in the Middle East come face to face with a democratic challenge in Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan).
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy not Kurdistan?As the Iraqi crisis haunts the Kurds, double standards in the principle of self-determination come to the fore.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaObjectifying female fighters
We must acknowledge women's agency without allocating gratuitous attention to physical appearances or banal...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaScottish Green solidarity with the Kurdish peopleWe must support the people of Kobane in their fight against ISIS and Turkey's plans to install a buffer zone, both...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWestern blind spot: the Kurds' forgotten war in SyriaA victory for the Kurds and their allies in Syria is a victory for all who want a future that is dictated neither by...
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