Language is never just a means of communication. It is identity, memory, access, and belonging. Across the Middle East, few languages embody this reality more clearly than Kurdish, a language spoken ...

Harvard offered its first Kurdish Language course in the University’s history this fall after students from Kurdish-speaking backgrounds pushed for its creation. The course focuses not only on the ...

Teacher Zak Amin checks the work of student Rayan Salih during a Kurdish language and culture class at Moorhead High School.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish government proposal to end a decades-long conflict with Kurdish militants has put Kurdish rights back in the spotlight, at a time when Kurdish leaders say repression is ...

Dalal M. Hassane ’26, a Crimson Editorial editor, lives in Leverett House. Just months ago, I felt the breeze of the motherland hold me so tightly I could almost sense my Kurdish ancestors offering me ...

Amid the echoing chatter of students in the busy classrooms of a public school in Sulaymaniyah, one voice stands out - that of 41-year-old Syrian refugee teacher Dalia Mahmoud. Confidently teaching ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Nashville State Community College began offering Kurdish language and culture classes in late October to help Nashville residents better serve and relate to the significant ...

Enrollment in Kurdish language programs and the selection of Kurdish as an elective course are both increasing, even though the overall rate remains low. "Without language, there is no life," reads ...

While students at the Kobane school in Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I), enjoy their summer holidays, classrooms have opened their doors to other types of learners: refugee ...

"The texts of a 41-year-old writer always win against what is written by a 10-year-old girl." These remarks are uttered by Sámi writer Elin Anna Labba, who compares the texts written in the Sámi ...

The scarcity of online resources highlights an urgent need for improved information accessibility. This statement was originally published on globalvoices.org on 6 September 2023. This article is part ...