In northeast Syria, Kurdish women are using music and performance to assert cultural identity, promote female empowerment and ...

The highly acclaimed song“Million Years Ago”, in which Adele seems to lament the ordinary life fame has taken from her, has become embroiled in a plagiarism row. Adele has been accused of plagiarism ...

Zozan is here to shatter unconscious perceptions like ‘some people can’t speak Kurdish,” says Bijar Koban, the creator of ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A Kurdish artist has opened a music classroom for women in Mahabad, a western Iranian city with a ...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Tennessee is home to various traditions of different cultures, but some are at the risk of being lost. A statewide initiative by the Tennessee Arts Commission aims to preserve ...

For centuries, dengbej songs served as news bulletin, history lesson and evening's entertainment all in one. Master singers continue to perform.... In Turkey, Kurdish Singers Keep Traditional Music ...

Idol Kurdish music band of the 1990s announced their reunion and released a new acoustic version of an old song. The groom wearing a yellow, red, and green shawl during the wedding and guests singing ...

Current trends in Kurdish music reflect that impulse. Like many nomadic peoples, the Kurds developed a strong folk music tradition they use to pass down their stories from one generation to the next.

Barış Çakan was stabbed to death in the district of Etimesgut in the capital city of Ankara at around 10.30 p.m. yesterday (May 31). As reported by Mezopotamya Agency (MA) based on the statements of ...

“If I can’t be a part of this country, I’ma damn sure tell everybody exactly what’s wrong with it.” – Tupac Shakur As I approached the grave of Ahmet Kaya, I saw a woman in front of it, weeping. There ...

A late March snow descends on a modest farmhouse in central Anatolia. An oil stove hisses away inside, as afternoon gives way to twilight. A heavyset man with a thick black mustache adjusts his cap, ...