KT News: South Kurdistan journalist Kawa Garmyani was shot dead outside his house in Kalar last night. Three days ago Kawa had announced on his Facebook page that he had documents relating to a corruption case that he was planning to write about in ‘Rayal’ magazine. Kawa was the editor of ‘Rayal’ and a correspondent…
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Yearly Archives: 2013
Why is reading novels good – and how can they change our world? (Part 2)
Interview with Pishtiwan Faraj, PhD Candidate: Interviewed by Aras Ahmed Mhamad In part 2 of the interview, Pishtiwan thinks that reading novels can uplift you and that an imaginative person is a productive person. He claims that a novel can inspire a revolution. He also mentions some differences between the education systems in the east…
Why can’t ideologies be the way of life?
By Ausama Anwar: An ideology is a system of ideas based on a way of thinking. Some aspects came from a situation or from an era when it was ‘needed’ or a big deal at the time. Some ideologies persist beyond their eras until now, with some changes in their principles and ways. Many political…
‘The United States, Iraq and the Kurds: Shock, Awe and Aftermath’ – interview with the author
Interview by Aras Ahmed Mhamad: Dr Mohammed Shareef is a lecturer in International Relations and author of the forthcoming book ‘The United States, Iraq and the Kurds: Shock, Awe and Aftermath’. The book is on US foreign policy towards Arab Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan as components of a larger US Iraq policy. The book will…
Syria’s Kurds seek autonomy and peace with Arabs: Salih Muslim
KT News: PYD leader Salih Muslim has outlined his objectives for an autonomous Kurdish region in a federal Syria. In an interview with the AFP, Muslim also insisted that Syria’s Kurds can live in peace with Syria’s Arabs. “The (Syrian) Kurdistan region will be divided into three autonomous provinces: Kobani (central), Afrin (west) and Qamishli…
Feminism in Kurdistan
By Taffan Ako Taha: I was just ten years old when I first visited my motherland, Kurdistan. As I was growing up in Sweden, my father made sure I visited Kurdistan as much as possible. He wanted me and my sister to always remember where we came from, to be familiar with our mother tongue,…
The Court’s blood money for Kurds’ human rights
By Dr. M. Koohzad: A short report of only 274 words out of Strasbourg, France, on November 12, 2013, must have sounded good to the ears of 38 Kurdish plaintiffs who lost loved ones to a Turkish Air Force raid on two Kurdish villages of Kuskonar and Kocagili in 1994. As reported by Agence France-Presse,…
‘Israel definitely backs the Kurds’: Jacques Neriah
Interviewed by Mohammed Hussein*: Dr. Jacques Neriah, a special analyst for the Middle East at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, was formerly Foreign Policy Advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Deputy Head for Assessment of Israeli Military Intelligence. He has written some articles about the Kurdish issue, and his recent one was…
‘In Time’ movie’s unanswered questions
By Ausama Anwar: Post-Apocalyptic and Science-Fiction movies have always been my favorite, especially so that I can get ideas to write about and discuss, and also criticize a few of them. I’ve watched many movies where I know the genre and the plot basics. I can’t judge a movie for not having a real story,…
Nechirvan in oil and gas talks with Erdogan
KT News: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) prime minister Nechirvan Barzani met Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara today to discuss expanding energy cooperation. Barzani confirmed on CNNTurk television that the KRG plans to start pumping oil to Turkey via a Baghdad-controlled pipeline by the end of the year. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook…
No peace deal for Kurds without Öcalan: Pervin Buldan
KT News: Leading Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) MP Pervin Buldan told a meeting this weekend that there is no chance of a successful conclusion to the peace process without the involvement of PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) leader Abdullah Öcalan. “As the Kurdish people, we declare once again that we will never accept a peace…
BDP holds primaries in Diyarbakır
KT News: With local elections due in March 2014, the pro-Kurd Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) is today holding primary elections in Diyarbakır to select its candidates for mayoral and city council positions. According to ANF, the BDP has received more than 10,000 applications across the country from people wanting to stand for the party…
Opposition says ‘Nechirvan wants reforms’
KT News: Following talks in Suli last week between Nechirvan Barzani and the opposition parties, there is news today that the prime minister of the outgoing Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) cabinet may return to the city next week for more negotiations. It is two months since parliamentary elections were held in the region and still…
KRG to pump oil to Turkey in ‘truce’ with Baghdad
KT News: The Kurdistan Region will next month start pumping oil to Turkey via an existing pipeline controlled by Iraq, according to a Bloomsburg report which says this signals an easing of prolonged tensions over oil between the Baghdad central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about…
Israel’s concerns are very real, but …
By Ramyar Hassani: On Wednesday (November 20th) Iran and the 5+1 Group are holding nuclear talks again. Iran comes intending to win the negotiations and gradually secure the cancellation of all sanctions. Europe and the US want to make sure Iran does not produce any nuclear weapon and to prevent high-level uranium enrichment which can lead to the production of weapon-grade uranium….
