Yelday Night was celebrated in Van by the Egitim Sen branch. With the participation of storyteller Ayhan Erkmen and singer Kerem Panosi, a night of stories and lyrics was organized. Poems were read at the beginning of the program. There was a lot of interest from the people of Wan and many people watched it...
“Despite the lack of an official institution in the Kurdistan Region to collect manuscripts, the Sulaimani Endowment Library has more than 3,000 manuscripts,” he added.
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, or linguistic relativity, has fascinated linguists, anthropologists, and psychologists for decades. It holds that the structure of a language influences the cognition, worldview, and even culture of its speakers. Although the underlying concept that language influences thought is controversial among scholars, it continues to provide an interesting framework for analyzing different languages. In this column, I will look at the Kurdish language through the lens of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and explore how the unique features of the Kurdish language might shape the thoughts and perceptions of its speakers.
Kurdish painter Ali Osman Yanak started drawing when he was 10-12 years old. He grew up in a family that related to arts, and his drawing journey started at high school. Ali Osman says that drawing has always been part of his life. His older brother is also a painter. When his brother was drawing his paintings,...
Fakhria Elia has been making wine for almost 50 years, and it is sold at the family’s liquor store in Shaqlawa, Iraqi Kurdistan.
The pop music of a Kurdish singer, originally from Sulaimani province, has entertained many Belgians in recent years, with his fame growing every day.
I walked towards the wall of Diyarbakir on a spring day. It was already evening. And also today is the first day of fasting. People are exhausted because of the fasting, they want to finish their work as soon as possible and reach their home. There are a lot of tables on the street. The...
