The issue of oil and its related income is one of several mysteries surrounding the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. There are many things that remain unknown to the people of the region itself. Berhem Letif from RojNews has carried out thorough research to figure out where the oil money of the Kurdistan Region goes, and […]Read More
Savan Abdulrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan Child abuse is a worldwide phenomenon, but it poses particular problems in eastern countries such as Iraq. When we speak of child abuse it could mean anything between direct abuse and violence to mental abuse.Read More
A hydroelectric power project is planned for Zori Stream, which passes between Balbaşı (Herîvê) village in Batman’s (Elih) Sason district and Kayahan (Xweşika) in Diyarbakır’s (Amed) Kulp district in Turkey. The project threatens cultural and natural assets as well as the lives of the people in the region.Read More
Serpil Odabaşı Serpil Odabaşi considers the hardships faced by Um Hiba, one of 6,000 Yazidis who were captured by members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). She is one of those who could be considered ‘lucky’ for she survived whilst thousands of others were brutally murdered.Read More
Sarah Glynn – Scotland In 2014, the world watched in horror as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) surrounded and attacked the Yazidi homeland in Șengal (Sinjar in Arabic), in northern Iraq, close to the border with Syria.Read More
Jinwar is a women’s-only village in Rojava, Syria. The construction works of the village were initiated on 10 March 2017 and it formally opened its doors to social life on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.Read More
The journalist Firmesk Ali has interpreted the deployment of Iraqi soldiers to Sinjar in Iraqi Kurdistan – under the scope of the agreement between the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) – as “a new [order for] massacre”. He stated that “there are Turkmen groups amongst the soldiers being sent” according to Mesopotamia […]Read More
by Savan Abdalrahman – Iraqi, Kurdistan The Sulaymaniyah International Book Fair is taking place for the second time. Surprisingly, despite the widespread coronavirus pandemic in Iraqi Kurdistan, people have visited the library in droves to attend it, whilst using protection masks.Read More
Eight people who were arrested during the curfews declared in Derik district of Mardin (Mêrdîn) in Turkey in November and December 2015 were sentenced to lengthy terms of imprisonment.Read More
“Blooming in the Desert” is a short documentary which tells the story of three women from Raqqa who, after living through war and devastation, are creating new lives for themselves in their home city.Read More
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