Category: Opinion

Karmand Luqman _ Activists The Kurdish people are a defeated nation—a people who, throughout history, have lived under oppression and relentless injustice. Under one government after another in Iraq, the…

Hiwa Jamil Mohammed- Activist The use of “sacred symbols” by government-aligned media to undermine the religious authenticity of Kurdistan’s people is yet another tactic in their broader assault on national…

Shallaw Mohammed Mamand/ Activist Recently, Masoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, announced the donation of one million loaves of bread to the people of South Kurdistan. While this…

Razhan Ahmad – Activist The Kurdish people have faced some of the most severe hardships in history, enduring numerous tragedies and injustices. One of the most brutal periods of oppression…

Dana Luqman Salam – Activist The Kurdish uprising of 1991 was one of the most defining moments in modern Kurdish history—a movement led by the people who rose against the…

Kosrat Dlshad Mohammed When you look at the words and actions of the senior leaders of the PUK and KDP, you will see that their words and actions are always…

Mohammed Othman Hussein – Activist Today marks the anniversary of the historic Kurdish uprising on March 5, 1991, when the people of Kurdistan rose up against the brutal Ba’ath regime.…

Arwand Rizgar – Activist The unchecked spread of illegal weapons in Kurdistan has turned violence into an everyday reality. Civilians are killed in broad daylight on the streets, in front…

Nazhad Osman Saed – Activist It’s clear to many in South Kurdistan that the nature of oppression has shifted. The uprising, initially against Arab oppression, has seemingly been replaced by…

Kuzhein Mahmood- Activists Barzani’s Bread Distribution: A Contemptuous Act Echoing Marie-Antoinette’s ‘Let Them Eat Cake’ In a spectacle of political theater that could make even Marie-Antoinette blush, Masoud Barzani, the…