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A century after Leyla Bedir Khan’s performance in Stockholm
On this day in 1925, the Kurdish princess and ballet dancer Leyla Bedir Khan performed at the Royal Musical Academy (Kungliga ...
Newsday10d
Kurds in the new Syria want to preserve the cultural rights they gained in years of war
QAMISHLI, Syria — Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs. Now they are seizing the chance during ...
WTOP News10d
Kurds in the new Syria want to preserve the cultural rights they gained in years of war
The Kurds, one of the world’s largest populations without a state of their own, have been feeling some control over their lives and want to make that permanent with a new government in power.
The Times Leader10d
Kurds in the new Syria want to preserve the cultural rights they gained in years of war
A picture Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of Turkey’s banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, is displayed inside a petrol station in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli ...
The Independent9d
Kurds in the new Syria hope to preserve cultural rights they gained in years of war
Mothers can now give children Kurdish names. The Kurdish language is taught in schools. The new year, Nowruz, can be celebrated openly. The Kurds, one of the world’s largest populations without ...