topic: Kurds

Kurdish Women on the Frontline
April 1, 2015
As the Islamic State continues its bloodly advance across Syria, Kurdish Iraq and the region more broadly, questions about the decades-old...
Reportage
"Extremists" and "Moderates" in Kobani
October 13, 2014
For nearly a month, fighters from the mainly Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) have kept Islamic State (IS) forces at bay outside...
Kurds in Kobani
Art
Meditations on Iraq
November 25, 2012
Editor's Preface As the tenth anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq draws near, the country has largely been left behind by other...
Reportage
Syria's Kurds Quietly Consolidating
August 13, 2012
QAMISHLO, Syria: When Rad Mecid Sexmus, 40, became the latest Kurdish shahid (martyr), killed securing a checkpoint in this northern town,...