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Doing the Baghdad walk: art tour highlights creativity in the heart of Iraq

AOL 05 May 2024

The city has long been considered one of the most dangerous in the world but artists in the Tarkib collective want to send a different message – that the capital is alive with creativity and culture ... the Iraqi-born artist who grew up under a dictator.

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Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death for protesting against government

NME 28 Apr 2024

Salehi isn’t the only artist to have been targeted for showing opposition to the government ... A court in Tehran sentenced Yasin to five years in prison, according to Kurdish human rights group Hengaw.

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Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death for protesting

Egypt Independent 27 Apr 2024

Another artist, Kurdish-Iranian rapper Saman Yasin, who was also arrested at the height of 2022’s protests in Iran, was transferred to a psychiatric hospital two times in less than a year, according to pro-reform news outlet IranWire.

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Local View: Sister city in Russia still needs Duluth's support

Duluth News Tribune 16 Apr 2024

An ongoing peace project with wide-reaching impact is 122 Conversations, which was created by Duluth artist Anne Labovitz. Her trip to Ranya in the Kurdish region of Iraq inspired interviews with ...

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How the Kurds of Qamishli celebrated Nowruz festival

Enab Baladi 21 Mar 2024

On March 21, at the beginning of every year, millions of Kurds, Persians, Pashtuns, Azerbaijanis, and other peoples celebrate Nowruz, which means “new day” in both Persian and Kurdish.

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Kurdish clothing: History, identity, and bright colors

Enab Baladi 01 Feb 2024

Yashna Kato, a seamstress from the city of Qamishli, points to the splendor of the Kurdish women’s dress, describing it as an “artistic canvas” that pleases the eyes with its bright ...

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Lebanese, Kurdish and Kuwaiti-Puerto Rican artists shortlisted for UK's Artes Mundi prize

The National 29 Nov 2023

... artists) can respond to ... Kurdish-born artist Rushdi Anwar, who is also showing at Cardiff’s National Museum, deals directly with the last 100 years of colonialism in the Middle East in his solo show.

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Disassembled tents, shadow forests, and giant bats: meet the finalists of Wales’s biggest art prize

The Observer 13 Oct 2023

Kurdish artist Rushdi Anwar’s work also deals with places broken up by global forces, including the town of Bashiqa, from where his family hail, now controlled by Iraq but claimed by Kurdistan ... Zan Wimberley/Courtest of the artist ... Courtesy the artist.

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Express View on \u2018Leila\u2019s Brother\u2019 arrest: When they speak up

Indian Express 19 Aug 2023

The clash between artists and state has intensified following the custodial death of a young Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, who was accused of violating the headscarf law. Among the most vocal protestors were artists.

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Designer All Amin Is Tackling Sustainability in Fashion By Turning Sneakers into Wearable Art

New York Observer 02 Aug 2023

The Berlin-based artist was born in Kurdistan, the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, before coming to Germany—”the conservative, close-minded south Germany”—with her parents in the 1990s as a refugee.

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One Direction reunion would need ‘a big discussion but it’s hard to see all five ...

Metro UK 02 Jul 2023

Ali, who continues to work with younger artists including the likes of 22-year-old Kurdish Idol singer Bana Shirwan, went on to explain it’s no surprise when artists who found fame at such a young age return to the spotlight after a career break.

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Turkey Ten Years On: The Ghosts of Gezi Park

Truth Dig 21 Jun 2023

When the Sharjah Biennial opened a chapter in Istanbul in 2017 at the Abud Efendi Mansion in Istanbul, Kurdish artist Pınar Ӧğrenci presented her video installation “Only Dead Fish Go With the Flow” (2017).

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Rony Ish-Ran returns with the popular liturgical series Bakashot

The Jerusalem Post 14 Jun 2023

“The tradition of the Jewish communities from southeastern Turkey, near the region that suffered the earthquake earlier this year, includes influences of the Kurdish area and the tradition of the Jews of Halab [in Syria],” says Ish-Ran.

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Exiled Kurdish journalist denounces Erdogan’s re-election

The Independent 01 Jun 2023

This is like being in another prison, for me and thousands of others”, Kurdish journalist and artist Zehra Dogan told ...

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Today in Entertainment History: Taylor married Fisher

The Facts 12 May 2023

They divorced after four years ... Ward Swingle of the Swingle Singers won best new artist ... In 1991, the “Kurd Aid” concert to benefit Kurdish refugees was held in London. Chris de Burgh and Peter Gabriel were among the artists participating in the show.