Language is never just a means of communication. It is identity, memory, access, and belonging. Across the Middle East, few languages embody this reality more clearly than Kurdish, a language spoken ...

The scarcity of online resources highlights an urgent need for improved information accessibility. This statement was originally published on globalvoices.org on 6 September 2023. This article is part ...

The Kurdish language has faced many challenges in recent history, including being banned at different times in Turkey, Iraq and Syria, with heavy restrictions often placed on Kurdish-language media ...

Since 2012, pupils can ask for two hours of Kurdish lessons Some parents say requests not met, schools can't find teachers Teachers' union says families fear stigmatisation if they ask Turkey may ...

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday declared Kurdish one of the country's national languages in the wake of recent clashes between the army and Kurdish forces in Aleppo. Kurds in north Syria ...

This article is part of a series examining free expression and information access in civic spaces across six language communities in the MENA region. Nestled within the Kurdistan mountains near the ...