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“My vote doesn’t matter.” For voters unhappy with KDP and PUK, there are not a lot of other options.
SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region – “Voting is futile.” “The outcome is predetermined.” “My vote doesn’t matter.” These are phrases heard again and again from voters about the Kurdistan Region’s upcoming parliamentary election. The election has been delayed for two years. It is a delay t...
More than two years ago, an endangered Persian leopard was caught in a trap in Duhok. The injured animal had to have a leg amputated and cannot return to the wild. It has since dropped off the radar of both Baghdad and Erbil, abandoned to a life in a small concrete cage in Duhok Zoo.
“It’s an animal and they have souls… I say it’s better we do something for him,” said vet Dr Sulaiman Tameer.
Read the full story here: https://nesarrecord.com/2024/05/26/persian-leopard-abandoned-in-concrete-cage/
No quality control on seed imports, water shortages, climate change - the problems facing Kurdistan Region's farmers are many, but they are not insurmountable. The solutions lie in the seeds that are native to this soil and in the traditional knowledge of farmers.
SHARIZUR PLAIN, Kurdistan Region – Juicy tomatoes chopped and fried in olive oil with eggs swirled through, mopped up with a piece of chewy bread ripped off a thin round blackened from the flames of the tandoor oven. This simple but delicious dish features two foods – tomatoes and bread – that...
“What is left for us? We have no dignity, why should we vote?” asked a Kurdish voter in Mariwan.
With ordinary people struggling to survive in an economy that is in tatters, loved ones still behind bars after the September 2022 crackdown against protesters that saw hundreds killed and tens of thousands incarcerated, and authorities who appear more concerned with events in Gaza and Yemen than th...
Dams are central to the KRG's water management strategy as it faces the climate crisis. But are they a good idea?
No, say residents of a village who will lose everything if Mandawa dam is built.
CHAMAKA KHWARU, Kurdistan Region – On a rise overlooking the Greater Zab River sits Chamaka Khwaru’s graveyard. A few of the graves are marked with slabs of stone that are inscribed, but most are simple, well-worn rocks with no markings, as is custom here. My guide is 51-year-old Akram Rashid Ma...
In pro-regime circles, there is a worry that Iran's habit of spewing out fake news may not be enough to satisfy an enraged public.
The level of news manufactured in high places in Tehran as part of a strategy to counter Israel is so widespread that even regime loyalists say it has undermined Iran’s deterrence abilities at a time when the country is under immense pressure. This phenomenon reached a new level following Iran’s...
The Kurdistan Region treads a fine line between its friend the United States and its neighbour Iran and any new crisis could disastrously throw it off balance.
For the best part of the last six decades, Kurds in northern Iraq’s Kurdistan Region have dealt directly or indirectly with the United States, Israel, and Iran, under both Mohammad Reza Shah and the current regime. In fact, it was Iranians who acted as a conduit for Kurdish guerrillas to begin rel...
“If you don’t hit them, they’ll hit you.”
Pressure is mounting on Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to respond to Israel
For Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the revolutionary image of the Islamic Republic is everything. He is renowned for not backing down under international pressure even if that means isolation on the world stage or killing large numbers of Iranians over issues such as the hijab. However, that ...
'There is certainly fear in the air, but no one knows what is going to happen on September 16,' said a Kurdish activist. Iranian authorities are using arrests and threats to instil fear in the people ahead of the anniversary of protests.
A month ahead of the anniversary of the largest threat the Islamic Republic has seen to its regime, Iranian authorities are trying to instill fear in the population by carrying out mass executions, sometimes publicly, arresting activists, lawyers, students, and ordinary citizens, and using threats a...
ئازادی ڕۆژنامەگەری لە هەرێمی کوردستانی عێراق بە پێی هەردوو یاسای فیدراڵی و هەرێمیی پارێزراوە، بەڵام زۆرجار لە جێبەجێکردندا لەلایەن دەسەڵاتدارانەوە پشتگوێ دەخرێت. لەگەڵ ڕوودانی پێشێلکاری نوێ بە بەردەوامی، قورسە کە لەوە بگەین ڕووداوەکە چۆنبووە و بە شێوەیەک لێی تێ بگەین کە سوودی هەبێت بۆمان.
هەروەها بە زمانی کوردی. وەرگێڕانی لەلایەن ڕۆژنامەنووسانی بەڕێز لە پەرەگراف Peregraf
ئازادی ڕۆژنامەگەری لە هەرێمی کوردستانی عێراق بە پێی هەردوو یاسای فیدراڵی و هەرێمیی پارێزراوە، بەڵام زۆرجار لە جێبەجێکردندا لەلایەن دەسەڵاتدارانەوە پشتگوێ دەخرێت....
NEW STORY: Freedom of the press is protected in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region under both federal and regional law, but is frequently ignored in practice by the authorities. With new violations happening all the time, it can be hard to make sense of what incidents may mean in a coherent and useful way. However, a close look at when and where violations occur, what journalists and outlets are targeted, and by whom reveals much about the Region’s highly charged nexus of politics and media. By Winthrop Rodgers
Freedom of the press is protected in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region under both federal and regional law, but is frequently ignored in practice by the authorities. With new violations happening all the time, it can be hard to make sense of what incidents may mean in a coherent and useful way. However, a c...
Twenty years since the invasion of , here is a personal look at how the conflict scarred childhood for a generation of Iraqis and shaped them as adults.
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Excitement shivered down my spine as I put on my shoes and made my way to the alley where Shahad and I would always play hopscotch together in Baghdad’s Zayouna neighborhood. The sound of our laughter soared in the street as we jumped from one square to another, the win...
Butterflies are highly sensitive to temperature fluctuations and the health of their populations is a key indicator of climatic changes. In the Kurdistan Region, the butterflies are telling us that we are in trouble.
How climate change is wiping out Kurdistan’s winged wonders
پەپوولە زۆر هەستیارن بە هەڵاوسانی پلەی گەرمی و کەمبوونەوەی ژمارەی مێرووەکان نیشاندەرێکی سەرەکییە بۆ گۆڕانکارییەکانی کەشوهەوا. لە هەرێمی کوردستان پەپوولە و مێرووەکان و کەمبوونەوەی ژمارەیان پێمان دەڵێن لە مەترسییەکی چەند گەورەداین.
چۆن گۆڕانی کەشوهەوا کۆتایی بە باڵدارە ناوازەکانمان دەهێنێت
مانگێک لەمەوبەر سوپای پاسدارانی ئێران و میلیشیاکانی یەکێک لە خراپترین دڕندەییەکانی سەرکوتکردنی ناڕەزایەتییە بەرفراوانەکانیان ئەنجامدا. لەم بابەتە ئەو کەسانە بناسە کە لە پشت ئەو کۆمەڵکوژییەن.
سەرلەبەیانی ٢١ی تشرینی دووەم، خەڵکی شارۆچکەی جوانڕۆ لە دامێنی چیاکانی زاگرۆس لە ڕۆژهەڵاتی کوردستان-رۆژئاوای ئێران، بەخەبەرهاتن بۆ ماڵئاوایی لە تەرمی مێرمنداڵێک و...
A month ago, Iran's IRGC and its militia carried out one of the worst atrocities in its crackdown on widespread protests. Here are the men behind the massacre.
On November 21, the town of Javanrud at the foot of the Zagros mountains in western Iran woke up under a bright blue sky to say farewell to a teenage boy and a teacher who had been killed by state security forces during protests the night before. What they did not know was that the […]
NEW: The deteriorating state of is a concern across the Kurdistan Region. Although the KDP has garnered much of the attention, all is not well in PUK-controlled zones with a rash of violations since the summer.
SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region — Angry that authorities had not paid promised stipends, hundreds of university students marched down Salim Street in downtown Sulaimani on November 13. They came to a halt outside the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Politburo building, where members o...
چۆن ڕۆژنامەی نیویۆرک تایمز مێشێکی کردە گامێش و کێشمەکێشی بێبایەخی نێوان دوو کوردی لە سوید کردە درامایەکی نێودەوڵەتی
لە کەمپێکی ئاوارەکان لە باکوری هەرێمی کوردستان و لە درەنگانی ئێوارەیەکی هاوینی 2021 ، شادیە* کە کچێکی لاوی ئێزدییە لەناو خێوەتەکەی خۆیدا دانیشتووە، لە پڕ لە مۆبایلەک...
After defeat of the ISIS caliphate, Kurdish filmmaker Hogir Hirori traveled to northeast Syria to document Yazidi efforts to free their women and children held by the militants. His film Sabaya won awards until the New York Times reported the women had not consented to be filmed. The article devastated Hogir Hirori, but questions were raised about how the New York Times did their reporting, how the paper appeared to manipulate sources, turning a simple feud into an international drama.
At its core, this story is about the ethics of journalism.
This is the second part of an investigation into how the New York Times turned a feud between two Swedish Kurds into an international drama. At its core, this is the story about the ethics of journalism. Part one can be read here: When ‘God’ speaks, everyone follows Kurdish filmmaker Hogir Hiro...
How the New York Times turned a feud between two Swedish Kurds into an international drama.
How the New York Times turned a petty feud between two Swedish Kurds into an international drama
“هەژارەکان بە بەردەوامی داوایان کردووە کە کارگەکان دابخرێن، بەڵام بەرپرسە گەندەڵەکان ناهێڵن ئەوە ڕووبدات بۆ ئەوان باشە کە سێ کەس بە شاهانە بژین لە کاتێکدا کە ملیۆنان هەژار دەمرن.”
“The poor have repeatedly demanded that the factories be closed, but the corrupt officials do not let that happen. It is fine for them that three people live while millions of poor people die,” said a grandfather who lives in the shadow of an industrial zone.
“The poor have repeatedly demanded that the factories be closed, but the corrupt officials do not let that happen. It is fine for them that three people live while millions of poor people die,” said a grandfather who lives in the shadow of an industrial zone.
KASHE, Kurdistan Region – Alham Ramadan was thrilled when her baby Leenas opened her mouth and uttered the word mama for the first time. She showered her nine-month-old girl with hugs and kisses, knowing that a life filled with a mother’s love was the only promise she could give her daughter. Th...
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More than two years ago, an endangered Persian leopard was caught in a trap in Duhok. The injured animal had to have a leg amputated and cannot return to the wild. It has since dropped off the radar of both Baghdad and Erbil, abandoned to a life in a small concrete cage in Duhok Zoo. “It’s an animal and they have souls… I say it’s better we do something for him,” said vet Dr Sulaiman Tameer. Read the full story here: https://nesarrecord.com/2024/05/26/persian-leopard-abandoned-in-concrete-cage/
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