DIYARBAKIR — Years of Turkish state policies of assimilation have put the Kurdish language under threat. But now the government is allowing Kurdish classes as part of the government's policy to ease ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ILLUSTRATION - A Kurdish girl stands behind a Kurdish flag during a demonstration at Newroz Square in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan, near ...

Students in the city of Hasakah affirmed that the Kurdish language is an essential part of their cultural and educational ...

The Jazira Lawyers’ Union discussed the status of the Kurdish language in the constitution and legislation during a legal ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish government proposal to end a decades-long conflict with Kurdish militants has put Kurdish rights back in the spotlight, at a time when Kurdish leaders say repression is ...

Switzerland-based Mazdek AI is developing Kurdish speech, translation, transcription and writing tools as it seeks to expand ...

Call him a choirmaster of endangered dialects from distant lands, or a prophetic polyglot. If Kurmanci, the Kurdish dialect of a people with a heritage but no land of their own, has a messiah, he has ...

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 ...

A new generation of young Kurdish folklore collectors is helping to revitalize endangered languages and create a living archive, a new study shows. Stories and songs could be saved from oblivion ...

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 ...

In the heat of the day, groups of Syrian refugee students walk purposefully to the learning centre in Domiz refugee camp. Here, they are studying the local Kurdish dialects in preparation for the new ...

In a packed auditorium, a performance of a historical epic Kurdish poem, its tragedy akin to Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," is taking place. It was adapted for theater and produced by Kurdish poet ...