In Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, women perform a traditional dance, their long dresses spinning, gold tassels and heavy ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share moments from their lives and work around the world. With their red loafers and scarves and sashaying, it's ...

Kurdish holiday Newroz, which marks the new year, has taken on political and cultural significance as Nashville Kurds ...

Seven women swathed in chadors, their eyes barely visible through netted apertures, stride purposefully toward seven marble headstones in a forest clearing. A lone woman in traditional Kurdish garb ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Hussein Smko’s encounter with an American soldier in Iraq led him to become a dancer. This week he performs in Pontus Lidberg’s work at the Joyce ...

For the first time in eight years, Kurdish residents of Afrin celebrate Nowruz after returning from exile. The festival marks ...

The Newroz holiday comes at a critical time, as Kurds in Turkey push for peace while their brethren in Syria and Iran fear ...