As I connect each letter in the Kurdish alphabet in a Harvard classroom, my pen gliding across the sheet in an effort to connect what was once fragmented, I think of a free Kurdistan in which our ...

Letters that appear in the Kurdish alphabet but not the Turkish one were no longer banned from print. Emergency military rule was lifted. The death penalty was abolished. Arrests and reports of ...

Independent news and stories connecting you to life in Australia and Kurdish-speaking Australians. Innovative approaches for addressing the challenges of language as the only identity tool Kurds have.

Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kirkuk’s education directorate on Friday reversed a controversial decision to replace the use of the Kurdish alphabet in the official records of ...

“To write the Kurdish alphabet legally on the chalkboard for the first time means that the door to freedom is partially open,” said Ozer, who like the other teacher at the school is a volunteer.

Language is a strong identity for the Kurdish people which has kept the Kurds alive in history. The Kurds face a major obstacle due to the lack of a unified language and alphabet. SBS Kurdish will ...