Inside Kurdistan
Inside Kurdistan
Inside Kurdistan brings insight to cultural and political developments in the Autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq for an international audience. We focus on a broad range of topics related to Kurdish culture, bringing context and coverage through interviews with experts and first-hand accounts to help provide a responsible perspective on what's happening in the region, Iraq and the Middle East as …
A peshmerga and a Doctor
A peshmerga and a Doctor
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A peshmerga and photographer
A peshmerga and photographer
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"To Not Be Forgotten" Podcast - A story of a Peshmerga & Morse code device operator.
"To Not Be Forgotten", a podcast dedicated to preserving the lives and legacies of the noble Peshmerga. This isn't just a history lesson—it's a journey into the hearts and minds of those who faced unimaginable challenges with courage and resilience. I dive deep into their personal stories, sharing …
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"To Not Be Forgotten" Podcast - A story of a Peshmerga & Cameraman
"To Not Be Forgotten", a podcast dedicated to preserving the lives and legacies of the noble Peshmerga. This isn't just a history lesson—it's a journey into the hearts and minds of those who faced unimaginable challenges with courage and resilience. I dive deep into their personal stories, sharing …
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April Cuenca
April Cuenca is from the Philippines. She moved two Erbil about two years ago and is a grants manager in Shareteah Humanitarian Organisation (SHO). She is also a certified yoga teacher, certified in trauma informed yoga, sound healing and therapy.
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Director Sahim Omar Kalifa
We met the Kurdish-Belgian director Sahim Omar Kalifa in Zakho and we talked about his movies Baghdad Messi and Land of heroes.
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Stella Martany
Stella Martany is a fixer and journalist based out of Erbil. Like many fixers in KRI, she got her start covering the war against ISIS in Mosul, but she joins me today to talk about how she's developed since then, explaining the differences between reporting during and after the war and the challeng…
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"The Post-War Political Economy" (with Isadora Gotts)
Isadora Gotts is a Ph. D. student whose background is primarily focused around Mosul's shifting economy after the 2017 liberation. She has now expanded her research towards focusing on the city's economic and cultural outlook as whole, with a particular emphasis towards its municipal planning and l…
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LGBTQ+ History in Kurdistan, Iraq, Syria and the Middle East (with Lilith)
It's an Inside Kurdistan Pride extravaganza! Today we're joined by Lilith, an advocate and KRI transplant to come give us some of the best stories fun facts of past civilizations' queer icons.
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Nasir SK
In the second episode of our fixer series, Nasir talks about his background growing up in and leaving Iran, his work in Syria during the war from 2014-2018 and his continued work in KRI, specifically with his work as a translator and remote fixer during the past year's uprising in his home country.
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