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Interview with Ava Homa
Above photo courtesy of Katrina Afonso. Ava Xan was born in East Kurdistan and educated in both Iran and Canada, she holds an MA in English Language and Literature from the University of Tehran and an...
View ArticleInterview with Taffan Ako Taha
Taffan was born in 1994 in Slemani, Kurdistan. Her family migrated to Sweden when she was only two years of age. “We had to leave because of the Saddam war,” Taffan recalls. She grew up in Sweden and...
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Strokes of a Revolution: A Kurdish painters thirst for colour and peace
Through his artwork, Delawer Omar from West Kurdistan expresses the injustice and anguish of his people at the hands of occupying regimes in hope of highlighting a reality which is often shied away...
View ArticleNewroz with…Shlovan
If you have a social media account, it is almost impossible for you not to have come across a hilarious vine courtesy of a 21 year old Kurd by the name of Shlovan. Originally from Slemani (South...
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A Peshmerga with a Pencil: Dr Osman Ahmed & the Anfal
Recently, the Kurdish peshmerga’s have been a beacon of hope and light in a region that is currently overflowing with darkness as more terrorists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) seep...
View ArticleSherko Bekas: Poetry is a continuous act of questioning and questions have no...
Sherko Bekas was one of the most prominent poets in Kurdish history whose powerful poems was translated into more than ten languages. Son of the famous poet Fayaq Bekas, Sherko was born in May 1940 in...
View ArticleAn interview with Chahin Baker (Shahin B. Sorekli) by Tara Fatehi
Kak Shahin was born in the village of Mezre, in the Kurdish region near the town of Kobani at the border between Syria and Turkey in 1946. He left for Europe to study in 1965 and arrived in Sydney...
View ArticleOn The Art of Public Speaking with Wayne Lavender
On The Art of Public Speaking with Wayne Lavender, Ph.D. – How the Kurds Communicate? Interviewed by Aras Ahmed Mhamad 1. How would you bring the audience in? From your experience, what are some...
View ArticleA Dreaming Realist: An Interview with Kurdistan’s Superstar Aras Koyi.
It’s no mystery, really. When culture turns innovative it becomes a domain consumed and maintained mainly by young adults. Throughout my years as a former musician, people have told me there is an...
View ArticleExclusive Video Interview with Li Dinê
Medya Magazine got the chance to sit down with Kurdish band Li Dinê, who recently released a hot new single called “Take Me Home” which features Dashni Morad. Check out what they had to say during our...
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