Culture
The First Kurdish Stand-Up Comedy Club: Tirş û Tehl
BARAN DESTAN/AMED The Saqo Collective was founded in 2022 by five young people dedicated to Kurdish comedy. That same year, the group—which launched under the name Tirş û…
Culture
Govend: the dance of standing together
Danced hand in hand at weddings, holidays and Newroz celebrations, govend is one of the most visible shared rhythms of Kurdish culture.
Culture
Hawar and the story of the Latin-script Kurdish alphabet
ê, î, û, ç, ş… The 31-letter alphabet we use to write Kurdish (Kurmanji) today goes back to the 1930s.