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

While widely celebrated, the holiday holds particular cultural and political significance for Kurds throughout the Middle ...

Nowruz, the Farsi-language word for “new year,” is an ancient Persian festival that is also celebrated by Kurds in Syria, Turkey and Iraq as well as Iran.

In the Kurdish regions of the Middle East, Nowruz celebrations — honoring the arrival of spring — are a fundamental ...

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

Iranian Kurdish families living in a camp in Iraq hold on to one hope: that the U.S.–Israeli war with Iran weakens Iran’s ...

London: In Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, women perform a traditional dance, their long dresses spinning, gold tassels and heavy necklaces catching the firelight, as smaller crowds than usual ...

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