Anfal and Allah (God)
By Nabaz Samad
Author
Baba, Teach Me
A poem by Palina
Azad Nanakeli: My art work is related to current events
Scott Douglas Jacobsen's interview with Artist Azad Nanakeli
Invisible shackles
A poem by Livyar
Visual representation of bodies
An Essay by Avan Omar
Masud Muhammad: life and Thought
On the Sixteenth anniversary of his death By Nabaz Samad Masud Muhammad (1919 - 2002) was a Kurdish philosopher, thinker, linguist, and critic. He was born in a famous Kurdish family in Koya; his father was a prominent religious scholar who…
The Latin East: New Perspectives on Latin America-Middle East Ties
April 27 - 28, 2018 at New York University The Latin East: New Perspectives on Latin America-Middle East Ties An International Conference Please RSVP Here! At the height of Latin America’s “pink tide” in the mid-2000s, left wing…
I am happy to have survived, but I always remember those who didn’t make it
An interview with Houzan Mahmoud, conducted by Scott Douglas Jacobsen
I come from a family that is deeply engaged in both art and politics
Interview with Sherko Abbas, artist from Iraqi Kurdistan, conducted by Scott Douglas Jacobsen Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What was early life like for you? Were arts and culture an important part of it? Sherko Abbas: I come from a family that…
We cannot be liberated without a new alternative culture
This is part of a series of Interviews conducted by Scott Douglas Jacobsen for Culture Project with various Kurdish artists, feminists and writers. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How did you grow up? Was religion a big part of life? How did you…
Afrin Resistance: Afrinians have no friends but mountains
By Nabaz Samad Afrin is one of the Rojava's cantons, located on the Turkish-Syrian border. Afrin's population are mostly Kurds. Afrin is under attack by the Turkish state and its jihadist allies. Here’s a question: Why does Turkey attack…
NGO’s cannot raise gender equality and body awareness among women
An interview with Khanda Hammed By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Khanda Hameed is a Kurdish writer and Philosophy graduate. Hameed has written for Culture Magazine. She is a coordinator of Culture Project in Kurdistan. Scott Douglas Jacobsen:…
Culture Project participated in 8 March city wide event in Sulaymania-Kurdistan
Culture Project’s activists took an active part in an event organised by (X-Line) organisation which was organised in the old Tobacco Factory which is now turned into a cultural venue. This event was organised for networking, and various…
Marking international Women’s Day with a seminar on Feminism & Gender
Culture Project in collaboration with Culture Project Society at University of Sulaymania in Kurdistan marked (8 March International Women’s Day) with a seminar on Feminism, Art and Gender. On the 7th of March a seminar was hosted at…
International Women’s Day, The critical look of an artist at concealment
Regina Tauschek He breaks taboos with his works. Reflecting on the puritanical interpretation of Islam and traditions, he sensitively grabs the male world by the crotch and therefore lives dangerously. The artist wishes women the…
Women’s Self Writing Project
This is a new initiative of Culture Project is intended to work on women’s power to tell their own stories or stories of other women through writing. The women of Kurdistan, and their dreams, encounters and experiences with patriarchy,…