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Flame of Mine- (Music video)
The spiritual connection between art and music can be described as a blending of senses that penetrates layers of emotions to nourish the hidden soul. And, in this music clip, it is all about connections, where the hypnotic rhythmic grooves…
Adonis ( Short story)
Newroz Sinjari Our brief encounters did not allow me to express my love for you properly. Perhaps they were not brief per se, but never as long as they should have been. The moments we created were too short, our kisses too brief,…
My Exile ( poem by Aso Jabar)
By: Aso Jabar My soul is brimful from a storm of a dream A sorrow of an Autumn will take me I turn to the rain and I will rain on a tryst of a garden Drop drop I will pour under the feet of an Autumn flower I will pass between…
Aynur: the sound of Kurdistan
By Sandy Buglass Originating from Turkey’s Kurdish community ( North Kurdistan), Aynur Doğan (known as Aynur) is a world-renowned singer and artist. Having received praise from both the Turkish and global press, Aynur is one of the most…
A Day before Death
I will go to place faraway Where nobody there knows me A place Where the streets be peculiar No house, No room No bed No mobile phone No internet Until no gravel of inconsistent speeches Replays the events of my lost years. I…
Colours
Nawroz Sinjari I was not able to remove my gaze from the painting. I was staring at it for a long time, letting my soul be soaked by and lost in the colours and the shapes. My hands passed over the canvas gently, a movement in…
Art, Language and Homelessness
In my artwork I use Kurdish poems, because Kurdish poetry has been both a motive and inspiration for me in how I deal with despair and nostalgia.
Profile of an Artist: Hiwa K
Iraqi-Kurdish artist Hiwa K was born in Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) in 1975. His early studies focussed on European literature and philosophy, learnt from available books translated into Arabic. Emigrating to Germany 20 years ago, Hiwa K…
The Portrait of an Imprisoned Artist: Defending Zehra Doğan & Artist Expression
It is an artist’s responsibility to expose and unveil hidden truths. The artist must comment on, criticise, raise questions and above all, take risks that challenge norms, deconstruct societal structures, and ignite debates. These are…
The Front Door of War
By Zhawen Shali The girls of my village Were sizzling the sunflower seeds Because of the disappearance of the sun They were taking empty pots to the spring water And narrating the decisiveness of water to the water And used to get…
The Politics of Composition in a Context of the Destruction of Experience
Non-place Manifesto By: Dr. Massoud Binandeh Sine, November, 2016. Human beings have thrown into the world, and this thrownness has directed our life towards discovering the residence of language and the rootlessness of discourse,…
Love
(Love) poem by Nazand Begikhani Two solitudes walk by Two solitudes look at each other Two solitudes smile at each other Two solitudes sit together Two solitudes talk Two solitudes touch each other Two solitudes cuddle each other…
In Memory of Shirko Bikes
By Dr. Kamal Solayemani August 5th, 2013 Tonight in my journey In my past, In my memory, In my words, In every word, roars, in our collective cries, I saw you Alive, undying and eternal As I was roaming On the mountain top Flying…
In celebration of the birth of January 21, 2017
By Kamal Soleimani A candle! Twinkling in the darkest night, Stands the burning cold, Enlightens Boosts the warmth of being Defying the darkening night A night, Has marshaled its forces, Against the tiniest remaining light *** The…
Sahira Ismail gives artistic meaning to women’s domestic craft
On the 27th of August 2016 an exhibition by artist Sahira Ismail entitled ‘a house made of Rags’ was launched. Hosted at the museum of Sulaymania, the exhibition contained fourteen unique abstract works of art typically collage in form and…
Prominent Kurdish Artist Osman Ahmed’s profile
15th of January 2017 was not an ordinary day in the city of Sulaymania, Iraqi Kurdistan. This day was special because an extraordinary work of art was installed on a public wall. The work of art, installed on the main wall in Reaya hill,…