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Gender and Feminism
The Gaze of Yezidi Victims vs. the Gaze of God
Saladdin Ahmed The enslavement of thousands of Yezidi girls and women in an Islamic war that has been legitimized with references to Mohammedian words and wars once again confronts Muslims with a serious moral question. Are they prepared to…
Why Culture Project?
By Houzan Mahmoud I NEEDED to do this. After many years as an activist, it felt like it was finally the right time to co-found this initiative, a project that has the potential to lift feminist and gender consciousness, to really challenge…
Kurdish Women As a Disciplined Body
By Shara Tahir The main purpose of this article is to figure out the common discourse that continuously claims the freedom of Kurdish women in different geographical areas in Kurdish society. An assumption being made and that has…
How to make sense of feminist art in a culture where women’s voices are absent
By Kani Kamal WHEN I studied art at university in Sulaymania 16 years ago, the course was based on an old fashioned way of thinking. There was a gendered mentality so, for example, in most cases only men could study painting and sculpture,…
The story of Malala: The Girl who stood up for equal right to education
The story of Malala: The Girl who stood up for equal right to education By Lazo Azad IT’S fair to say that the Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai, has become a global sensation. Shot three times after championing girls’…