Pêzgeha Filiz Goçucu
Pêjgeha Filiz Goçucu For Kurdish Heritage Month 2024, Filiz Goçucu cooks Babikko from her kitchen in Oslo, Norway. Watch the video here!
Newroz 2024
Newroz pîroz be! As part of your Newroz celebration this year, listen to this classical Newroz song performed by Berfin Aktay. The lyrics are by Piramerd and originally sung by Hesen Zirek. Here’s another favorite, sent by a friend in Silêmanî: Dashni Morad singing “Ey Raqib”.
Filiz Gocucu Makes Sir/Babiko
A cooking demonstration, in Kurmancî
Fexrî Seker, language teacher
Fexrî Seker, language teacher Fexrî Seker (originally from Amed, North Kurdistan), is a native speaker of Kurmanji Kurdish. He has degrees of proficiency in numerous languages, ancient and modern, Middle Eastern and European. He earned his teaching certificate at Northeastern Illinois University. He taught Kurdish, Persian, and Turkish at the University of Wyoming before coming […]
Erdal Kose, computer scientist
Erdal Kose on Artificial Intelligence Erdal Kose (originally from Afsin, Maraş, in Bakûr) is a lecturer in computer science at the Gildart Haase School of Computer Science and Engineering at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He does research in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science. Erdal Kose was interviewed by Yüksel Serindag of […]
Prof. Pedram Baldari, installation/performance artist
Prof. Pedram Baldari, installation/performance artist Prof. Pedram Baldari (originally from Sine, Rojhelat, Iranian Kurdistan) is an interdisciplinary artist working in site-specific installation, soundscapes, sculpture, performance art, and video. He has had solo and group exhibitions at prestigious galleries in North America, Europe, and Asia, as well as numerous residencies and fellowships. He is currently a […]
“Honor” by Elif Shafak
“Honor” by Elif Shafak On March 5 our book club discussed: Elif Shafak, Honor (New York: Viking, 2013), 354 pages The novel is set in the 1960s and ’70s and concerns two Kurdish twin sisters from a village in Urfa. Pembe marries a Turkish soldier, then moves to Istanbul. Jamila stays in the village. Pembe […]
Komeleya Rojavayê Kurdistan
Komeleya Rojavayê Kurdistan Komeleya Rojavayê Kurdistan was founded in March 2023 by a group of independent academics in North and East Syria. Based in Qamislo, the group works on Kurdish history, literature, and language. Kurds are among ancient peoples of Mesopotamia, they explained to NYKCC in an interview in November 2023. “We want to work […]
“Stranên Kezîya Sor” by Hunergeha Welat
“Stranên Kezîya Sor” by Hunergeha Welat Stranên Kezîya Sor (Songs of Red Braids) A video by Hunergeha Welat Writer and director: Şêro Hindê Music: Mehmûd Berazî Transforming grief into high art. Jin, Jiyan Azadi Read more about this video and the remarkable work of Hunergeha Welat here.
Ibrahim Selman, filmmaker
Ibrahim Selman, filmmaker İbrahim Salman is a versatile and prolific Kurdish artist, based in Amsterdam, who has been making films, as well as acting, directing, and writing plays, for nearly 50 years. “I make films from the bottom of my heart,” the prolific artist told the NYKCC in a recent conversation. “I believe that although […]
