Harvard offered its first Kurdish Language course in the University’s history this fall after students from Kurdish-speaking backgrounds pushed for its creation. The course focuses not only on the ...

In the heat of the day, groups of Syrian refugee students walk purposefully to the learning centre in Domiz refugee camp. Here, they are studying the local Kurdish dialects in preparation for the new ...

Dalal M. Hassane ’26, a Crimson Editorial editor, lives in Leverett House. Just months ago, I felt the breeze of the motherland hold me so tightly I could almost sense my Kurdish ancestors offering me ...

Enrollment in Kurdish language programs and the selection of Kurdish as an elective course are both increasing, even though the overall rate remains low. "Without language, there is no life," reads ...

Language is never just a means of communication. It is identity, memory, access, and belonging. Across the Middle East, few languages embody this reality more clearly than Kurdish, a language spoken ...

"The texts of a 41-year-old writer always win against what is written by a 10-year-old girl." These remarks are uttered by Sámi writer Elin Anna Labba, who compares the texts written in the Sámi ...

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