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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Two women from Erbil are running a store that sells dresses in Germany, making it possible for people to buy modern and traditional Kurdish clothing far away from ...
The disarmament of the P.K.K., a group that has battled since the 1980s for Kurdish independence, could end a conflict that ...
A photo has emerged of a female Kurdish fighter destroying an Isis sign that tells women how to dress, in a symbolic gesture of defiance against the oppressive Islamist regime.
The woman, Mahsa Amini, who's also known by her Kurdish name, Jina Amini, died while she was in police custody. Here to talk about how the situation facing Kurdish people factors into these ...
Last April, images of Kurdish men dressed in drag started making the rounds on Facebook. The campaign, called Kurd Men for Equality, featured men proudly swathed in the colorful garb traditional ...
Security forces in Iran’s Kurdish province punished a criminal by forcing him to wear the feminine traditional Kurdish outfit in public in a bid to ...
More than forty days since the death of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini–who died after being arrested by Iran’s morality police for breach of the country’s strict dress code–the wave of ...
Iranian men from the country’s Kurdish community are championing women’s rights in a rather peculiar fashion, by dressing in women’s clothes. The photos of the cross-dressed men are posted ...
When Kurdish men posted pictures of themselves in drag on Facebook to protest inequality, it showcased the community’s complicated relationship with feminism. CNN values your feedback 1.