This article is part of a series examining free expression and information access in civic spaces across six language communities in the MENA region. Nestled within the Kurdistan mountains near the ...

The Kurdish language has faced many challenges in recent history, including being banned at different times in Turkey, Iraq and Syria, with heavy restrictions often placed on Kurdish-language media ...

Amid the echoing chatter of students in the busy classrooms of a public school in Sulaymaniyah, one voice stands out - that of 41-year-old Syrian refugee teacher Dalia Mahmoud. Confidently teaching ...