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Thousands of people from all age groups gathered in the Kurdish-populated Diyarbakır city for a concert by Koma Amed, one of the most prominent Kurdish music groups of the 1990s. The Oct 26 event ...

A planned concert by the Kurdish folk band Koma Amed in İstanbul on Dec 20 was blocked just hours before it was set to begin by the Küçükçekmece District Governor’s Office. The group, whose members ...

Women from Iraq's Yazidi minority get together to perform centuries-old sacred songs. They've survived captivity by ISIS and loved ones' deaths.... 'We Will Never Break': In Iraq, A Yazidi Women's ...