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 ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree on Friday declaring Kurdish a "national language", in an apparent gesture of good will towards the minority following clashes in past days. The decree ...

The Kurds are widely believed to be the largest stateless ethnic group in the world.

The decree is the first formal recognition of Kurdish national rights since Syria’s independence in 1946.

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 ...

"The Language Wound: The use of the mother tongue in education and experiences of Kurdish students", a study from the Political and Social Research Institute of Diyarybakır, suggests bilingual and ...

Syria’s Ministry of Education announced on Monday that it has begun preparations to introduce Kurdish-language curricula in ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Syria's president has declared Kurdish a national language (Bakr ALkasem) (Bakr ALkasem/AFP/AFP) Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa ...