Some varieties of Kurdish, such as Sorani, are written in the Sorani alphabet, an Arabic-derived script, while the Kurmanji ...

It has built a curriculum in Kurdish, Arabic and the Syriac dialect for pupils to learn in their mother tongue, renouncing the Baathist thinking that championed Arab nationalism in the classroom.

As I begin to learn Kurdish at Harvard, I think of women like Zara Mohammadi, a teacher from Sine, who was sentenced to five years in prison because she taught Kurdish in her class.

Parents want children to learn Kurdish in school so they can read and write in the language, they say.

Kurdish residents in Fargo-Moorhead who fled Iraq and resettled in Fargo-Moorhead over the past 20 years are trying to reconnect their children with traditional language and culture.

Kurdish language activists counter that the desire to learn Kurdish is there, but it must be taught in public schools - a practice that's still banned.

Inspired by the growing movement to learn Kurdish, Arafat decided to attend her father’s classes. In 2016, she enrolled in the Kurdish department of the University of Rojava and graduated two ...

Yet I find myself replying to her in Arabic. Mama longed for me to learn Kurdish, but I was pressured to embrace my Arab half at the expense of my mother’s tongue. By Dalal Hassane April 6, 2024 ...

World December 21, 2017 In Turkey, Repression of the Kurdish Language Is Back, With No End in Sight Since 2015, scores of Kurdish media organizations, associations, language schools, and cultural ...