As a young girl living in Sulaymaniyah, I loved the city. However, the feeling was not reciprocated. I believe that th

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Born in 1952 in Tirbespi in Rojava Kurdistan (Kurdistan in Syria), Bahram Hajo moved with his family to the Kurdistan

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Fadil Jaf – now a diligent scholar, cosmopolitan director and actor, and prolific translator – was passionate about mu