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Kurds

Cultural  

  1. A linguistically and culturally distinct people who inhabit parts of Syria, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and the former Soviet Union. Once part of the Ottoman Empire, they long have sought an independent nation-state, but without success. After his defeat in the Persian Gulf War, Saddam Hussein brutally repressed rebellious Kurds in northern Iraq.

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Persians, Parsis, Kurds, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Tajiks, Kazakhs, Uzbeks and other cultures celebrate the festival and have their own traditions surrounding it.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

We meet Bloori, 53, in northern Iraq at a tented camp for Iranian Kurds where he is training a new generation of Peshmerga – "those who face death".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

She is one of thousands of Iranian Kurds opposed to the Islamic republic and who are living in exile in neighbouring Iraq.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Inviting the Kurds to fight might also endanger the autonomous zone that Kurdish factions have built at great cost in northern Iraq.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

“Since Kurds took the city. Think it’s bad getting out?”

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

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