Joshua Levkowitz Joshua Levkowitz is a fellow for the Institute of Current World Affairs, where he writes about the Syrian diaspora. Iraqi-Kurdistan | Feb 16, 2019 From refuge to recreation, Kurdish hikers rediscover their mountains In the last decade, Iraqi Kurdistan has experienced a boom in mountaineering and hiking groups who weather challenging conditions including land mines and drone strikes to enjoy and reconnect with their mountainous homeland. Iraq | Dec 23, 2018 Creating hipster culture in an old tobacco factory in Sulaimaniyah Sulaimaniyah's defunct tobacco factory celebrates its second year as an arts and culture center. Iraq | Oct 18, 2018 Women at heart of Dahuk film festival From Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad to the film "Girls of the Sun" at the Cannes Film Festival, 2018 has been a year of Kurdish women. Lebanon | Sep 3, 2018 Entrepreneur brings blueberries to Lebanon Talal Nassereddine's Tout Berry Farms aims to make berry cultivation a big business in Lebanon and the broader Middle East. Iraq | Jul 9, 2018 Why many Iraqi Kurds keep tradition of cockfighting alive Cockfighting in Iraq still provides many men with a nightly escape despite the efforts of animal welfare activists to ban blood sports. Iraq | May 30, 2018 Iraqi artists transform derelict tobacco factory into culture hub The sprawling grounds of Sulaimaniyah's old tobacco factory are finding a second life as an arts center, although financial and bureaucratic obstacles have greatly hindered its progress. Latest News Israel, Iran ready to de-escalate -- for now: analysts by Stuart Williams and Delphine Touitou | AFP | Apr 19, 2024 West Bank villagers vigilant but vulnerable after settler attacks by Louis Baudoin-Laarman | AFP | Apr 19, 2024 Three Filipinos dead in UAE floods: officials Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 19, 2024 See more Podcasts Dispatch from Lebanon: We hear Israeli planes on daily basis Iran established deterrence against Israel proving through its actions it could do more harm, says academic Hassan Ahmadian Washington to impose new Iran sanctions as IRGC summons Swiss ambassador See more
Iraqi-Kurdistan | Feb 16, 2019 From refuge to recreation, Kurdish hikers rediscover their mountains In the last decade, Iraqi Kurdistan has experienced a boom in mountaineering and hiking groups who weather challenging conditions including land mines and drone strikes to enjoy and reconnect with their mountainous homeland.
Iraq | Dec 23, 2018 Creating hipster culture in an old tobacco factory in Sulaimaniyah Sulaimaniyah's defunct tobacco factory celebrates its second year as an arts and culture center.
Iraq | Oct 18, 2018 Women at heart of Dahuk film festival From Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad to the film "Girls of the Sun" at the Cannes Film Festival, 2018 has been a year of Kurdish women.
Lebanon | Sep 3, 2018 Entrepreneur brings blueberries to Lebanon Talal Nassereddine's Tout Berry Farms aims to make berry cultivation a big business in Lebanon and the broader Middle East.
Iraq | Jul 9, 2018 Why many Iraqi Kurds keep tradition of cockfighting alive Cockfighting in Iraq still provides many men with a nightly escape despite the efforts of animal welfare activists to ban blood sports.
Iraq | May 30, 2018 Iraqi artists transform derelict tobacco factory into culture hub The sprawling grounds of Sulaimaniyah's old tobacco factory are finding a second life as an arts center, although financial and bureaucratic obstacles have greatly hindered its progress.
Israel, Iran ready to de-escalate -- for now: analysts by Stuart Williams and Delphine Touitou | AFP | Apr 19, 2024
West Bank villagers vigilant but vulnerable after settler attacks by Louis Baudoin-Laarman | AFP | Apr 19, 2024
Iran established deterrence against Israel proving through its actions it could do more harm, says academic Hassan Ahmadian