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 Music 'haven of freedom' Tangiers hosts global jazz festival by Kaouthar OUDRHIRI | AFP | Apr 27, 2024 Blinken to Saudi as window shrinks on Middle East mega-deal by Robbie COREY-BOULET with Hashem OSSEIRAN in Dubai | AFP | Apr 27, 2024 'Constant terror' in Rafah as Gazans brace for Israeli invasion Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 27, 2024 See more Podcasts Inside an American university encampment Sister of Israeli-Russian scholar Elizabeth Tsurkov, who is being held by Iran-backed Shiite militia, calls for US military sanctions on Iraq From döner diplomacy to NATO demands, a week in Turkish foreign policy 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.
Music 'haven of freedom' Tangiers hosts global jazz festival by Kaouthar OUDRHIRI | AFP | Apr 27, 2024
Blinken to Saudi as window shrinks on Middle East mega-deal by Robbie COREY-BOULET with Hashem OSSEIRAN in Dubai | AFP | Apr 27, 2024
'Constant terror' in Rafah as Gazans brace for Israeli invasion Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 27, 2024
Sister of Israeli-Russian scholar Elizabeth Tsurkov, who is being held by Iran-backed Shiite militia, calls for US military sanctions on Iraq