Tag: Kurdistan

Solar power brings life to Kurdish village decades after chemical attack

Survivors and their descendants welcomed the new panels as a tangible sign that their suffering has not been forgotten. “We lost entire families to the gas,” said one resident who asked not to be named. “Now our children study under electric light and we can store our produce all year round. This is justice in the form of sunlight.”

Kurdish villagers stop Turkish Government from building solar power plant in their nature reserve

Residents of Çanakyayla which is a Kurdish-majority village in Turkey’s Bitlis Province, have successfully halted a solar energy project, citing ecological concerns and displacement risks

Time to tour … Erbil? Hey, it’s the Arab Tourism Capital of 2014

With outstanding infrastructural improvement due in large part to projects launched by the cutting-edge real estate development company, Empire...

Kurdish Self-Rule Spreading in War-Torn Syria

Could a united Kurdistan mean a victory for the peoples' natural resources: energy, and mighty rivers? Against the backdrop of...

Turkey Starts Buying Kurdish Gas Over Baghdad’s Objections

Defying the Iraqi central government, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has begun selling gas directly to Turkey. Crude oil...

Get Into Green Music and Art in Iraq Before Earth Day

Who would have thought that Iraqis and Kurds could start a green music and art event? Two non-profits, Nature Iraq...

Iraqi Sheikh Threatens To Demonstrate If Kurds Don’t Share Water

Despite this water fountain in Kurdistan, water there is scarce. This is not how poor Iraqis perceive their own...