Artist or Performer? (Hunermend or Hunerbend)
When the word "artist" comes up in the field of music and song, we immediately picture someone holding a musical instrument or a microphone. In one sense this holds true, because in the end art and…
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From Decline to Revival: Strategies for Reviving the Arts
Art is an important component of cultural identity and social development, and it has always been a clear and great mirror of society. While it reflects the culture, history and identity of peoples…
What Is Dengbêj? The Lost Art of Kurdish Storyteller-Singers
In a Kurdish village a hundred years ago, there was no internet, no books for most people, no recorded music. But there was the dengbêj.
Newroz Music — The Sound of the Kurdish New Year
Every March 21, Kurdistan turns into something else. Bonfires burn on every hill. Children jump over flames. Govend lines stretch across town squares. Drums play until 3am.