A new mural in Nashville depicts the baking of flatbread, games of backgammon and calligraphy of Kurdish poetry. The colorful artwork on the side of an…
Metro School Board Approves Adding Kurdish To Its High School Languages
Listen The Metro Nashville Public Schools board approved Tuesday night a proposal to add Kurdish to its list of world languages available for high school credit. Now the request is going to the state for approval. The proposal stems from Nashville’s large Kurdish community, and it’s earned support from educators. They believe it will boost […]
Citing Loyalty To The U.S., Kurds In Nashville Ask For Help In Independence Push
Listen Hundreds of demonstrators lined three blocks of Broadway on Wednesday to call on the United States to offer more support for Kurdish independence.
Nine Days After Being Caught Up In Travel Ban, Kurdish Interpreter And Family Arrive In Nashville
Listen An interpreter from northern Iraq and his family have arrived in Nashville, nine days after their journey to the United States was interrupted. They were among the hundreds of immigrants caught up in President Trump’s partial travel ban.
Even As Permanent Residents, Some Nashville Kurds View Trump’s Executive Order With Panic
Listen As the ramifications of President Donald Trump’s executive order on refugees continue to unfold, one group of Nashvillians is watching particularly closely. Among the confusion of the fallout is whether permanent U.S. residents — green card holders — are included in the ban. That uncertainty has some people in Nashville’s Kurdish community in a […]
Refugee Restrictions Hit Home In Nashville’s ‘Little Kurdistan’
Stories are beginning to emerge of Iraqis bound for Nashville who are held up by President Trump’s executive order restricting travel from some Muslim-majority nations. Nashville has one of the largest Kurdish populations in the U.S.
Watching Violence Abroad, Nashville Kurds Call On U.S. Support Against ISIS
Salih Doski was among the couple hundred people rallying for support in downtown Nashville on Friday. He doesn’t have family in the besieged Syrian town of Kobane, but he says: “Kobane today, tomorrow will be Dahook city, where my family lives.”
Nashville’s Kurds Disappointed, But Not Surprised, By U.S. Policy In Iraq
Despite Nashville Kurds rallying for independence from Iraq, they’re not getting the full support they want from Sen. Bob Corker and other U.S. foreign policy makers.
Nashville Kurds Organize Efforts To Send Medical Supplies To Iraq
They’re working with the Kurdish regional government in Washington, D.C., which will fly in medical supplies including IV fluids, band-aids and antibiotics.
Nashville’s Large Kurdish Community To Rally For Independence From Iraq
They hope one day for Kurdistan to include parts of all four countries where Kurds currently live. But U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry recently urged them to remain part of Iraq.
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