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Erbil

Introducing ‘The Country In Our Hearts’ podcast series

Rose Gilbert

May 29, 2025

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In 1988, hundreds of thousands of Kurds fled northern Iraq as Saddam Hussein’s armies hunted them down. Many ended up in Nashville, making this southern city home to the largest Kurdish community in America.

Filed Under: Erbil Travelogue, from Nashville to Erbil, WPLN News Tagged With: Erbil, Immigration, Kurdistan, Nashville Kurds, Sister Cities Nashville

‘You can get people killed,’ and other advice.

Rose Gilbert

May 15, 2025

Suha and Hanna have both reported extensively on Iraqi Kurdistan’s refugee camps, on their own and as fixers. They had a great deal of advice on how to report within these camps: how to act, what to say, what information to censor to protect the people who lived there.

Filed Under: Erbil Travelogue Tagged With: Erbil, Kurdistan, Qaysari Bazaar, refugee

An extremely grand bazaar

Rose Gilbert

May 8, 2025

The Qaysari Bazaar is an absolute marvel. Nestled in the heart of old Erbil, this sprawling covered market sits in the shadow of the city’s ancient citadel, which is perhaps the oldest continuously inhabited place on earth.

Filed Under: Erbil Travelogue, WPLN News Tagged With: Erbil, Kurdistan, Qaysari Bazaar, Sister Cities Nashville

The generous journalists of Erbil 

Rose Gilbert

May 1, 2025

So, I had made it to Erbil. I had dinars, I had a working phone, and I had meetings set up with sources for weeks to come. Now, I needed to get a real understanding of local politics. I needed to find a good translator or two. I needed to make some friends. In short, I needed to meet some local journalists.

Filed Under: Erbil Travelogue, WPLN News Tagged With: Erbil, Kurdistan, Kurdistan Chronicle, restaurant

Liquor stores and LED crosses

Rose Gilbert

April 25, 2025

I spent my first few mornings in Erbil taking long walks, trying to explore my new neighborhood before the full heat of the day.

Filed Under: Erbil Travelogue Tagged With: Ankawa, Christianity, Erbil, Kurdistan, Nashville Kurds, religion

Welcome to the Classy Hotel Ankawa

Rose Gilbert

April 16, 2025

In this first travelogue from WPLN’s Rose Gilbert, we arrive with her in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, for her five-week reporting trip.

Filed Under: Erbil Travelogue, WPLN News Tagged With: Erbil, Kurdistan, Nashville Kurds, Sister Cities Nashville, travel

Connecting Nashville to its sister city, Erbil

Mary Mancini

September 9, 2024

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Have you met Nashville’s sisters? Sister cities, that is. If you didn’t know, the long-running Sister Cities Nashville program has formal partnerships with 10 international cities.

Filed Under: from Nashville to Erbil, Race & Equity Tagged With: Erbil, Kurdistan

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