: a member of a pastoral and agricultural people who inhabit a plateau region in adjoining parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
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Under Iraq’s scheme, the prime minister must be a Shiite, the speaker of parliament a Sunni, and the (largely ceremonial) president a Kurd.
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Mohamad Bazzi, Foreign Affairs, 13 Sep. 2022
Mohamed’s wife, Ruba Al Kurd, captured a photo of Mohamed reuniting with their daughter last fall.
—Claire Porter Robbins, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024
Six additional families took refuge in Al Kurd’s apartment building alone.
—A Times Special Correspondent, With Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
The North Press agency, which is close to the Syrian Kurd authorities, said the U.N. trucks carried hygiene supplies and baby diapers.
—Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2023
Social vs traditional media Dana El Kurd, a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Institute, said different types of media consumption have probably played a role in how people have formed their views on the Middle East.
—Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
Dana El Kurd is an assistant professor at the University of Richmond.
—Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
The ethnic Kurd perished at the hands of Iran’s morality police while on a visit to Tehran last September, sparking the biggest nationwide protests in over a decade.
—Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2023
Ammar Golie, an Iranian Kurd based in Germany who edits the news site NNS Roj, has been in regular contact with residents of Oshnavieh, which is in West Azerbaijan Province and has a population of 40,000 ethnic Kurds.
—Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2022
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Mohamad Bazzi, Foreign Affairs, 13 Sep. 2022
Mohamed’s wife, Ruba Al Kurd, captured a photo of Mohamed reuniting with their daughter last fall.
—Claire Porter Robbins, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024
Six additional families took refuge in Al Kurd’s apartment building alone.
—A Times Special Correspondent, With Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
The North Press agency, which is close to the Syrian Kurd authorities, said the U.N. trucks carried hygiene supplies and baby diapers.
—Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2023
Social vs traditional media Dana El Kurd, a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Institute, said different types of media consumption have probably played a role in how people have formed their views on the Middle East.
—Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
Dana El Kurd is an assistant professor at the University of Richmond.
—Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
The ethnic Kurd perished at the hands of Iran’s morality police while on a visit to Tehran last September, sparking the biggest nationwide protests in over a decade.
—Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2023
Ammar Golie, an Iranian Kurd based in Germany who edits the news site NNS Roj, has been in regular contact with residents of Oshnavieh, which is in West Azerbaijan Province and has a population of 40,000 ethnic Kurds.
—Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2022
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“Kurd.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kurd. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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