In this interview, Susan Zibari reflects on her transition into policy, her strategies for balancing full-time employment with graduate studies, and her aspiration to advance both U.S. public service and advocacy for the Kurdish community.
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Issa Sofi discusses his decision to leave the oil industry, the significance of reporting on American power from a Kurdish perspective, and the ongoing need for greater representation of Kurdish voices in global discourse.
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Tara Abdullah talks about the personal cost of making challenging art, what keeps her going, and how the real stories of women influence her work. 
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Aheen Hajibadri has turned their heritage into activism. She revived George Mason University’s Kurdish Student Organization and built welcoming spaces where young people from the diaspora can feel comfortable.
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Vian Hussein transforms the fragments of war into hauntingly beautiful sculptures, paintings, and textiles that refuse to let memory disappear.  
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Sirwan Kajjo has spent his career tracking the stories many people miss, often because he has lived them.
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Dara Aram’s art begins with a life shaped by exile. Born in Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, he trained as a young artist before political upheaval forced him to leave.
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In this interview, Diyar Kurda discusses his early interest in journalism, tracing the start of his career to high school in his hometown of Rawanduz, known as the “Grand Canyon of Kurdistan.”
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In this interview, Pedram Baldari details his practice, which goes beyond a single discipline, incorporating social research, sound, data, and technology to depict the Kurdish people not only in a sensational way but also with a sense of their reality.
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