Irbil

The Kurds have no country of their own and their story is largely untold. A planned museum in Erbil aims to change that.

January 13, 2017Culture

Without a nation of their own, the Kurds have been fighting oppression for centuries, all the way to the present day. In fact, Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers are key forces right now in the battle against ISIS. But Kurdish history — a story of persecution, war and resilience — is largely untold. A new museum would help change that.

The UN's Fijian guard unit on parade in Iraq.

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A Kurdish fighter shows off his new weapons outside the gun bazaar. Behind him is the prison that sits next to the market.

Kurdish soldiers are paying for their weapons out of their own pockets

August 28, 2014Conflict

Kurdish men display weapons for sale at an arms market in Irbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq.

A Kurdish British lawmaker goes back to Iraq on a mission to boost support for the peshmerga

August 18, 2014Conflict

Kurdish peshmerga troops stand guard in the Iraqi province of Nineveh on August 6, 2014.

Kurds in Irbil try to maintain normal lives with ISIS close by

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Invisible Nation

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with The World’s Quil Lawrence about his new book, “Invisible Nation: How the Kurds’ Quest for Statehood is shaping Iraq and the Middle East.”