Kurdish Women Podcast

In this episode of the Kurdish Women Podcast Naren Briar interviewed Ava Homa about her debut book Daughters of Smoke and Fire. The book is one of the first books in English by a female Kurdish writer. 

In this episode of KWP Independent researcher Meghan Bodette, Interviewed New York Times bestseller author  Gayle Tzemach Lemmon about her new book 'The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice.'

In this episode of KWP Beizar, Wan, and Dilman talk about the story behind their Kurdish names and the politics of giving Kurdish names to children.

In this episode Yara Ismael and Wan Rashid are talking about Efendi Foundation and how Kurdish women in the US corporate through foundations

Bnar Sardar is a first female photojournalist born in Kirkuk Iraq and forced to flee to Iran with her family in 1991. Bnar worked with Metrogarphy agency, the first Iraqi agency for photography. Bnar currently  lives and works in Bristol England and is the freelance photographer for National Media League. With her ever expanding portfolio, Bnar has had group exhibitions in various countries, including the UK, Norway, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan.  Recently the UNHDR has selected Bnar as the middle-east photojournalist with the exhibition in (Venice), Italy.

n this episode, Ronay Bakan talks to Ruken Isik about "The Femicides in Turkey from a Kurdish Women's Perspective". Ronay Bakan has recently co-authored a piece on the #ChallengeAccepted social media campaign with Dr. Seda Saluk in which they discuss how Kurdish women's identity is missing in social media campaigns and in Western media coverages of femicides in Turkey.

Ronay Bakan, PhD Student in Political Science at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

#ChallengeAccepted: Kurdish Women

In this episode Rudan Balay talks to Huje Balay about the recent social media campaign of #challengeaccepted initiated by women in Turkey against femicides. Huje Balay shares her story of posting a black and white photo of herself on social media account in support of the campaign without knowing the true meaning behind it- which was revealed later by the activists. They both say Kurdish women’s identity got lost in translation when it was revealed and discuss whether Turkish feminism has ignored Kurdish women’s identity and their problems in Turkey.

Rudan Balay, Human Rights Activist

MA in International Affairs at George Washington University

Huje Balay, MA Student in US Foreign Policy and National Security at American University

Six years ago today, ISIS killed thousands of Yezidis and enslaved thousands of women and kids. We, as Kurdish Women Podcast are launching our Podcast on the sixth anniversary of the Yezidi Genocide. We dedicate our podcast to the Yezidi Women who are captured and enslaved by ISIS six years ago.