Rizgar Mohammed Amin

Rizgar Mohammed Amin

male, 51 years old
Rizgar Mohammed Amin is the former chief judge of the Iraqi Special Tribunal's Al-Dujail trial. He is the only judge whose identity was revealed on...
Ibrahim Ahmed

Ibrahim Ahmed

male, deceased (2000)
Ibrahim Ahmed or Ibrahim Ahmad (1914-2000) was an Iraqi-Kurdish author; One of the founders and Secretary-General of the Kurdistan Democratic...
Ali Baban

Ali Baban

male
Ali Ghalib Baban is the Iraqi Minister of Planning and Development Co-operation in the government of Nouri al-Maliki. A Sunni Arab, he was elected...

Yılmaz Güney

male, deceased (1984)
Yılmaz Güney was a Turkish film director, scenarist, novelist and actor of Kurdish origin. Many of his works are devoted to the plight of or...

Fadıl Öztürk

male
Fadıl Öztürk(1955, Tunceli) is a Kurdish writer and poet. He continues to write literary and political work. He was jailed for ten years. In 8 Ara...

İlkay Akkaya

female, 45 years old
İlkay Akkaya was born on May 26, 1964 in Istanbul, Turkey. She is a member of the Turkish music group Grup Kızılırmak. She started her prof...
Azad

Azad

male, 35 years old
Azad (born Azad Azadpour, January 1, 1974 in Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran) is a rapper. He came from the Kurdish part of Iran as the child of a...
Ali Akbar Moradi

Ali Akbar Moradi

male
Ali Akbar Moradi, (1957-), is a well known Kurdish Iranian musician and composer. He was born in Kermanshah in western Iran. He started music at a...

Hejar

male
Abdurrahman Sharafkandi or Hazhar, (1920 - February 22 1990), was a renowned Iranian-Kurdish writer, poet, linguist and translator. He was also the...
Kayhan Kalhor

Kayhan Kalhor

male, 46 years old
Kayhan Kalhor is an Iranian kamancheh player of Kurdish descent. In 2004, two of his works were nominated for Grammy Awards. Kalhor consciously...