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The Kurds are a large group of people who have their own special culture and language. They mostly live in an area called Kurdistan, which spans parts of several countries like Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. You can also find smaller Kurdish communities in Armenia and Lebanon.

Kurdish-inhabited area by CIA (1992)
Area where Kurds live

Kurds are an ancient group of people, thought to be related to the Medes, who lived in the Middle East a very long time ago. They have a rich and strong culture that has been passed down through many generations.

Today, there are about 40 million Kurds in the world. Most Kurds follow the Sunni branch of the Muslim faith.

Kurdish Culture and Language

The Kurdish people have a unique culture that includes their own music, dances, clothing, and stories. Their language, Kurdish, is part of the Indo-European family of languages.

Even though Kurds live in different countries, their shared language and traditions help keep their culture strong. Many Kurds celebrate Newroz, which is the spring equinox and a new year celebration. It's a time for family, picnics, and traditional dances.

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  • Pilgrims and festival at Lalish on the day of the Ezidi New Year in 2017 22

    Yazidi new year celebrations in Lalish, 18 April 2017

  • Saladin the Victorious

    Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb, or Saladin, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty in the Middle East

  • Kurdsih Wariors

    Kurdish Warriors by Frank Feller

  • کریم خان زند

    Karim Khan, the Laki ruler of the Zand Dynasty

  • Antonion Zeno Shindler - Kurd Man - 1985.66.165,714 - Smithsonian American Art Museum

    Impression of a Kurdish man by American artist Antonio Zeno Shindle circa 1893

  • Kurdistan1920

    Provisions of the Treaty of Sèvres for an independent Kurdistan (in 1920)

  • Kurdish-inhabited areas of the Middle East and the Soviet Union in 1986

    Kurdish-inhabited areas of the Middle East and the Soviet Union in 1986, according to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

  • Kurdsofconstantinople color

    Two Kurds From Constantinople 1899

  • Kurdish Boys Diyarbakir

    Kurdish boys in Diyarbakir

  • Zana

    Leyla Zana

  • Kurdish people celebrating Nowruz 2018, Tangi Sar village (13970105000310636575781098296062 60685)

    Iranian Kurds celebrating Newroz, 20 March 2018

  • Qazi Muhammad

    Qazi Muhammad, the President of the Republic of Kurdistan

  • Jalal Talabani Rumsfeld Rice Khalilzad

    The President of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, meeting with U.S. officials in Baghdad, Iraq, on 26 April 2006

  • 263827 A pair of girls giggle with one another during a Kurdish New Year celebration in the Qarah Anir region of Kirkuk, Iraq, March 21 in 2010

    Kurdish girls in traditional Kurdish costume, Newroz picnic in Kirkuk

  • Kurdish flags at the pro-Kurdistan referendum and pro-Kurdistan independence rally at Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq 11

    Pro-independence rally in Erbil in September 2017

  • Kurdish YPG Fighters (15318975992)

    Kurdish YPG and YPJ fighters in Syria

  • Ilham Aliyev and Mehriban Aliyeva attended opening of Kharibulbul Festival in Shusha 15

    Tunar Rahmanoghly singing Kurdish song "Rinda Min". Khari Bulbul Music Festival

  • Rojava solidarity demonstration Berlin 2019-10-10 22

    Protest in Berlin, Germany against Turkey's military offensive into north-eastern Syria on 10 October 2019

  • Portrait of Hamdi Ulukaya

    Hamdi Ulukaya, Kurdish-American billionaire, founder and CEO of Chobani

  • YPJ fighters shake hands with one another

    YPG's female fighters in Syria

  • Vulpes vulpes at Eshel HaNasi4, israel

    The fox, a widely recurring character in Kurdish tales

  • Modern Bidjar rug

    Modern rug from Bijar

  • KurdishNoble

    A Kurdish nobleman bearing a jambiya dagger

  • Kurdish-Deq

    Kurdish woman with deq tattoo

  • Kurdish musicians 1890

    Kurdish musicians, 1890

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    Bahman Ghobadi at the presentation of his film Nobody Knows About Persian Cats in San Sebastián, 2009

  • 080603 Derdiyok

    Eren Derdiyok, a Kurdish footballer, striker for the Swiss national football team

  • OnGozluBridge

    The Marwanid Dicle Bridge, Diyarbakir

  • Arbil Citadel

    The Citadel of Erbil

  • Mercier. Kurde (Asie). Auguste Wahlen. Moeurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuples du monde. 1843

    Mercier. Kurde (Asie) by Auguste Wahlen, 1843

  • AmadeoPreziosi1816 1882

    Kurdish warriors by Amadeo Preziosi

  • 3. Turquie d'Asia - 3. Vilayet de Koniah - 10. Planche

    Armenian, Turkish and Kurdish females in their traditional clothes, 1873

  • Zakho Kurds by Albert Kahn

    Zakho Kurds by Albert Kahn, 1910s

  • Kurdish Cavalry in the Caucasus Mountains. The New York Times, January 24, 1915

    Kurdish Cavalry in the passes of the Caucasus mountains (The New York Times, January 24, 1915)

  • Jina-kurd-kurdish-woman-kurt-kadini

    A Kurdish woman from Kirkuk, 1922

  • A Jaf chief, S. Kurdistan

    A Kurdish chief

  • Antoin Sevruguin 1 kurdish woman

    A Kurdish woman from Piranshahr, Iran, Antoin Sevruguin

  • Nowruz 2017 in Bisaran, Kurdistan province

    A Kurdish woman and a child from Bisaran, Eastern Kurdistan, 2017

  • A group of Kurdish men with traditional clothing at Hawraman, Kurdistan

    A group of Kurdish men with traditional clothing, Hawraman

  • Guard at Citadel - Erbil - Iraq

    A Kurdish man wearing traditional clothes, Erbil

  • YPJ - Rojava

    A Kurdish woman fighter from Rojava

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