Welcome to Washington Kurdish Institute

 

WKI Items of Interest

 

Interview with Dr. Najmaldin Karim, newly elected MP for Kirkuk

April 2010 Kurdish Herald Interview with WKI’s Founder and President

 

The Plight of the Kurdish Refugees

Video of a 1991 BBC Report by Charles Wheeler

 

WKI Statement on the Closure of DTP

December 14, 2009

 

How America Can Help Resolve Iraq’s Arab-Kurdish Disputes

KD Commentary by Dr. Najmaldin Karim, President of WKI

 

2009 Turkey Progress Report

By the Commission of European Communities

 

First New York Kurdish Film Festival

October 21-25, 2009 Festival by ArteEast

 

Kirkuk: ‘Time is running out’

Interview with WKI President Najmaldin Karim by Soma Digest

 

WKI Select Bibliography

Updated April 2009

 

Subscribe to Kurdistan Digest

WKI’s News Service

 

Archives

A Selection of Primary Documents

 

News Sources

A Variety of Links

 

UCF Interviews with Gunter, Morrow, and O’Leary

Video of Interviews by the Office of Global Perspectives, February 2009

 

Kurdistan Region: Economic Development Assessment

A Report for USAID, December 2008

 

Witness to Genocide

Archaeology Magazine, Jan/Feb 2009

 

Preventing Conflict Over Kurdistan

A Carnegie Endowment Report, by Henri Barkey

 

WKI Statement on the Anniversary of the Halabja Attack

WKI Press Release, March 16, 2009

 

Interview with WKI President on Kurdish Studies Initiative at UCF

Video of Interview with Dr. Najmaldin Karim in September of 2008

 

Remarks by WKI President at UCF Symposium

Text from September 29, 2008 Remarks at Univ. of Central Florida

 

Article 140 and the Future of Iraq

Event Summary and Primary Sources

 

Kurdish Issue in Iran Needs International Support, says WKI President

WKI Press Release, August 8, 2008

 

WKI Condemns Iraq’s Parliament for Undemocratic Tactics on Kirkuk

WKI Press Release, August 6, 2008

 

UNAMI Fails to Address the Constitutional Commitments of Article 140, says WKI President

WKI Press Release, June 12, 2008

 

Halabja, Twenty Years On

WKI Press Release, March 16, 2008

 

“Stop Turkish Invasion of Iraq” says Najmaldin Karim, President of the WKI

WKI Press Release, February 26, 2008

 

Dr. Najmaldim Karim, President of WKI, on The Diane Rehm Show

Audio of the January 10, 2008 Radio Program

 

WKI Position Paper: The Territorial Status of Kirkuk

A Paper by Washington Kurdish Institute, November 2007

 

CSPAN Interview with Dr. Najmaldin Karim, President of WKI

Video from October 28, 2007 edition of Washington Journal

 

Opinion Editorials by Dr. Najmaldin Karim, President of WKI

Articles in The NY Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times

 

"Disarming, Demobilizing and Reintegrating the Kurdistan Workers Party"

A Report by National Committee on American Foreign Policy

 

Photographs by Ed Kashi: Iraqi Kurdistan

A Flipbook Comprised of Photos by Ed Kashi

 

"Art Gallery"