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Research Center and Graduate School:
Our goal is to provide a creative and solid platform where professionals and students interested in the emerging fields of Kurdish Studies and Critical Muslim Studies can coordinate and share their scholarship in a progressive and democratic environment. Zahra Institute aims to address the needs of a range of learners through educational initiatives consisting of online courses, retreats and workshops, mentoring services, and academic conferences.

Join us for a lecture on "๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง" with ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐๐š๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ of Ahi Evr...
10/14/2026

Join us for a lecture on "๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง" with ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐๐š๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ of Ahi Evran University.

๐Ÿ—“ Wednesday, October 21
๐Ÿ•› 12 PM Central | 1 PM Eastern
๐Ÿ’ป On Zoom

โœจ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/BDet8R1sS2atRJc-uvzBag #
(Or scan the QR code on the flyer)

Weโ€™d love to see you there!

๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง?The full recording of "๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ: ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ...
10/10/2026

๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง?

The full recording of "๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ: ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ " โ€” part of Zahra Institute's Fall 2026 Speaker Series, moderated by Metin Atmaca โ€” is now live.

Watch the full lecture here ๐Ÿ‘‡

How did English writers imagine, describe, and misunderstand the Ku...

โฐ ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ / ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐งJoin us this afternoon to welcome ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐š ๐๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐š from the Bundeswehr Cen...
10/07/2026

โฐ ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ / ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง

Join us this afternoon to welcome ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐š ๐๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐š from the Bundeswehr Centre for Military History and Social Sciences for a lecture on:

"๐‚๐š๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง? ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐งโ€“๐ˆ๐ซ๐š๐ช๐ข ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ"

๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://zoom.us/meeting/register/gGIoKqxeQ2e59P6chnxdNw
You can also scan the QR code on the flyer.

We hope to see you there!

โฐ ๐“๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ / ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐งJoin us on Zoom for a lecture by ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐š ๐๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐š from the Bundeswehr Centr...
10/06/2026

โฐ ๐“๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ / ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง

Join us on Zoom for a lecture by ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐š ๐๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐š from the Bundeswehr Centre for Military History and Social Sciences:

๐‚๐š๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง? ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐งโ€“๐ˆ๐ซ๐š๐ช๐ข ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://zoom.us/meeting/register/gGIoKqxeQ2e59P6chnxdNw
You can also scan the QR code on the flyer.

๐Ÿ”ด ZOOM LECTURE๐‚๐š๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?Empirical Evidence from 35 Years of Germanโ€“Iraqi Kurdish Relations...
09/30/2026

๐Ÿ”ด ZOOM LECTURE

๐‚๐š๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?
Empirical Evidence from 35 Years of Germanโ€“Iraqi Kurdish Relations

Join us for a talk with ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐š ๐๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐š (Bundeswehr Centre for Military History and Social Sciences) as she unpacks decades of German-Iraqi Kurdish relations and what they reveal about statehood, legitimacy, and recognition.

๐Ÿ“… Wednesday, October 7
๐Ÿ• 12 PM Central / 1 PM Eastern
๐Ÿ’ป Via Zoom

Register now ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://zoom.us/meeting/register/gGIoKqxeQ2e59P6chnxdNw #

๐Ÿ”ด STARTING SOON! โฐ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ: ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ Don't miss it โ€” Gerald Maclean goes live...
09/23/2026

๐Ÿ”ด STARTING SOON! โฐ

๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ: ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ 

Don't miss it โ€” Gerald Maclean goes live today to unpack how Kurds and Kurdistan have been imagined in English-language writing. โœจ

๐Ÿ• 12 PM Central / 1 PM Eastern โ€” starting soon!
๐Ÿ’ป Register now: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/D0zY9DldT6eo45TkPns_lw

Grab your lunch/tea/coffee โ˜• and log on โ€” see you there! ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ”ด ZOOM LECTURE โ€” TOMORROW๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ: ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ Join Gerald Maclean to learn more...
09/22/2026

๐Ÿ”ด ZOOM LECTURE โ€” TOMORROW

๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ: ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ 

Join Gerald Maclean to learn more about how Kurds and Kurdistan have been represented in English-language writing.

๐Ÿ“… Wednesday, Sep 23
๐Ÿ• 12 PM Central / 1 PM Eastern
๐Ÿ’ป Zoom โ€” Register via QR code on the flyer or on our website: www.zahrainstitute.org

๐Ÿ””๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ: ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ!"Lords of the Mountains: Kurds and Kurdistan in English Writing" โ€” a Zoom lecture with indepen...
09/20/2026

๐Ÿ””๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ: ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ!
"Lords of the Mountains: Kurds and Kurdistan in English Writing" โ€” a Zoom lecture with independent scholar Gerald MacLean.

๐Ÿ“… Wed, Sep 23 | ๐Ÿ• 12PM CT / 1PM ET
๐Ÿ”— Scan QR code or go to ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ.๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด to register

๐Ÿ”๏ธ ๐™๐Ž๐Ž๐Œ ๐‹๐„๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„: ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ Gerald MacLean unpacks centuries of Western...
09/14/2026

๐Ÿ”๏ธ ๐™๐Ž๐Ž๐Œ ๐‹๐„๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„: ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ
๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ 

Gerald MacLean unpacks centuries of Western imagination shaping how the world sees the Kurds.

๐Ÿ“… Wednesday, September 23
๐Ÿ• 12 PM Central / 1 PM Eastern
๐Ÿ’ป Via Zoom โ€” free and open to all

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๐ŸŽ‰ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€! ๐ŸŽ‰Six brilliant scholars. Six lectures. One Speaker Series exploring Kurdish h...
09/10/2026

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€! ๐ŸŽ‰

Six brilliant scholars. Six lectures. One Speaker Series exploring Kurdish history, politics, and culture โ€” join us on select Wednesdays at 12 PM Central / 1 PM Eastern ๐Ÿ‘‡

1๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ โ€” Gerald MacLean
2๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐Ÿณ โ€” Silvia Nicola
3๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ โ€” Serdar Sengul
4๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ ๐Ÿฐ โ€” Dilek Celebi
5๏ธโƒฃ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ โ€” Marwan Sheikho
6๏ธโƒฃ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿต โ€” Hasret Cetinkaya

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