Trump’s Tariffs Aren’t a Panacea for the Ailing U.S. Economy
U.S. President Donald Trump, April 9, 2025. Photo: Pool/via AP Trump’s imposed tariffs are not a panacea for the ailing...
Rauf Naqishbendi is a retired software engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area. A contributing columnist for Kurdishmedia.com (2003 - 2011), iKurd.net, ikj News and has written Op/Ed pages for the Los Angeles Times. His memoirs entitled "The Garden Of The Poets", recently published. It reads as a novel depicting his experience and the subsequent 1988 bombing of his hometown with chemical and biological weapons by Saddam Hussein. It is the story of his people´s suffering, and a sneak preview of their culture and history. Comments are welcome at [email protected].
U.S. President Donald Trump, April 9, 2025. Photo: Pool/via AP Trump’s imposed tariffs are not a panacea for the ailing...
Composite image: From left, Mazloum Abdi, Massoud Barzani, and Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golan, 2025. Photo: iKurd.net/Reuters/K24...
Syria’s new Islamist ruler, Ahmed al-Sharaa—also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani (left)—and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In the background,...
Illustrative composite image: A Jewish and Muslim men, Jerusalem, Israel, 2024. Photo: iKurd.net/ai Rauf Naqishbendi | Exclusive to iKurd.net The...
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Turkey, 1920s. Photo: Creative Commons/atam.gov.tr/wikimedia org Rauf Naqishbendi | Exclusive to iKurd.net Soon after the First World...
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (R) speaks with Kurdish President Massoud Barzani, Dukan, Iraqi Kurdistan, July 29, 2009. Photo: Reuters Rauf...
Retired US Lt General Jay Garne raises arms with PUK leader Jalal Talabani, left, and KDP leader Massoud Barzani, in...
Illustrative photo of the legend of Kurdish Kawa Asingar (Kaveh the blacksmith), 2024. Photo: iKurd.net/AI Rauf Naqishbendi | Exclusive to...
Massoud Barzani, the tribal leader of the Barzani clan, and the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) (left) with...
The Barzanis' red head cover. Photo: Screengrab/Rudaw TV Rauf Naqishbendi | Exclusive to iKurd.net The current political, social and economic...
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