Kurdistan in America

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Kurdistan in America podcast, our guest is Sam Brownback, the US Ambassador-At-Large for International Religious Freedom. Listen to Ambassador Brownback assess the progress that has been made in promoting religious freedom around the world, why he sees Kurdistan as a model of coexistence, and what faith means to him personally.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Kurdistan in America podcast, we interview Yadgar Merani, the founder and CEO of Lezzoo, an on-demand delivery service that has expanded to delivering groceries, cleaning and other services. Listen to Yadgar tell the story of the Kurdistan Region’s most exciting start-up, the only start-up in Kurdistan and Iraq to be supported by YCombinator, and his hopes f...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features an interview with Dr. Shahla Gli, a non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute. Dr. Shahla obtained her masters and Ph. D. in International Affairs at Tufts University. The discussion is about the US-Iraq Strategic Dialogue, Erbil-Baghdad Relations, and the fate of Sinjar and Nineveh Plains. 

Send us Fan Mail This episode features an interview with Steve Lutes Steve is the Vice President of Middle East Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He is the Executive Director of the U.S.-Egypt Business Council, the U.S.-Iraq Business Initiative, the U.S.-GCC Business Initiative.  Steve discusses the activities of the US Chamber of Commerce and the US-Iraq Business Council and shares his exp...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features an interview with Robert Ford, the former US Ambassador to Algeria and Syria, and former deputy Ambassador to Iraq from 2008 to 2010. Ambassador Ford discusses his experience in Iraq and shares his views about developments in the region. Music is "Bo Kurdistan" by Zakaria - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE3bid6Td_g

Send us Fan Mail Interview with Hoshang Mohammed, Director of KRG's Joint Crisis Coordination Center about the humanitarian crisis in Kurdistan and his first encounters with Americans. Music is Zakaria's "Bo Kurdistan".

Send us Fan Mail Interview with Zack Bazzi, the Regional Director for the Middle East and Central Asia with Spirit of America. We talk about Spirit of America's support for the Peshmerga during COVID-19, the ongoing humanitarian crisis, and Zack's first arrival in Kurdistan as a Sergeant in the US Army. Music is "Bo Kurdistan" by Zakaria - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE3bid...

Send us Fan Mail Interview with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Joey Hood. We talk about the relationship between Kurdistan and the United States, his family connection to Operation Provide Comfort in the 1990s, and his dream of seeing leben Erbil in America's supermarkets.  Music is "Bo Kurdistan" by Zakaria -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE3bid6Td_g

Send us Fan Mail Episode 1 - February 12, 2020 A short summary of the latest news from Kurdistan, followed by an interview with Heba El Kayal, curator of the Middle East Institute's art exhibition "Speaking Across Mountains: Kurdish Artists in Dialogue", on display at MEI until February 20. Kurdistan in America is the official podcast of the Kurdistan Regional Government Representat...