Whom I work for

My work

My first piece was published in a national paper in the Netherlands, de Volkskrant, in 1980. I was nine years old. continue reading »

My books

About the books I wrote or contributed to. continue reading »

My lectures

Giving lectures is quite an adrenaline driven excercise, but always in a positive way. I love sharing the story of the Kurds and my view on it in public, continue reading »

My opinions

Having opinions is very normal for a journalist. Publishing them is too. Crucial is of course that you are opiniated about a subject you know well. continue reading »

My workshops

When I am in the Netherlands, I give workshops for freelance journalists who want to get a firmer grip on their business, continue reading »

Loont het om journalisten te bedreigen?, guest in Dutch investigative journalism radio show Argos to talk about murdered journalists, 2 March 2019.
Koerdische parlementariër al meer dan 100 dagen in hongerstaking, interview in Dutch radio show Nieuwsweekend about the hungerstrike of Kurdish MP Leyla Güven in Turkey, 2 March 2019.
Als journalisten worden vermoord, sterft ook hun verhaal, story about murdered journalists, published at Vrij Nederland, 18 February 2019.
Iraqi Kurds vent anger with violent protest against Turkey, published at Ahval, 13 February 2019.
Er bestaat een kans dat je olijfolie gestolen is van de Koerden, interview on Belgian radio about ‘Turkish’ olive oil from Afrin, 4 February 2019.
Muslims systematically framed negatively in Dutch newspapers, published at Index on Censorship, 30 January 2019.
Despite brother’s visit, Öcalan remains in isolation, published on Ahval, 14 January 2019.
Political calculations to predict the end of the Sulaymaniyah airport closure, published at Fanack, 14 January 2019.
Iraqi Kurds hope Erdoğan will lift ban Sulaymaniyah flights after meeting Iraq president, published at Ahval, 1 January 2019.
7 years later, Roboski families cling to fading hope, published at Ahval, 27 December 2018.
‘Ik was beschermd. Zij niet.’, interview with Maltese journalist Caroline Muscat, who keeps working in the spirit of her murdered colleague Daphne Caruana Galizia, published in Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad, 16 October 2018. A (slightly different) version of the story was published at Index on Censhorship.
‘Het slavernijverleden brengt ons juist dichter bij elkaar’, interview with a couple whose ancestors both lived in Dutch colony Surinam during slavery: hers as enslaved people, his as slave holders. Published in Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad at 16 October 2018.

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