Category Archives: Kaka’i: Our Fight to Survive

Art of Now: Music of the Ka’kai – broadcast again on BBC Radio 4

Posted on September 6, 2019 by evestreeter

Another chance to hear the secret music of this ancient Kurdish religion, which is central to the faith but makes the Kaka’i a target for Islamic extremists in their homeland of Iraq. Recorded on location in Iraqi Kurdistan for BBC … Continue reading →

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BBC World Service… Kaka’i: Our Fight to Survive

Posted on June 5, 2019 by evestreeter

Farhad al-Kake tells the story of his people, the Kaka’i of Iraqi Kurdistan, whose faith has put them under threat from Islamic fundamentalists. Persecution has made them secretive about their beliefs and practices, but for the first time they tell … Continue reading →

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New series for the BBC World Service… Iraq’s Religious Minorities: Exodus and Extinction

Posted on June 5, 2019 by evestreeter

Iraq’s minorities, some of the oldest communities in the world, are being driven from the country by Islamic extremists. In this series I went to Iraqi Kurdistan with Farhad al-Kake and Dr Maria Rita Corticelli (pictured above, in the east … Continue reading →

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