Interruptors on the Kurds
- Jane Arraf – International Correspondent, NPR | Staff Profile
- Lawen Azad – Former Host, Producer, ‘Inside Kurdistan Extra’ | Staff Profile
- Hawzhin Azeez – Founder, Mideast Feminist | Kurdish Academic | Activist | Poet | Intersectional Feminist from Southern Kurdistan (North Iraq) | Website
- Erin Banco – National Security Reporter, The Daily Beast | Author, “Pipe Dreams: The Plundering of Iraq’s Oil Wealth” | Staff Profile | Book
- Nurcan Baysal – Award-winning Kurdish Author | Journalist | Human Rights Defender | Staff Profile | Website
- Meghan Bodette – Director, Outreach at Kurdistan Aid | Staff Profile
- Rukmini Callimachi – Correspondent, The New York Times covering ISIS | Analyst, NBC | Staff Profile
- Vian Dakhil – Yazidi Member, Iraqi Parliament | Staff Profile
- Maria Fantappie – Special Adviser, MENA | Former Senior Adviser, Middle East and North Africa Program, International Crisis Group | Staff Profile
- Frederike Geerdink – Dutch-based Freelance Correspondent | Author, several books on the Kurds | Staff Profile | Website
- Dr. Choman Hardi – Assistant Professor in English, American University of Iraq Sulaimani | Editor-in-Chief, Serdemi Jin | Staff Profile | Website | Book
- Aylina Kılıç – Reporter
- Louisa Loveluck – Baghdad Bureau Chief, Washington Post | Staff Profile
- Aliza Marcus – Author, “Blood & Belief: The PKK and the Fight for Kurdish Independence” | Book | Website
- Ruwayda Mustafah – Director, Kurdish Progress | Author, “A Journey to Kurdistan” | Staff Profile | Book | Website
- Denise Natali – Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, US State Department | Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies | Staff Profile
- Cale Salih – Research Officer, The United Nations University’s Centre for Policy Research | Staff Profile
- Bayan Sami Rahman – Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to USA | Staff Profile
- Liz Sly – Beirut Bureau Chief, Washington Post | Staff Profile
- Maha Yahya – Director, Carnegie Middle East Center | Staff Profile
- Amberin Zaman – Senior Correspondent, MENA, Al-Monitor | Former Correspondent, The Economist | Policy Fellow, The Wilson Center | Columnist, Diken | Staff Profile