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Kurdistan Regional Government
The Kurdistan Regional Government official website has overviews of Iraqi Kurdistan's history and administrative structure, daily news reports, and opinion pieces.

Kurdistan: The Other Iraq
Learn more about Iraqi Kurdistan on this site through multimedia shows and regular updates on the region.

Human Rights Watch: Iraq
Human Rights Watch documents abuse and its reports are well regarded and frequently cited. The Iraq homepage reports on some of the country's gravest problems: prisoner abuse, women's rights, chemical weapons use, and ethnic cleansing.

U.S. Energy Information Administration Iraq Country Analysis Brief
Find the U.S. government's overview on Iraqi oil—how much, where it is, and who controls it.

Kurdish Media
Visit the website of this UK-based independent Kurdish news provider.

Ed Kashi Photography
Find more of this award-winning photographer's work on his website.

Bibliography

Bird, Christiane. A Thousand Sighs, A Thousand Revolts: Journeys in Kurdistan. Random House, 2004.

Gunter, Michael M. Historical Dictionary of the Kurds. Scarecrow Press, 2004.

Izady, Mehrdad R. The Kurds: A Concise Handbook. Taylor and Francis, 1992.

McDowall, David. A Modern History of the Kurds. I. B. Tauris, 1996.

O'Leary, Brendan, John McGarry, and Khaled Salih, eds The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005.

NGS Resources

Di Giovanni, Janine. "Reaching for Power: The Shiites of Iraq." National Geographic (June 2004), 2-35.

Boulat, Alexandra. "Diary of a War." National Geographic (September 2003), 94-119.

Balog, James. "Loaded Landscape." National Geographic Adventure (June/July 2003), 108.

Boulat, Alexandra. "Baghdad Before the Bombs." National Geographic (June 2003), 52-69.

Edwards, Mike W."The Sum of Its Parts." National Geographic (February 2003), Geographica.

Belt, Don, ed. The World of Islam. National Geographic Books, 2001.

Edwards, Mike W. "Eyewitness Iraq." National Geographic (November 1999), 2-27.

Hitchens, Christopher. "Struggle of the Kurds." National Geographic (August 1992), 32-61.

Woodson, Leroy, Jr. "We Who Face Death." National Geographic (March 1975), 364-87.