Kamal Chomani

Kamal Chomani is a Ph.D. candidate at Leipzig University, Germany, and editor in chief of The Amargi.

Articles by this Author
U.S. and Turkish soldiers discuss the bombing of Islamic State positions in Aleppo, Syria, in September 2017.
Middle East Forum Observer
The Kurds of Syria Learn American Betrayal
Without Political Acknowledgment of Kurdish Rights and the Rights of Druze, Alawites, and Other Minorities, Syria Will Not Stabilize
January 19, 2026
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Kamal Chomani
The Grand Mosque in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan.
Middle East Forum Observer
The Year in Review: Iraqi Kurdistan Mired in Dysfunction
Without a Unified Command Structure or Genuine Coordination with Baghdad, the Region Remains Exposed
December 29, 2025
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Kamal Chomani
Crowds fill Court Street in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan.
Middle East Forum Observer
The Iraqi Kurdish Leaders’ Bloody Legacy in the Name of Kurdish Nationalism
Kurdish Politics Has Failed to Transcend Violence and Parties Cannot Safeguard Their Leaders and Families Without Militias
September 1, 2025
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Kamal Chomani
U.S. Ambassador and Special Envoy Tom Barrack in a file photo.
Middle East Forum Observer
Why Tom Barrack Is Wrong on Syria
Every Effort to Run Roughshod over the Region’s Ethnic and Sectarian Minorities Has Led to Dictatorship and State Failure
July 19, 2025
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Kamal Chomani
Kurdish men in a village in Iran.
Middle East Forum Observer
Iran’s Kurds at a Crossroads
When the Future Is Unpredictable, Pushing Change Becomes Difficult—Especially Without Unity
June 21, 2025
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Kamal Chomani
Thousands of Kurdish people gather in Germany in March 2025.
Middle East Forum Observer
The Illusion of Kurdish Unity
Many Kurds Recognize That Kurdish Leaders and Their Parties Bear Much Responsibility for Their Lack of Unity
April 30, 2025
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Kamal Chomani
Sheikh Osama Al-Rifa’i is Syria's new Grand Mufti.
Middle East Forum Observer
Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Pick for Syria’s Mufti Shows He Is No Moderate
The Transitional Government Reinforces Sectarian Polarization and Disregards Syria’s Ethnic and Religious Minorities
April 3, 2025
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Kamal Chomani
Kurdish soldiers in Erbil, Iraq.
Middle East Forum Observer
Canceling Peshmerga Reform Undermines the Fight Against Iranian Militias
Kurds Deserve Democracy, and That Is an Illusion If Two Political Parties Sustain Control over Militias
February 17, 2025
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Kamal Chomani
A new Iraqi Kurdistan government will be formed three months after elections.
Middle East Forum Observer
New Iraqi Kurdish Cabinet Prioritizes Fiefdoms Over Unity
Neither the KDP nor the PUK Wants to Compromise, but They No Longer Can Delay Cabinet Formation
January 27, 2025
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Kamal Chomani
Kurdistan Workers’ Party founder Abdullah Öcalan, whose photo is held high here, is the de facto leader of tens of millions of Kurds.
Middle East Forum Observer
Washington Should Rethink Its PKK Terror Designation
Delisting the PKK, or at Least Lifting Bounties on Its Three Leaders, Would Have Several Immediate Benefits
January 6, 2025
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Kamal Chomani
Kurdish soldiers in northern Syria, in a file photo.
Middle East Forum Observer
The Kurdish and Regional Blocs Competing in the New Syria
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Turkey Will Allow Kurds to Be Partners Only If They Abandon a Secular and Democratic Worldview
December 18, 2024
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Kamal Chomani
Syrians opposed to Bashar al-Assad waved opposition flags in May 2024, months before his downfall.
Middle East Forum Observer
Another Revolution Gets Hijacked in the Middle East
In Uprisings Across the Middle East and North Africa, Elites and External Powers Have Appropriated the Peoples’ Democratic Aspirations
December 12, 2024
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Kamal Chomani
Beneath Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s neo-Ottomanist ambitions lies a deeper objective: the formation of a new ideological bloc that merges Islamism and leftist anti-liberalism to counter the evolving Middle Eastern order.
Middle East Forum Observer
Trump Must Not Make the Same Mistake with Turkey and Syrian Kurds
Turkey’s Erdoğan Believes That Trump Will Defer to Him, but He Does Not Respect the U.S. President-Elect
November 13, 2024
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Kamal Chomani
The Iraqi Kurdistan region Parliament.
Middle East Forum Observer
Kurdistan’s Façade of Democracy
The Election Campaign Was Devoid of Substance, and Many Kurds Were Compelled to Register and Vote
November 1, 2024
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Kamal Chomani