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"We've always had Kurdish artists who have represented and exemplified a certain region or genre," says Hussein Zahawy, artistic director and percussionist of the Nishtiman sextet.

"But there is a pioneering quality to Nishtiman.

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We are talking here about a nation with a long history and culture that was torn into four parts. A nation of many different colours: its food, clothing, customs and religions, all co-existing in harmony. There are Kurdish Jews, Muslims, Christians and many pre-Islamic religions.

And the music scene is just as vibrant and colourful.

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When Nishtiman was set up in 2013, the idea was to make all of this Kurdish music accessible to non-Kurds as well and give them an intuitive feel for this very special geography."

Zahawy himself grew up in the Iraqi part of Kurdistan.

He went to London when still quite young after his father, who was active in the Kurdish resistance, was forced to flee. In England, the son stu