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Winthrop Rodgers

Winthrop Rodgers is a journalist based in Sulaymaniyah, focusing on politics, economics, and human rights. Currently Project Manager at Metrography, Iraq's first photojournalism agency, he was previously Senior Editor at NRT English.

Iraqi displaced students, who fled clashes between pro-government forces and Islamic State (IS) group jihadists, sit in a classroom at the Hamdaniya University for internally displaced people on Jan. 31, 2016, in Arbil, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region.

Indian teachers gravitate to Iraq's Kurdistan as New Delhi's soft power grows

Winthrop Rodgers

Winthrop Rodgers

In Sulaymaniyah, reporting on Kurdish issues

Iraqi teachers and civil servants protest on Oct. 7, 2015 in Sulaimaniyah, in Iraq's Kurdistan region.

In Iraq's Kurdistan Region, teacher strikes highlight schooling crisis

Winthrop Rodgers

Winthrop Rodgers

In Sulaymaniyah, reporting on Kurdish issues

Iraqi-Kurdish peshmerga officers.

US reduces peshmerga funding amid Iraqi Kurdish political tensions

Winthrop Rodgers

Winthrop Rodgers

In Sulaymaniyah, reporting on Kurdish issues

Star Ahmad Sleman, 40, stands in a field of tobacco in Khanaqa, Erbil governorate on September 2, 2023. (Credit: Winthrop Rodgers)

Iraqi Kurdish farmers expect weak tobacco harvest

Winthrop Rodgers

Winthrop Rodgers

In Sulaymaniyah, reporting on Kurdish issues

Artist Tara Abdulla in her studio in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Artistic heart of Iraq's Kurdistan thrives, but wants more public engagement

Winthrop Rodgers

Winthrop Rodgers

In Sulaymaniyah, reporting on Kurdish issues

Children stand next to a sign reading "To reconstruct it, do not leave Halabja alone" by the Martyrs' Cemetery in Halabja on March 16, 2022.

Halabja anniversary takes political turn

Winthrop Rodgers

Winthrop Rodgers

In Sulaymaniyah, reporting on Kurdish issues