For the crimes of encouraging and instigating the mass murder: Fethullah Gülen, Cult Leader, 1857 Mt. Eaton Road, Saylorsburg, PA 18353, USA; For the crimes of creating the conditions and environment for the crimes of mass murder and mass injury by abusing their power and recklessly ignoring their public responsibilities: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish Prime Minister… Continue reading
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When You Are A Peshmerga Wife…
Jean Sasson’s Love in a Torn Land, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007, explores the hardships and terror that Iraqi Kurds faced under Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regime. The biographical story revolves around Joanna al-Askari Hussain, a young woman born of an Arab father and a Kurdish mother. Despite her upbringing in Baghdad, Joanna’s Kurdish roots and her love of Kurdish define her life’s course. Continue reading
Solidarity Vigil / Protest for Kurdish Prisoners of Conscience
“We are very heartened with the rumblings of freedom that are putting an end to the rule of families owning countries in the Middle East. As the United States and its allies help the Libyans to free themselves from tyranny of Qaddafi, we urge the same forces to heed the domination of one race, the Turks, over the other, the Kurds, in Turkey. As Kurdish-Americans, we ask that the Obama administration appoint a special envoy to meet with the duly elected Kurdish representatives in Turkish Kurdistan. It will cost less than the operation over the skies of North Africa,” said Kani Xulam, the director of the American Kurdish Information Network (AKIN). Continue reading
Resistance by Word and Soul Force / Berxwedana Peyve u Heza Giyan
Yesterday, Friday, we wanted to see what simple words coupled with soul force can do to the members of the Islamic community of Washington DC. Through street theater, we highlighted the ongoing oppression of Muslim Kurds by fellow Muslims throughout the Middle East. A blond looking Turk wanted to know if the local university students… Continue reading
A Commentary …
A Commentary from Kurdistan Commentary About Our Ongoing Protests.
Silent Theatre for Freedom
A group of Kurds and their friends will be engaging in theatrical performances to give freedom a boost. Continue reading
Letters to the Kurdish Patriots ( I )
Letters to the Kurdish Patriots ( I ) A Reflection on the book: “Rahman the Kurd” Kani Xulam September 15, 2010 July 13, 1989 will forever be remembered as a day of treachery in the annals of the Kurdish history for as long as there are Kurdish patriots in this world. On that merciless day,… Continue reading
Book Signing: The Passion and Death of Rahman the Kurd @ Busboys and Poets
“The Passion and Death of Rahman the Kurd: Dreaming Kurdistan” by Carol Prunhuber tells the story of Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou’s life and bloody murder in Vienna, Austria. The Kurds are a minority in the Middle Eastern countries of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria. This book is about their struggle in Iran. Mr. Ghassemlou led that… Continue reading
Some Reflections on a Turkish–oops, Kurdish–Parliamentarian
Her Name is Aysel Tugluk Kani Xulam August 27, 2007 Something strange happened in Turkey last May. A Kurdish woman sang the praises of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. She called him a “miracle”. She said he was “deathless”. She went on to say he was an “unrivalled” example of how to make–yes, make–a nation. She added… Continue reading
Of Kurds and A Bereaved Father…
Kurdish American Youth Organization Nashville, TN Kani Xulam February 10, 2007 This is a Kurdish conference and I kind of feel funny to start my talk with a story from Germany. I do so to make a point. Imagine, for the sake of argument as it were, Adolf Hitler did not commit suicide in a… Continue reading