A Story Out Of Kurdistan Part Two Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland (Slightly altered versions of this statement were also delivered at the World Affairs Councils in Santa Rosa, Anchorage and Juneau) Kani Xulam September 30, 2006 I live in Washington, DC....
What Happens When Your Oppressors Are Next-Door Neighbors? [Part 1]
A Story Out Of Kurdistan Part One World Affairs Council of Ventura Ojai, California Kani Xulam June 9, 2006 [A slightly altered version of this statement was also delivered at the World Affairs Council of Maine in Portland on May 24, 2006] In 1886, Leo Tolstoy...
The Kurds, the Turks, the Europeans and the Americans
Do They Mean the Same Thing When They Say Freedom? University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Kani Xulam February 9, 2006 In societies that have been deprived of the lights of freedom, you have to excuse people for expressing their true feelings through jests to...
The Statement of Kani Xulam
Muslims Against Terrorism Rally Freedom Plaza Washington, DC Saturday, May 14, 2005 We are gathered here as natives of the Middle East. We are faced with a crisis that defies definition and has forced us to come together in this plaza named after freedom. A culture of...
Should There be an Independent Kurdistan?
U. S. Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland (An older version of this statement was also delivered at Johns Hopkins University on March 21, 2005) Kani Xulam April 4, 2005 Imagine I were an American and lived some sixty plus years ago and said I am for the Japanese...
Kani Xulam
A native of Kurdistan, Kani Xulam is a commentator on the history and politics of Kurdistan, and advocates for the right of the Kurdish people to self-determination.
He is the director of the American Kurdish Information Network.
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