What Do They Mean to the Kurds? World Affairs Council Anchorage, Alaska Kani Xulam February 11, 2005 On January 30, 2005, a relatively bloodless “revolution” took place in southern Kurdistan and Arab Iraq. The man who deserves the unabashed gratitude of millions of...
The Plight of the Kurds
Voices From Around the World Monmouth County Library Manalapan, New Jersey Kani Xulam October 3, 2004 Long before the American beheadings in Iraq that are now rocking the world became part of your daily news intake, but after they had become old news in Turkey with...
The Stolen Women of Kurdistan
Was There a Kurdish Part in It? Kurdish Human Rights Conference California Institute of Integral Studies San Francisco, California Kani Xulam September 4, 2004 Last December, a letter was smuggled out of Abu Ghraib prison. It was signed by an Arab woman. It was...
Striving for Cultural Acceptance: the Kurdish Experience
Keynote Address School of International Training (SIT) Brattleboro, Vermont Kani Xulam August 17, 2004 If we were all birds, you would have healthy wings, mine would be broken. If we were all horses, you would have sturdy legs, mine would be limping. If we were all...
Of Kurds, Rats and Locusts
The Statement of Kani Xulam St. Cloud State University St. Cloud, Minnesota April 21, 2004 Before the current spike in violence in Iraq, I ran into an American friend at Dupont Circle, a bustling neighborhood in Washington, DC. After exchanging the customary...
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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