The Statement of Kani Xulam The Sixth Annual International Week Lecture James Madison University Harrisonburg, Virginia Tuesday, September 23, 2003 I am extremely pleased to find myself associated with your “Picture This: Envision Yourself in a Connected World” annual...
The Kurdish Card in the Turkish American Relations
The Statement of Kani Xulam at the American Hellenic Institute Sponsored Conference U.S. Relations with Turkey: The New Realities in the Post-Iraq War Era Tuesday, July 8, 2003 Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2253 Washington, DC In his book, Lives, Plutarch...
“The Day I Die is the Day I Will Not Remember that the Dogs Ate My Son”
Salman Aziz Baban, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2002 The Statement of Kani Xulam At the Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, Tennessee June 20, 2002 As it is customary in settings like this one, I want to start by thanking your Professor, Dr. Louis Haas, as well as my...
Prison No. 5: Eleven Years in the Turkish Jail
A New Publication by Blue Crane Books February 2, 2002 Watertown, Massachusetts – Blue Crane Books has announced the publication of “Prison No. 5: Eleven Years in the Turkish Jail” by Mehdi Zana, a Kurdish leader and the former mayor of Diyarbakir,...
The Statement of Congressman Bob Filner
In front of the Cell of Atonement at Sheridan Circle Washington, DC Thursday, October 11, 2001 219 days ago, I came to this site to associate my name with the cause of freedom and liberty in Turkey. 7 years, 7 months and 11 days later, freedom remains beyond the reach...
The Statement of Kani Xulam at the American Hellenic Institute Sponsored Conference U.S. Relations with Turkey: The New Realities in the Post-Iraq War Era Tuesday, July 8, 2003 Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2253 Washington, DC In his book, Lives, Plutarch...
A New Publication by Blue Crane Books February 2, 2002 Watertown, Massachusetts – Blue Crane Books has announced the publication of “Prison No. 5: Eleven Years in the Turkish Jail” by Mehdi Zana, a Kurdish leader and the former mayor of Diyarbakir,...
In front of the Cell of Atonement at Sheridan Circle Washington, DC Thursday, October 11, 2001 219 days ago, I came to this site to associate my name with the cause of freedom and liberty in Turkey. 7 years, 7 months and 11 days later, freedom remains beyond the reach...

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.