By Kani Xulam June 17, 1997 I looked forward to reading Jonathan C. Randal’s newest book, After Such Knowledge, What Forgiveness? My Encounters with Kurdistan. I was curious to know how a Washington Post reporter would view my homeland. Would his projections as...
Jose Ramos Horta, Nobel Peace Laureate, Speaks for Leyla Zana’s Freedom
Wednesday, May 28, 1997 Washington, DC Jose Ramos Horta 1996 Nobel Peace Prize Co-Laureate Free Leyla Zana Reception The honor is mine to be here, to try to lend my humble and faint voice to a cause, a people , the Kurdish people, in one of the most critical strategic...
Northern Iraq: Turkish Incursion
The following is an extract from the House of Lords Official Report for May 22, 1997 From Lord Avebury Tel +44171 274 4617 Fax +44171 738 7864 Email [email protected] Lord Avebury asked Her Majesty’s Government: What action they propose to take in...
Remembering Halapja
By Kani Xulam March 18, 1997 Dear Friends and fellow Kurds, I want to thank Kathryn Cameron Porter for bringing us together here this evening. Kathryn is a friend of the Kurds. Hers is a voice for justice. She has a heart of gold. For those of us who are...
The Suffering of the Kurds
By Kani Xulam March 8, 1997 Historians tell us that when some of the persecuted Jews of Europe fled for the relative safety of America in the late 1930s, in ship loads, they were turned back. Many of these Jews were sent to gas chambers once they returned to the...
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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