Mr. President Meets Mr. Kurd
It was an extraordinary occasion when President Trump recognized not one but two Kurdish journalists at his recent press conference in Manhattan, New York. It exhilarated the Kurds, but I suspect blindsided the Foreign Policy Establishment or in his words the “Deep...
When a State Devours Its Dissidents: The Story of Ferhat Tepe
Let me first express my heartfelt gratitude to Munawar Laghari of Save Our Sindh (SOS) coalition here in Washington for taking up the cause of forced disappearances around the globe. It highlights his splendid humanity towards our unfortunate brothers and sisters. It...
Kurds, Obama and Ben Rhodes
If you take a walk in downtown Hawler and ask random Kurds if they know of Ben Rhodes, you will likely get blank stares and, “Nope, never heard of him.” If you were to do the same thing in Shengal, the Yezidi town in Kurdistan-Iraq, you should get grateful...
No Tears for Afrin…Did the Kurds Rush…to Liberate Raqqa?
Fighting between Turks and Kurds is nothing new. But the latest assault by the Turkish army on the Kurdish province of Afrin inside Syria bodes ill for the region—just when things appeared to be looking up for the peoples of Syria. As Kurds who had played a decisive...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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