August 30, 2019 Wedat Aydin didn’t have a say in why he was born a Kurd in an international colony called Kurdistan part of which is now reeling under the jackboots of the Turkish Army. Nor did he have a say in why he was born in 1954 only to be kidnapped and brutally...
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Why was Turkey’s human rights defender Tahir Elci killed?
Nov 29, 2015 Namo Abdulla of Rudaw discusses Mr. Elci's assassination with Joshua Walker and Kani Xulam. ...
Three Cheers for Putin!
Nov 15, 2015 My cheers for Russian President Vladimir Putin are tongue-in-check, based on his vow to bomb the Islamic State...
Sacred Roman Hens and Profane Erdogan Politics
Kani Xulam Oct 6, 2015 The year was 249 BC. Rome was snarled in its First Punic War against mighty Carthage. One of the...
This Crisis is Spelled Barzani!
Kani Xulam September 13, 2015 There is a crisis in Iraqi Kurdistan. And it is spelled Barzani! But there doesn’t have to be a...
Memo to President Barzani
When you visited Washington last May, the Kurdish media hailed your trip as a glowing success.
Was it really?
Some Kurds wonder—and with good cause.
The Human Skull Tower that Ahmet Davutoglu Forgot
Aug 13, 2015 Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu unfortunately talked out of both sides of his mouth last month in his...
An Open Letter to the Turkish Soldier
Aug 9, 2015 When the brutal war of Turkish aggression against the Kurds ends one day, what will you say of your friends who died...





