March 21, 2022 (I have titled my talk, 113. Soon you will forget everything I say tonight, but perhaps you will remember just the title, 113—in Kurdish sed û sêzdeh.) Kani Xulam Busboys and Poets Washington, DC Newroz Piroz Be! Happy Newroz! Before I share with...
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Victims of Enforced Disappearance Day Event At National Press Club
August 30th has been designated by the United Nations as International Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Human rights leaders will be speaking on behalf of missing loved ones, Sindhis in Pakistan, Kurds in the Middle East, Tamils in Sri Lanka and Uyghurs in China.
An Open Letter to Paulo Coelho
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”—Voltaire Dear Mr. Coelho, You are hot news in...
Democrats of the World Lift Up Your Heads: Kurds Have Arrived!
You could say that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan played with fire—and got burned. Even better—it was Kurds who lit the...
Farting in a Turkish Mosque
The residents of Istanbul are getting ready to vote again next Sunday. Turks are divided, making Kurds the most critical voting...
“President-Elect” Biden and Kurds
Americans are gearing up to elect their president in November 2020, for a four-year term beginning in January 2021. The choice...
A Saint, a German and the Kurdish Quest for Freedom
First about a shop that serves falafels at Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington, DC. On one of its walls hangs a sign with a...
Drone Strikes and Hunger Strikes
Turks everywhere solemnly honor November 10, 1938 and its anniversaries, as a day of mourning. That’s when the founder of their...