One English transplant to America, the late Christopher Hitchens, very much hoped he would. And he didn’t just engage in wishful thinking, he also wrote a book, Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man, and dedicated it to President Jalal Talabani, the first ever duly elected...
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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...
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,...
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...
Exciting Premier of the Film ZER
You are cordially invited to watch the acclaimed feature film ZER by award-winning Kurdish director Kazım Öz in two...
What is Up with President Erdogan?
French president Emmanuel Macron isn’t sure of how to deal with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A French magazine writer...
An Open Letter to Bafil Talabani
Dear Mr. Talabani, As someone who is sometimes asked to comment on the affairs of our hapless Kurds, I have been confronted with...
Making Diamonds Out of Kurdish Ashes
An ancient Kurdish love song came alive by way of a beautiful movie in New York City last month. A Kurdish grandmother sang it...