If you run into Ava Homa on the street, you would notice her. She has a cheerful disposition and comely face. If you were craving a cup of coffee, you would wish she were your barista or even better, you had a chance to engage her in a tête-à-tête. But it would...
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Strangling the Spirit of Freedom
I recently attended a rally in Washington, DC to express my support for the Kurdish referendum in Kurdistan/Iraq. We enjoyed...
Crisis Group Tells Kurds To Cancel Our Referendum! Should We Even Care?
From all the international hysteria, you would think that Kurds—one of the most brutally oppressed people on earth—were trying...
Can Kurds Learn Freedom From Israelis?
First our commonalities: we are both the children of the soil. Jews fondly call the Land of Israel (Eretz Yisrael) their...
Can Long-Subjugated Poles Teach Kurds About Freedom?
The Poles have a state of their own now, but were stateless, like us Kurds, for 123 years at one time. How they got their...
Greek Quest for Freedom and Its Lessons for Kurds
Many Kurds may not know who Lord Byron is. Those who do are richer for it; those who don’t, poorer. George Gordon Byron...
Can Algeria’s Uncertain Flag Colors Offer Insight to Kurdish Patriots?
“We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.”—Blaise Pascal When French philosopher...
Experimenting with Freedom: Italian Lessons for Kurdish Patriots
Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) didn’t live long enough to see a free Italy, but wrote some of the most moving verses...