Nov 29, 2015 Namo Abdulla of Rudaw discusses Mr. Elci’s assassination with Joshua Walker and Kani Xulam.
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Kürtler, Kadınlar ve Abdullah Gül
Nov 29, 2015 Şu özlü sözü hepimiz duymuşuzdur: “Bir kitabı kapağına bakarak değerlendirmeyin.” Şimdi bu söze, şunu da ekleyebiliriz: “Bir kitabı içindeki tek bir bölüme bakarak değerlendirmeyin.” Sözünü ettiğim bölüm, Türkiye’nin 11. cumhurbaşkanı (2007 – 2014 yılları arasında görev yapmış) Abdullah Gül’’le ilgili yeni bir kitapta geçiyor: “Hesap vermenin, şeffaflığın ve iyi yönetimin hâkim olduğu,… Continue reading
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 cutthroats and their cousins who are battling the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad. The man who demolished Grozny, the Chechen capital, and renamed its main boulevard after himself believes in the supremacy of brute… Continue reading
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 two Roman consuls for the year, Publius Claudius Pulcher, thirsted for “glory” and wanted to humiliate the great Carthaginian naval power. The fact that Romans were new to seafaring and… Continue reading
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 crisis. It is one that President Masoud Barzani created himself with his hold on prolonged power. He has generated it by wearing out his welcome—wanting to stay beyond his eight plus… Continue reading
Jeladet Ali Bedir Xan: The Story of A Kurdish Prince in Exile
By KANI XULAM 5/12/2013 “He that once enters at a tyrant’s door becomes a slave, though he were free before.” Sophocles To be sure, Jeladet Ali Bedir Xan (hereafter Jeladet) was not the one who entered the tyrant’s door. His grandfather Mir Bedir Xan did in 1847. He was the hereditary ruler of Botan, a… Continue reading