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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Benediction: International Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
August 30, 2019 The Rev. Charles Hoffacker Priest, The Episcopal Church (Anglican Communion) God, we call upon you using many...
When Evil Devoured a Good Man
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...
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...