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Like many Kurds who dabble in politics, I was admittedly rattled upon hearing the news of Qasem Soleimani’s assassination in Baghdad. There is no other word for it, the man cast a large shadow over Kurdistan. Will his elimination mean more sunlight or greater darkness...
From all the international hysteria, you would think that Kurds—one of the most brutally oppressed people on earth—were trying...
First our commonalities: we are both the children of the soil. Jews fondly call the Land of Israel (Eretz Yisrael) their...
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...
Many Kurds may not know who Lord Byron is. Those who do are richer for it; those who don’t, poorer. George Gordon Byron...
“We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.”—Blaise Pascal When French philosopher...
Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) didn’t live long enough to see a free Italy, but wrote some of the most moving verses...
Sofia, Bulgaria is not a popular destination for travelling Kurds, but if you find yourself in the Bulgarian capital, make sure...