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In August 1914, the Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary in a war against the Allied Powers of Great Britain, France and Russia. Nine months later, its pasha leaders, Enver, Talaat and Djemal, fearing the revolt of Armenians under...
(Or an Open Letter to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) Dear Mr. Ahmadinejad: You recently made news in America with your open letter to...
American judges are under a glaring spotlight. They nullified President Trump’s executive order barring citizens of seven...
We don’t normally think of American novelist Ernest Hemingway and former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in the same breath. But...
December 25, 2016 Is shooting an unarmed man courageous? Is shooting him in the back manful? That’s what one Turkish man did,...
Two Kurdish organizations have lavishly praised Fidel Castro, the longtime Cuban leader who died recently. The Peoples...
November 17, 2016 You and the Kurds have a common foe. In Washington lingo, that is enough for both of us to become friends, and...
“To be ignorant of the past is to be forever a child.” —Cicero What is best for the Kurds: Islam or Nationalism? That question...