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Content Type: Literatures
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vejiyam, min şairekî bêwar hilbijart wek deng û siwarî min her şev hevalhespên xwe şandin xewna wî ku bêjin em ne neynika însên in û ti şehîn careka din dubare nabe ku îro hemû hesp girtî bin, naxwe me daye cizayê sûcekî wekhev in kevir û qral li ber rojê,
Content Type: Literatures
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Perîşanname, xaseten li Rojhilat û Bakurê Kurdistanê bûye mijara gelek lêkolînên edebî û mensûbiyeta ‘tevgera hûrûfiyye’ ya muellifê wê Mela Perîşanê Dînewerî jî tê de, gelek îddiayên mezin li ser vê berhema balkêş hatine nivîsîn. Pisporên edebiyata kurdî li ser cureya metnê û nasnameya muellifê wê, fikrên dûrî hev pêşkêş
Content Type: Books
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Although the Kurds have attracted widespread international attention, Iranian Kurdistan has been largely overlooked. This book examines the consequences of modernity and modernisation for Iran’s Kurdish society in the 20th century. Marouf Cabi argues that while state-led modernisation integrated the Kurds in modern Iran, the homogenisation of identity and culture
Content Type: Books
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The diversity of Kurdish communities across the Middle East is now recognized as central to understanding both the challenges and opportunities for their representation and politics. Yet little scholarship has focused on the complexities within these different groups and the range of their experiences. This book diversifies the literature on
Content Type: Books
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Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Turkey relentlessly persecuted any form of Kurdish dissent. This led to the radicalisation of an increasing number of Kurds, the rise of the Kurdish national movement and the PKK’s insurgency against Turkey. Political activism by the Kurds or around Kurdish-related political demands continues to be
Content Type: Books
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David McDowall’s ground-breaking history of the Kurds from the 19th century to the present day documents the underlying dynamics of the Kurdish question. The division of the Kurdish people among the modern nation states of Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran and their struggle for national rights continues to influence the
Content Type: Books
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Since its emergence in the 1920s, Iraqi-Kurdish theatre was used as a tool of national identity building and modernisation. It promoted literacy, education and women’s rights and became one of the most visible forms of Kurdish cultural nationalism by exploring folklore, myths, legends and local history and by celebrating heroes
Content Type: Books
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Based on unprecedented access to Kurdish-governed areas of Syria, including exclusive interviews with administration officials and civilian surveys, this book sheds light on the socio-political landscape of this minority group and the various political factions vying to speak for them. The first English-language book to capture the momentous transformations that
Content Type: Books
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The Kurds are one of the largest stateless nations in the world, numbering more than 20 million people. Their homeland lies mostly within the present-day borders of Turkey, Iraq and Iran as well as parts of Syria, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Yet until recently the ‘Kurdish question’ – that is, the
Content Type: Journals
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Hejmara mehên kanûna pêşîn, kanûna paşîn û sibatê ya kovara “Folklora Me”yê li ber destê we ye. Folklora Me di her hejmareka xwe da, cih dide xebatên berhevkarîyê û hêmanên dîtbarî. Di vê hejmarê da jî gelek nivîsên derbarê folklora kurdan da cih girtine. Hin nivîsên ku di vê hejmarê