Iraqi people

Introduction For any ethnic group in the world, it can be explained that the ethnic group has to have its specific identity that is normally founded on a common race, geographical region, and even religion among others. This paper focuses on the Kurdish-Turkish identity as well as the politics and conflicts related to the Kurdish-Turkish relationship. The Kurds who are reported to be over 35 million and commonly discussed as a nation that does not have any state (McDowall, 1997). As explained…

culture and their lifestyle. Author Brenneman discusses the culture of the Kurdish people. Brenneman claims that there are three dimensions of the Kurdish culture which include assimilation, nationalism, and the relation to Islam. The Kurdish people are believed to be an ancient ethnic mixture originating…

4. Case Study of Competitive Control by an Insurgent Group: How the Theory Applies to The PKK The PKK is mainly an ethno-nationalist based insurgent group. It was committed to the rights of the Kurdish people, to equipping them with necessary resources to defend their rights, and to ensure equality within the organization itself (Schoon 2015, p. 274). Among the contemporary insurgent groups, the PKK is termed as an ethnic insurgent and terrorist organization which is operating especially in the…

partake in Kurdish nationalist movements. Nelida Fuccaro, professor at University of Exeter, in her essay “Ethnicity, State Formation, and Conscription in Postcolonial Iraq” examines the complexities of state attempts to conscript Yezidi Kurds into the Iraqi army in the 1930s. While discussing the tribal identities of Jabal Sinjar, she notes how the relationship between the Yezidi Kurds and Sunni Kurds was “scarce...and somewhat strained” (566). For this particular community of Yezidis in…

Similarly many academics have theorized about the role to which Islam played in the ethnic and nationalist formations of the Kurds. In his essay “The Impact of Islam on Kurdish Identity in the Middle East,” Hakan Ozoglu argues that Kurdish identity evolved through various, overlapping phases with Islam at the core of its formation process, a process he calls “dialectical, dialogical, and monological” (18). First, while the term “Kurd” was not ethnically associated with the modern term Kurd,…

But in Suleimani as elsewhere as Bookchin clarifies, “under capitalist circumstances, “bourgeois traits are the celebrated symbols of the “beautiful people” and the poor “…depending upon their own resources, view the fortunate with envy, even awe, and guilty target themselves for their own lack of privilege and status as ‘ne’er-do-wells’” (Bookchin, 2015: 166). The ruling class in Kurdistan, as well…

Humanity Barred “I’m not sure which is worse: intense feeling or the absence of it.” - Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin. The Human Rights Act is a document that was drafted in a time of global crisis. Article 5 is defined as a ban on torture or cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment. While this document was created to combat torturous acts, unfortunately they have been repeated through history, ranging on a small scale to a global crisis. Society will continue to repeat acts…

All people are entitled to freedom. When that right is taken away, people have no choice but to fight back. Jewad Selim always dreamed about having his most meaningful work at the capital of Iraq. The piece is called Nasib Al Hurea (Monument of Freedom), located in Tehrir Square, Baghdad. This was the largest monument built in Iraq in 2500 years. It represents the revolution of July 14, 1958 against the monarchy, as well as the British colonization to establish an Iraqi republic (Isaac). It…

for them to move to Israel as it had been previously deemed illegal by the Iraqi government. The migration occurred because all of the Jews in Iraq felt as if they had very strong ties to Israel. The Iraqi Jews were resettled in Israel through Operation Ezra & Nehemiah, an operation focused on allowing emigration from Iraq to Israel, it was put into place for the people who felt as if Israel was their home. Once the Iraqi Jews were safely in Israel they were…

last meal she will eat. The diction used and phrasing techniques lead the reader to believe that she is of importance. Specifically “let them come” as in she was okaying the people to be summoned to her to then serve her. The next line “Let me die but let them come, “ implies that she may leave the earth, but let the people come to resonate in her death and from the tone of seeming queen-like, let them mourn her. The next line of the poem, “and bring me treats,” brings thought to that she is…