Kurdish people

yet strong group of people living in mountainous regions in the Middle East. For centuries, these people have developed their own culture and identity. Yet, they are not acknowledged as their own sovereign and the nation that lays claim to them viciously persecutes them. For the Kurdish people of northern Iraq, the disdain of their neighbors has plagued them for centuries. On March 16, 1988, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein ordered a series of chemical attacks on the Kurdish people. Thousands died…

Mountains: a Kurdish Cultural Journey, written by Robert L. Brenneman. I wanted to read this book because I did not know any aspects of the Kurdish culture. I enjoy learning about other cultures, and Kurdish is one culture that I had very little knowledge of. In fact, I am not very educated about the cultures within the Middle East in general. This book helped me understand new aspects of the Kurdish culture and their lifestyle. Author Brenneman discusses the culture of the Kurdish people.…

The effect of the Kurdish fight for autonomy in both Iraq and elsewhere, has changed the Middle East’s landscape. This includes subnational or internal fracturing of Kurdish parties, national barriers, and newfound international relations as well as political alliances with historical rivals. Gareth Stansfield illustrates this point when he uses Kurdish history in Iraq as and cites economic and political relations with Turkey as signaling a potential Kurdish state, “By embracing this agenda,…

Some of the transition of the Turkish stance regarding the Kurds can be attributed loosely to the rise of the Kurdish plight within international discourse but the primary catalyst for the change in my opinion is growing demand for energy options by Turkey as their economic and energy requirements increase. Despite the ever-growing demand for energy the Kurdish Regional Government has borrowed $3 billion against future oil sales to facilitate some degree of financial autonomy from the…

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 by McDowall, the homeland of the…

capsized, while attempting to escape a civil war Alan Kurdi came from Kobani, the city in northern Syria, that was evacuated due to the Kurdish forces war against the Islamic State extremists. On September 2nd Alan, his brother Ghalib and their mother were among a dozen Syrian refugees, including 5 children who drowned. Abdullah Kurdi was among the few people who survived. We sailed in the sea for about four to five minutes," Abdullah Kurdi said. "The man steering the boat saw that the sea…

Now, how did non-Sunni Kurds approach and feel about Kurdish nationalism during its nascent stages of development? For many non-Sunni Kurds, Kurdish nationalism was just another attempt at reinforcing religious dominance over other religious communities in the area, not much different from its ethnically diverse neighbors. These minorities mostly rejected Kurdish nationalism during this period. By the 1800s many sectarian differences had come to a head after subsequent battles between the…

Professor Corona Affra Husain FYW 1000C 15 October 2015 This story is about Alan Kurdi, a three year old boy that we learned about on September 2nd, 2015. Young Alan has been living with his family in Syria ever since his birth, after some time war broke out and Alan and his family fled Syria. They were able to reach Turkey, but hoped for Canada where Alan’s aunt lived. Alan and his family started the route to Canada, travelling by cramped plastic boats with other refugees through the…

differences. We were all similar”. In other words, the gaps between the haves and have-nots were not so wide. In the 1990s, almost all people lacked access to similar things, which is no longer the case. The new polarization, and inequality anger people more than the actually lack of things. Today, not having means something different to the different groups and people are live together with very different lifestyles. And for the majority who have come to rely on government salaries and public…

The marginalization brings a social expulsion for other ethnic minorities. İt happened in united states when oppression against black people reached to its peak and black activist and red Indians made a protest in Washington for jobs and freedom…