The mountains spoke
Hewraman, where south meets east,
shoulder-to-shoulder they become one.
Where enforced borders become invisible,
the mountaintops reach towards the sun.
The border post, a remote and yellow painted block of...
Emotions surfacing in the motherland
In the month of March,
Listen to the cries of the mountains,
Listen to the pleas of the martyrs,
Ey Kurdistan
For the past 26 years Kurds have commemorated the gruesome chemical attacks on Halabja in a month th...
Destination Amed: Diaries from home
Destination Amed: Diaries from home; On our first day in the city, we step out to get some breakfast before our guided tour around the city. Though it’s early, the weather is already hot, and having travelled f...
Youth empowering youth through education – part I
“Feeling oppressed is not solved by reinforcing negativity and fear. Education, positive actions and peace building are the answers.” Andree Murphy
Growing up in western countries, today’s Kurdish youth have ha...
An introduction to diasporic identity
The struggle for Kurdistan emerged in the context of a fragmented nature of existence, occupied by different nation-states, and rulings powers that refused to recognize Kurds. Within diasporic communities the s...
Not everything that glitters is gold: Kurds and gullibility.
The late British-American journalist and political analyst Christopher Hitchens once wrote, “For the act of survival, even identity itself, is a kind of victory.” These words might not seem profound to the nak...