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By Joshua Levkowitz: The bass pounded from the speakers, but the crowd sat idly by. Amir, an amateur Kurdish rapper, struggled to beat out his raps, completely failing to move the crowd. He left the stage in Azadi Park frustrated. Amir saw many challenges facing the hip-hop scene in Sleimani, quoting Tupac, his foremost hip-hop…
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: ‘Love and Existence: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn’ Part IV, Chapter 1: The dramatic structure of the tragedy (as a play) The Mem û Zîn drama is divided in terms of content and dramatic progression into three parts: Part 1: Starts with the introduction of the main…
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: ‘Love and Existence: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn’ PART IV: Introduction As already mentioned, the drama of Mem û Zîn starts with a prologue in which Khani critically depicts his consciously-constructed literary-national-philosophical enterprise. He is aware of his project, asserts its innovative character, being first a text…
By LKFF: We are happy to announce that the 8th London Kurdish Film Festival will be held this year from 15th-24th November. The main venue for the festival will be the state-of-the-art PictureHouse Hackney. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post
By Mufid Abdullah: It is some achievement when Parwaz Hussain, from the south of Kurdistan, can attract 3.5 million people from the Arab world to listen to her wonderful singing – even though she sings in Kurdish. With the support of just her husband, this young woman has reached the semi-final of the Arab Idol…
A Short Story by Ava Homa: Farzad Kamangar was an elementary school teacher, nonviolent civil liberties advocate and poet from Eastern Kurdistan who was detained by Iranian security forces in 2006 and accused of collaborating with Kurdish opposition groups. Charged with being a mohareb or “enemy of God,” Kamangar refused to confess in spite of…
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: ‘Love and Existence: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn’ Part III, Chapter 4: Mem û Zîn’s dramatic plot The most important primary element of tragedy as explained by Aristotle is its plot – with complex plots having a better chance, space and scope to create a more successful…
By WKC2013: SCIENCE AND CULTURE FOR PROGRESS IN KURDISTAN 11-13 OCTOBER 2013 • Stockholm, Sweden Dear Friends & Colleagues 3rd World Kurdish Congress (WKC2013) invites all Kurdish scholars with a minimum degree of Master of Science or Arts (M.Sc. or MA) or Ph.D. from various disciplines to submit extended abstracts. Following acceptance of your abstract,…
KT News and Comment: Ismail Beshkchi, the Turkish writer who has spent many years in Turkish jails, was honoured at a cultural evening in Erbil last night. “I am pleased to see the flag of Kurdistan and Peshmarga foces in free Kurdistan”, he told reporters. The renowned writer and sociology professor was given a medal…
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: ‘Love and Existence: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn’ Part III, Chapter 3: Khani’s Mem û Zîn as a unique genre of tragedy In the light of the Aristotelian theory of tragedy I will try in this chapter to explore and analyse the defining dramatic nature of Mem…
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: ‘Love and Existence: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn’ Part III, Chapter 2: Aristotle’s theory of tragedy Poetry and tragedy For Aristotle, a fundamental premise that defines what is being a human is that “All human beings by nature desire knowledge” (Metaphysics, (980a1). Therefore they do not only…
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: ‘Love and Existence: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn’ Part III: The genre of Mem û Zîn as Tragedy Chapter One: On defining literary genres As we showed in the first part of this study, Mem û Zîn is generally, though mostly arbitrarily, described as ‘epic’; while Chyat’s…
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: ‘Love and Existence: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn’ Part 11 Chapter Two: Khani on Mem û Zîn We have shown above (1.1) that writing Mem û Zîn in Kurdish was the result of a conscious stubborn determination to show the world that Kurdish language can be used…
By LKFF: London Kurdish Film Festival (LKFF) is pleased to announce that we have moved to our new office located between Portobello Road and Ladbroke Grove, in the West 10 area, the heart of artistic London. This office will host our staff and volunteers as well as give us access to a wealth of resources…
By Kurdish Book Club: Kurdish Book Club presents a Seminar on ‘Mem u Zin of Ahmadi Khani’ by Dr Kamal Mirawdeli Sunday 14th April 2013 From 15:00 -18:00 Birkbeck College, University of London, Lecture theatre B33*, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7HX As part of a series of seminars, the Kurdish Book Club is pleased to…
