By Mufid Abdulla: Today it is 25 years since Halabja was attacked with chemical weapons, causing the sacrifice of 5,000 lives. The world has come to know of their plight but, a quarter-century on, the survivors are still struggling to find their identity and come to terms with this tragedy. In the wake of the…
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Yearly Archives: 2013
Halabja witness tells about Saddam’s poison gas attack
By Lorin Sarkissian: Brussels, 15 March 2013 – Ararat News (ANP) – Ali Zalme from the Kurdish city of Halabja witnessed the tragic events on 16 March 1988, when 5,000 Kurds lost their life and more than 7,000 people were injured or suffered long-term illness from the poisonous gas attack of Saddam Hussein’s regime. Lorin…
Video to launch on 25th anniversary of Halabja, sheds light on meaning of ‘genocide’ for Kurds
By Gena Mangiaratti: This year, in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the poison gas attack on the dominantly Kurdish city of Halabja, Kurdish people from all over the world have come together through video to shed light on the meaning of “genocide” in an often-quoted struggle. The Halabja Genocide occurred on March 16, 1988. Iraqi…
Baghdad budget is for ordinary people and oil dispute is for the rich, says Gorran MP
KT News and Comment: A prominent Gorran MP in the Iraqi parliament has accused other Kurdish MPs of wrongly opposing Iraq’s budget because of the ongoing oil dispute. Latif Mustafa told Awene that, while the Iraq budget ‘belongs’ to ordinary people, the oil dispute between Baghdad and Erbil mainly concerns the corrupt politicians, oil contractors…
Mem û Zîn Analytical Study*: 2. Ahmadi Khani as poet, thinker, philosopher and Sufist
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: ‘Love and Existence: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn’* Chapter Two: Ahmadi Khani as a poet, thinker, philosopher and Sufist The following is my translation of the ‘Conclusions’ chapter of Professor îIzzeddin Mustafa Resul’s study of ‘Mem û Zîn of Khani’ (1979): Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on…
Opposition report says 34 Roboski victims were deliberately killed
KT News: According to a Turkish opposition MP, the 34 young victims of an air strike in December 2011 were deliberately targeted – even though the authorities knew that they were unarmed smugglers – because it was wrongly believed that a senior PKK official was traveling with them. Bianet reports that Levent Gök, a Republican…
The PYD factor forces Turkey to have a peace process with the PKK
By Dr Aland Mizell: Let me be clear. I am for peace, and I support any step toward the peace process, because innocent people are paying the price. Therefore, I salute the BDP (Kurdish Peace Democratic Party), the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party), and even the Turkish government for their courage in trying to end violence…
Al Qaeda and ex-Baathists ‘exploiting’ protests against Maliki
KT News and Comment: Southern Iraq continues to be convulsed every week by mass demonstrations called by pro-Sunni parties protesting at the authoritarian and sectarian policies of Maliki’s pro-Shia government. In Anbar and Ramadi, opposition forces are threatening to march on Baghdad to conduct their Friday prayers in the capital. This would amount to a…
Mem û Zîn Analytical Study*: 1.2 Khani’s life and work
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: ‘Love and Existence: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn’ Chapter 1.2 (1.1) Given that Chyet uses a method he calls ‘Oral-Formulatic Theory’ for the study of folkloric texts, a method, which it seems, pays attention to minor plot movements, (pp.145-220) his cursory attention to Khani’s work seems…
International Women’s Day: ‘Involve women from different walks of life’
KT Comment: On International Women’s Day, GK TV presenter Susan Anwar has struck a thoughtful and justifiably critical note about the usual celebrations in the south of Kurdistan. In an article appearing today on Xandan website, she writes: “Every year on 8th March all women’s organisations and women’s rights groups are organising celebrations and seminars…
Mem û Zîn Analytical Study*: 1.1 Khani’s life and work
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: ‘Love and Existence: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn’ PART I Khani and Mem û Zîn Chapter 1: Khani’s life and work Chapter 2: Izzedin Mustafa Rasul on Khani: Ahmadi Khani as a poet, thinker, philosopher and Sufist. Chapter 3: Mem û Zîn’s publication and editions Chapter…
‘Who are the Kurds?’: Book launch, London, 9 March
By Kurdish Book Club: As part of a series of seminars, the Kurdish Book Club is pleased to invite you to the launch of “Who Are the Kurds? The History of Kurds and the Origin of their Language from the Dawn of Civilization to the Tenth Century A.D” by Soran Hamarash. Date: Sat 9th March 2013…
Uludere Draft Report ignores real culprits says BDP deputy
By bianet: Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputy Ertuğrul Kürkçü has criticized the ratification of the Uludere Parliamentary Commission draft report, saying that it aims to protect the Turkish state rather than its citizens. A parliamentary commission in charge of investigating the Uludere incident – the Turkish military air strike that killed 34 civilians in…
A moment of consideration
By Ashna Shareff: Often we compare our lives to those of others, and think how unfortunate is our life compared to someone who might be a complete stranger to us: artlessly, because we are deceived by the way we see them and believe them to be. We habitually forget to value and grasp the beauty of our…
Newroz and Iraq, Syria and Turkey
By Scherco R. Baban: Newroz is the celebration of the Spring Equinox, on March 21, which is considered as the beginning of the New Year and widely celebrated by the Indo-Iranian peoples such as Kurds, Tajiks, Afghans, Persian, Ossetians and Balushs. With characteristics deeply rooted in the traditions of Zoroastrianism, it even predates this religion….
