By Yasin Aziz: Published on Amazon, 24th April 2015 This is the story of my generation’s experience from the time of the 1961 September (Aylul) Revolution. As a child in Halabja I witnessed most of what was happening when the Iraqi monarchy was overthrown, with the hope of a democratic government and equality for all…
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Category Archives: Anfal
An Anfal Survivor tells his story
Translated by Kamal Chomani: Twitter: @KamalChomani Today, 14-04, marks the 26th anniversary of the Anfal Campaign which was carried out by Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship and brought death to more than 100.000 innocent Kurds. Anfal is the cruellest atrocity in the modern history of the Middle East. Here is the story of a survivor, Hassan Ali,…
UK premiere of ‘1001 Apples’, in remembrance of the Anfal
By the London Kurdish Film Festival: The London Kurdish Film Festival is pleased to host the UK premiere of the award-winning 1001 Apples – Taha Karimi’s documentary masterpiece at the BAFTA* in central London on Sunday 13th April at 3pm. The event will be an important opportunity to bring together filmmakers, film critics, academics and…
‘Kulajo: My Heart is Darkened’ on Al Jazeera English, 12th March
KT News: ‘Kulajo: My Heart is Darkened’, a film about the Garmyan Anfal campaign, is showing on Al Jazeera English next week, as follows: Wednesday, 12th March GMT: Wednesday: 2200; Thursday: 1200; Friday: 0100; Saturday: 0600 This documentary tells the story of a national tragedy, the Kurdish genocide, as seen through the eyes of the…
The Bahdinan Anfal Campaign
Translated by Yasin Aziz: Kamal Umar Raheed, a Kurdish Iraqi soldier from the Battalion Commando 72 infantry, told his story of the Bahdinan Anfal campaign to the Kurdish Magazine ‘Eighty Eight’ in 2006. It is an important record of the atrocities. When we were in our army barracks in Mosul, we kept hearing in everyday communications…
Taimoor: sole survivor of the Garmyan Anfal campaign (part 2)
By Taimoor Ahmad & translated by Yasin Aziz: Taimoor Ahmad was 12 in 1988 when Saddam’s Anfal campaign began in Garmyan/Calar. This is part 2 of a translated summary of his interview with the Kurdish journalist Aref Qurbani, which appeared in Kurdish in the book, ‘Taimoor, Only Survivor of the Anfal Campaign’. You can read…
Taimoor: sole survivor of the Garmyan Anfal campaign (part 1)
Translated by Yasin Aziz: Taimoor Ahmad was 12 in 1988 when Saddam’s Anfal campaign began in Garmyan/Calar. This is a translated summary of his interview with the Kurdish journalist Aref Qurbani which appeared in Kurdish in the book, ‘Taimoor, Only Survivor of the Anfal Campaign’. My name is Taimoor Ahmad. I was born on 1st January 1976. My mother’s…
