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By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: ‘Love and Existence: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn’ Part II, Chapter 1: Khani’s theory of Kurdish nationalism Perhaps pseudo-Kurdologists, Euro-centrists and Orientalists, in Edward Said’s sense of the word, would be annoyed by just seeing this title let alone my argument for the fact that there is…
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: ‘Love and Existence: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn’ Part II Ahmadi Khani’s Prologues Introduction Chapter 1: Khani’s theory of Kurdish nationalism Chapter 2: Khani on Mem û Zîn Introduction Mem û Zîn is a self-conscious work. Khani knows what he is doing, how he is writing…
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: ‘Love and Existence: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn’ Chapter Four: The form and genre of Khani’s literary work Chyet describes Mem û Zîn in terms of form as “a long epic poem (2655 lines) in the Persian Masnawi style, characterized by strict symmetrical structure, each line…
By Amir Sharifi: Rise, rise, rise, rekindle the Newroz fire on with the Newroz dance! “Dance, dance, dance” with your fast flying feet on the shaking ground On with the Newroz song! Sing, sing, sing till the Sornas of freedom resound Piercing the stark darkness of the night No ceasing till the tyrants’ defeat Bookmark on…
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: ‘Love and Existence: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn’ Chapter Three: Mem û Zîn editions Although Khani’s Mem û Zîn was written at the close of the seventeenth century, it was not until the end of the World War 1 that it was first published. The first…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn (‘Love and Existence’), with original translations of the text KT is pleased to announce that, over the coming months, it will exclusively serialise Dr Mirawdeli’s scholarly study of Ahmadi Khani’s Mem û Zîn, the most famous and the most important text…
By Scherco R. Baban: A while ago, the Kurdistan Region´s president, Mesûd Barzanî announced measures to found a standard Kurdish (Lingua Franca). This news delighted many of us Kurds who wish to see a unified written system for our language. In my opinion, the use of the Latin-based System as a unified written system for…
By Sabir Hasan: The relationship between humans, starting from interpersonal relationships up to international relations, is established through communication. And the vehicle of communication is language, whether it is expressed verbally or in writing. Today’s complex Arab-Kurdish relations are mostly addressed and dealt with in Baghdad and, specifically, in the Iraqi Council of Representatives (the…
By Abdullah Mezar: The year is insignificant, but childhood memories of the wilderness in the vicinity of Amoudah, or Chul, as we call it in the Kurdish language, are still lingering in our minds. They will stay with us even though some memories are terribly painful, but even that pain has a different effect. Our…
By Shivan Fazil: Obviously, there are perceived cultural differences between the two. In this article I highlight the differences that I have experienced as a resident in the UK. Referring to Edward Hall, the American anthropologist, who classifies culture as high context and low context, I will try to compare them with regard to context, interpersonal…
