The style of my book must be in small pieces, as my life has been in pieces. (Jalal Barzanji) From 1986 to 1988 poet and journalist Jalal Barzanji endured imprisonment and torture under Saddam Hussein's regime because of his literary...
Kurds
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Author:Barzanji, Jalal, Salih, Sabah A., Saul, John RalstonSummary: -
Author:Lemmon, Gayle TzemachSummary:The extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won. "The Daughters of Kobani is an unforgettable and nearly mythic tale of women's power and courage. The young women profiled in this book fought a...
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Author:Leddy, Mary JoSummary:Our Friendly Local Terrorist tells the story of the fourteen-year struggle of Suleyman Goven, a Kurd accused by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service of being a terrorist. Mary Jo Leddy was "accidentally" present at...
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Author:Woodcock, PatrickSummary:A poetic journal looks at life in a war-torn country. After two years spent in the Kurdish North of Iraq, Patrick Woodcock has returned with his eighth collection of poetry, Echo Gods and Silent Mountains. Resisting both...
- Author:Homa, AvaSummary:
Leila dreams of making films to bring the suppressed stories of the Kurdish people onto the global stage. But when her brother's activism leads to his disappearance, Leila begins a campaign to save him.
