Monthly Archives: September 2014
Posted on September 16, 2014 by Naila Bozo
When Turkey’s ruling party AKP announced its “democratic package” that among other things included reforms meant to address Kurdish calls for greater rights, some people expressed hope in this promise while others, especially Kurds, remained skeptical. AKP and its supporters …
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Culture,
Discrimination,
Kurdistan,
Language,
Protests,
Turkey,
Violence,
Youth |
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Kurdistan,
Kurds,
Mother tongue,
Protest,
Turkey,
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Posted on September 8, 2014 by Naila Bozo
Photo by Bezav Mahmod (www.bezavmahmod.com) I am sitting on a couch in a small dorm room, flicking through the pages of the latest issue of Vogue Magazine. My friend is pouring me Kurdish tea that he just made in …
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Culture,
Discrimination,
Suppression |
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Kurdish rights,
Kurdistan,
LGBT |
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Posted on September 7, 2014 by Xoncha Nouri
We left Erbil in the morning two weeks ago to meet the Yezidis who had managed to escape ISIS terror, Shoresh Rahem, KRG’s representative in Sweden, another friend and I. The camps in Duhok and Zakho were filled with people …
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Call to Actions,
Displacements,
Genocide,
Iraq,
Kurdistan,
Syria,
United Nations,
Urgent |
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Iraq,
ISIS,
Kurds,
UN,
Yezidis |
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