Category: Culture
Posted on March 8, 2021 by Naila Bozo
It was evening we barely escaped. Like the rain falling we could not stop. We were a train of tears as we were walking there like a winding trail of smoke a village climbing a mountain. We were wet, were …
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Culture,
Discrimination,
Executions,
Kurdistan,
Political Prisoners,
Turkey,
Women |
Tagged
Kurdish rights,
Women's day |
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Posted on June 9, 2019 by Naila Bozo
My summers in Syria were hazy but not just due to the heat and the dust swirled up by cars moving fast through the streets. The people of Qamişlo (Al-Kamishli), a city …
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Activism,
Censorship,
Culture,
Discrimination,
Free speech,
Syria |
Tagged
Kurdish rights,
Kurdistan,
Syria |
Comments Off on Who am I? Kurdistan’s Resistance in Art
Posted on February 22, 2015 by Asli Sena Kücükyildiz
As many as 5,000 women and girls are victims of honour killings every year worldwide, often killed by members of their own family. Many honour killings have also taken place in Europe and America including the murder of Fadime Şahindal, …
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Culture,
Kurdistan,
Violence,
Women,
Youth |
Tagged
Before Snowfall,
Honour killing,
journey,
Kurdistan,
movie,
women |
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Posted on February 1, 2015 by Naila Bozo
The resilience of the Kurdish people in the face of decades upon decades of oppression has awed many people around the world yet elicited no sufficient, if any, pressure from foreign governments. Living in what is described as an “invisible …
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Culture,
Discrimination,
Displacements,
Suppression,
Syria |
Tagged
Kurdish rights,
Kurdistan,
Rojava,
Syria |
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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 |
Tagged
Kurdistan,
Kurds,
Mother tongue,
Protest,
Turkey,
Violence |
Comments Off on Turkish Police Attack Kurds Protesting Closure of School
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 |
Tagged
Kurdish rights,
Kurdistan,
LGBT |
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Posted on May 28, 2014 by Lawen Azad
The events in Syria, the abhorrent actions of Boko Haram, the increasing violence in Ukraine are just a few headlines that have summoned our attention of late. But now, Kurds in Southern Kurdistan under the protection of the Kurdistan Regional …
Posted in
Call to Actions,
Culture,
Discrimination,
General,
Kurdistan,
Violence,
Women,
Youth |
Tagged
Women Violence Murder KRG Kurdistan |
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Posted on September 29, 2013 by Tasbeeh Herwees
Last week, on the first day of scheduled classes in Turkey, thousands of Kurdish schoolchildren did not go to school. In fact, students in primary and secondary school boycotted the first week entirely to demand their right to education in …
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BDP,
Culture,
Discrimination,
Protests,
Turkey,
Youth |
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