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In Honor of Fadime: Murder and Shame
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In Honor of Fadime: Murder and Shame
by Unni Wikan

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In 2002 young Fadime Sahindal was brutally murdered by her own father. She belonged to a family of Kurdish immigrants who had lived in Sweden for almost two decades. But Fadime’s relationship with a man outside of their community had deeply...
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Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East
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Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East
by David Lawrence

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The American invasion of Iraq has been a success - for the Kurds.  Kurdistan is an invisible nation, and the Kurds the largest ethnic group on Earth without a homeland, comprising some 25 million moderate Sunni Muslims living in the area around the...
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Blood and Belief: The PKK and the Kurdish Fight for Independence
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Blood and Belief: The PKK and the Kurdish Fight for Independence
by Aliza Marcus

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View the Table of Contents Read the Introduction Read the author's Op Ed on Boston Globe Itas an achievement of Blood and Belief that despite the bloodletting, Marcus still generates empathyanot for the murderous Ocalan, but for the desperate Kurds who...
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Love in a Torn Land: Joanna of Kurdistan: The True Story of a Freedom Fighter's Escape from Iraqi Vengeance
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Love in a Torn Land: Joanna of Kurdistan: The True Story of a Freedom Fighter's Escape from Iraqi Vengeance
by Jean P Sasson

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The story of a female Kurdish freedom fighter, from the New York Times bestselling author of Princess In this gripping book, popular author Jean Sasson tells the story of Joanna Al-Askari Hussain– and, in the process, reveals the sad plight of the...
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The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq
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The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq
by Brendan Oleary

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Prominent legal and political experts who served on Kurdistan's regional advisory team analyze the consequences of the U.S.-led intervention in Iraq and the future constitutional options for Kurdistan....
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Primitive Rebels or Revolutionary Modernisers?: The Kurdish Nationalist Movement in Turkey
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Primitive Rebels or Revolutionary Modernisers?: The Kurdish Nationalist Movement in Turkey
by Paul White

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Protests worldwide followed the capture and trial of the Kurdish nationalist leader Abdullah Öcalan in 1999. But where does the PKK come from? What are its aims? Who supports it? What will its future be without Öcalan? And is there hope for a...
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Hell Is Over: Voices of the Kurds After Saddam, an Oral History
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Hell Is Over: Voices of the Kurds After Saddam, an Oral History
by Mike Tucker

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Long oppressed and cruelly treated, the Kurds are the world’s largest ethnic group without their own nation. Kurds, who today live in a mountainous area that extends over Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria, are a fiercely proud and culturally rich...
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The Kurds in Iraq - Second Edition: The Past, Present and Future
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The Kurds in Iraq - Second Edition: The Past, Present and Future
by Kerim Yildiz

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This new edition of The Kurds in Iraq brings the book fully up to date in the light of recent events in Iraq and the ever-present danger of civil war. Kerim Yildiz explores the impact of occupation and escalating violence. there is an entirely new...
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Iraqi Kurds: The Past, Present and Future
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Iraqi Kurds: The Past, Present and Future
by Kerim Yildiz

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Required reading for policy-makers and anyone interested in the current position of Kurds in Iraq....
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After Such Knowledge, What Forgiveness?: My Encounters with Kurdistan
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After Such Knowledge, What Forgiveness?: My Encounters with Kurdistan
by Jonathan Randal

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Years ago, noting that Kurds were involved in every major story he covered in Iran, Israel, Turkey, Lebanon, and Iraq, veteran reporter Jonathan Randal decided to produce this firsthand report on Kurdistan, a shocking, tragic account of diplomacy and...
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The Kurds: A People in Search of Their Homeland
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The Kurds: A People in Search of Their Homeland
by Kevin Mckiernan

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Kevin McKiernan has reported on the Kurds of Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Syria since 1991, but he began his career as a journalist in the 1970s covering armed confrontations by Native Americans. In The Kurds: A People in Search of Their Homeland he draws...
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My Father's Rifle: A Childhood in Kurdistan
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My Father's Rifle: A Childhood in Kurdistan
by Hiner Saleem

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A young Kurd comes of age in a war-torn land. This beautiful, spare narrative tells of the life of a boy named Azad--in fact the author, a Kurdish filmmaker--as he grows to manhood in Iraq during the 1960s and 1970s. Azad is born into a vibrant village...
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The Kurds in Iran: The Past, Present and Future
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The Kurds in Iran: The Past, Present and Future
by Kerim Yildiz

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This is one of the first comprehensive accounts of the situation of Kurds in Iran. The authors provide an overview of the issues facing Kurds within the country and the way they have been affected by geopolitical changes in Iran's neighboring states. The...
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A Thousand Sighs, a Thousand Revolts: Journeys in Kurdistan
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A Thousand Sighs, a Thousand Revolts: Journeys in Kurdistan
by Christiane Bird

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Though the Kurds played a major military and tactical role in the United States' recent war with Iraq, most of us know little about this fiercely independent, long-marginalized people. Now acclaimed journalist Christiane Bird, who riveted readers with...
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A Thousand Sighs, a Thousand Revolts: Journeys in Kurdistan
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A Thousand Sighs, a Thousand Revolts: Journeys in Kurdistan
by Christiane Bird

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Though the Kurds played a major military and tactical role in the United States’ recent war with Iraq, most of us know little about this fiercely independent, long-marginalized people. Now acclaimed journalist Christiane Bird, who riveted readers...
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Ataturk's Children: Turkey & the Kurds
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Ataturk's Children: Turkey & the Kurds
by Jonathan Rugman



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People Without a Country : Kurds and Kurdistan (93 Edition)
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People Without a Country : Kurds and Kurdistan (93 Edition)
by David Mcdowell

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Children of the Jinn: in Search of the Kurds & Their Country
by Margaret Kahn



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Kurdish Question in Iraq
by Edmund Ghareeb



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