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The Kurds: A People in Search of Their Homeland

The Kurds: A People in Search of Their Homeland

Kevin Mckiernan - Social Science - 2006 - 390 pages
A portrait of historical and modern Kurdish culture describes their victimization under Saddam Hussein's rule, role in the new order under president Jalal Talabani, and ...
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Kurdish culture and identity

Kurdish culture and identity

Christine Allison - History - 1996 - 185 pages
This is a study of the culture of the Kurdish people. It looks at their history, literature, language, religion, costume and material culture including rugs and weaving
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Trapped Between the Map and Reality: Geography and Perceptions of Kurdistan

Trapped Between the Map and Reality: Geography and Perceptions of Kurdistan

Maria Theresa O'Shea - Political Science - 2004 - 272 pages
Kurdistan exists as a cultural and political concept on many levels of discourse. Despite Kurdistan's divisions, lack of definition and the absence of a unified struggle for a ...
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The Kurds

The Kurds

Thomas Bois - History - 1966 - 159 pages
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The evolution of Kurdish nationalism
Kurdish Language: Kurdish Alphabet, Kurdish Literature, Feylis, Soranī ...
The Kurds and Kurdistan: A Selective and Annotated Bibliography

The Kurds and Kurdistan: A Selective and Annotated Bibliography

Lokman I. Meho - History - 1997 - 356 pages
As the Kurdish question becomes more prominent in Middle Eastern politics, it is attracting attention from the media, the academic community, and governmental and non ...
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Historical Dictionary of the Kurds

Historical Dictionary of the Kurds

Michael M. Gunter - History - 2010 - 456 pages
Straddling the mountainous borders where Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria converge in the Middle East, the 25-30 million Kurds living there constitute the largest nation in the ...
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The Kurds: Culture and Language Rights
The Kurds: A Nation on the Way to Statehood

The Kurds: A Nation on the Way to Statehood

Jamal Jalal Abdulla - Reference - 2012
The book is about the history and national movement and nationalism of the Kurdish nation who were divided by the victorious Allied Powers, Britain and France, in the first ...
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