Opinion – Rojhelat a Year After Jina’s Movement and the Iranian Response
Self-determination, rather than just a regime change in Iran, is what will truly fulfil Kurdish dignity and liberation.
Interview – Eda Gunaydin
Eda Gunaydin talks about her research on the creation of post-state sovereignties by the Kurds of Rojava and the use of Western representations of women to justify interventions.
Review – Embattled Dreamlands: The Politics of Contesting Armenian, Kurdish and Turkish Memory
Leupold deals with the complex relationships between Armenians, Kurds and Turks, uncovering the nuances of memory, nationalism and conflict.
Review – The Great Betrayal: How America Abandoned the Kurds and Lost the Middle East
While Phillips provides an accessible and valuable international view of the Kurds, the book’s one-sided perspective on several issues fails the reader.
Interview – Wladimir van Wilgenburg
Journalist Wladimir van Wilgenburg talks about the conflict in northeast Syria, difficulties covering Kurdish affairs, and cooperation between Kurdish groups.
Interview – Zeynep N. Kaya
Zeynep Kaya tackles the repercussions of the Turkish invasion of Northern Syria, the position of women in Iraqi Kurdistan and the recovery of Yazidi communities.
Review – The Kurds of Northern Syria
Allsopp and van Wilgenburg draw on interviews to provide a detailed and less romanticized account of the emergence, consolidation and crisis of the DAA in Northern Syria.
Interview – Diako Yazdani
Kurdish Iranian filmmaker Diako Yazdani discusses his documentary film Kojin (2019) which tackles problems of homophobia in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
Interview – Gary Kent
Secretary of the all-party parliamentary group on the Kurdistan region, Gary Kent, discusses the group, Iraq and the Kurdish independence referendum and its consequences.
Interview – Emma Sky
Former advisor to the US military in Iraq, Emma Sky, talks about her views on foreign intervention, US foreign policy, elections in Iraq and the two-state solution.
