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The Cambridge History of the Kurds is an authoritative and comprehensive volume exploring the social, political and economic features, forces and evolution amongst the Kurds, and in the region known as Kurdistan, from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century. Written in a clear and accessible style by leading scholars in the field, the chapters survey key issues and themes vital to any understanding of the Kurds and Kurdistan including Kurdish language; Kurdish art, culture and literature; Kurdistan in the age of empires; political, social and religious movements in Kurdistan; and domestic political developments in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Other chapters on gender, diaspora, political economy, tribes, cinema and folklore offer fresh perspectives on the Kurds and Kurdistan as well as neatly meeting an exigent need in Middle Eastern studies. Situating contemporary developments taking place in Kurdish-majority regions within broader histories of the region, it forms a definitive survey of the history of the Kurds and Kurdistan.
İSMAİL BEŞİKCİ VAKFI YAYINLARI Kürt Tarihi Dergisi SAYI: 35 TARİH: Ocak-Şubat-Mart 2019 ISSN: 2147-2491 E-ISSN: 2718-0212 YAYIN TÜRÜ: Yerel Süreli Yayın TEL: +90212 245 81 43 - GSM: +90 541 391 81 49 E-mail: kurttarihi2017@gmail.com Kürt Tarihi’nin 35. sayısı biraz cüretkar bir dosyaya ev sahipliği ediyor: Kürt Mitleri. Eski ve yeni zamanlarda, Kürtlerce ya da Kürtlerin siyasetçileri, tarihçileri ve edebiyatlarınca işlenen, icat ya da temellük edilen mitlere dair başlangıç kabilinden bu dosyayı dergi yayın kurulundan Vecdi Demir hazırladı. Kürt Mitleri dosyası Vecdi Demir’in mezkur alana dair çalışmalarıyla bilinen Shahab Vali’yle yaptığı kapsam...
Ji jimara 167an merheba Bedîuzzeman alim û şexsiyetek wisa ye ku di sedsala 20an de bi fikriyat û jiyana xwe li milyon kesan tesîr kiriye. Heyata wî ya bêminet û paqij li gundê Nursê ku li ser Hîzanê ye dest pê kiriye, li Rihayê jî temam bûye. Di dewra Osmanî de hate dinyayê; ji nîvê umrê xwe zêdetir di dewra Osmanî de derbas kir. Piştî ku dewleta Tirkiyê ava bû, sala 1925an ew sirgûnî nav Tirkan kirin û hetanî dawiya umrê xwe nekarî vegere welatê xwe. Di 35 salên wî yên sirgûniyê de jî rehet nehîştin. Li welatê lê sirgûn bûye de jî bajar bi bajar sirgûn kirin, çend caran kete hepsan, heta dawiya umrê xwe di bin taqîbatê de ma. Mela Seîdê...
Until the late 20th century the West was unaware of the existence of an extensive corpus of Yezidi religious texts. These were traditionally transmitted orally, and were kept secret from outsiders. It was not until the 1970s that a few Yezidi intellectuals began to commit these texts to writing. These first publications included only specimens of the most prestigious genres, which for a time were thought to be representative of Yezidi religious literature as a whole. It was later discovered, however, that this literature was far richer. Furthermore it became clear that an understanding of Yezidi oral culture as a whole was indispensable for a proper understanding of the religious texts.The p...
The languages of Western Asia belong to a variety of language families, including Indo-European, Kartvelian, Semitic, and Turkic, but share numerous features on account of being in areal contact over many centuries. This volume presents descriptions of the modern languages, contributed by leading specialists, and evaluates similarities across the languages that may have arisen by areal contact. It begins with an introductory chapter presenting an overview of the various genetic groupings in the region and summarizing some of the significant features and issues relating to language contact. In the core of the volume the presentation of the languages is divided into five contact areas, which i...
"Surrounded by enemies including ISIS and hostile Turkish forces, the people in Syria’s Rojava region are carving out one of the most radically progressive societies on the planet. Visitors have been astounded by the success of their project, a communally organised democracy which considers women’s equality indispensable, has a deep-reaching ecological policies, and rejects reactionary nationalist ideology. This form of organization, labeled democratic confederalism, is both fiercely anti-capitalist and boasts a self-defense capacity which is keeping ISIS from their gates. Drawing on their own firsthand experiences of working and fighting in the region, the authors provide the first detailed account of a revolutionary experiment and a new vision of politics and society in the Middle East and beyond"--Back cover.
What is it about the social structures of Rojava that so inspires the fierce loyalty of its defenders and its people? This book answers that question. In language that bridges the Utopian and the concrete, the poetic and the everyday, the Internationalist Commune of Rojava has produced both a vision and a manual for what a free, ecological society can look like. In these pages you will find a philosophical introduction to the idea of social ecology, a theory that argues that only when we end the hierarchical relations between human beings (men over women, young over old, one ethnicity or religion over another) will we be able to heal our relationship with the natural world.
Ferhenga Biruski Dictionary Volume 2 - M-Z; Ferhenga Biruski is the go-to dictionary for Kurmanji a dialect of Kurdish spoken originally in parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey while also being common among a large diaspora of Kurds in Europe, North America and elsewhere. This comprehensive Kurmanji-English dictionary is prepared in two volumes by Michael L. Chyet, a renowned linguist with extensive knowledge of the major dialects of Kurdish. This dictionary is an essential reference source for linguists and others interested in Kurdish language and people.“The second edition of my Kurmanji-English dictionary, which I would like to call “Ferhenga Birûskî” to honor the memory of my beloved friend and colleague Birûsk Tugan, contains considerably more entries, and in many cases offers fuller information on earlier entries. In addition, I have found and corrected several typographical errors. Moreover, it is to be accompanied by a companion English to Kurdish volume. […] It is my goal to accurately reflect the language as it exists today.”
Ferhenga Biruski is the go-to dictionary for Kurmanji a dialect of Kurdish spoken originally in parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey while also being common among a large diaspora of Kurds in Europe, North America and elsewhere. This comprehensive Kurmanji-English dictionary is prepared in two volumes by Michael L. Chyet, a renowned linguist with extensive knowledge of the major dialects of Kurdish. This dictionary is an essential reference source for linguists and others interested in Kurdish language and people. "The second edition of my Kurmanji-English dictionary, which I would like to call “Ferhenga Birûskî” to honor the memory of my beloved friend and colleague Birûsk Tugan, conta...