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	KRG ministry to strengthen Kurdish culture
		The Ministry of Culture taps Sulaimania to become the cultural capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, while cultural institutes are to be built in other cities of the region.
		"Kurdish culture is based on happiness, dance, and equality between female and male, not violence and extremism," said Minister Kakaye, who studied and researched the last 4,000 years of Kurdish society.
		The Ministry of Culture is demanding that Sulaimania city become the cultural capital of Kurdistan.
	www.kurdishaspect.com /doc040407QK.html (661 words)

	Kurdish Music
		Kurdish music belongs to the same family as Persian music, but its main characteristic, as in Indian music, is the exploration of the octave.
		In Kurdish the word "music" is conveyed by term "saz", a word of Persian origin which signifies both music and any musical instrument or a particular musical instrument.
		When Kurdish musician talks about music he never refers to concept with which we are familiar on account of the formal or expressive connotations.
	www.iranonline.com /multimedia/Kurdish.html (0 words)

	Kurdish Culture and Society: Bibliography
		Nevertheless, this repition may be of benefit to researcherswho are working primarily on Kurdish culture but do not have ready access to the earlier bibliography.
		This annotated bibliography on Kurdish culture and society is the first of its kind, both in terms of the language of the sources and the subjects it covers.
		He argues clearly as to why the publication of a new bibliography on Kurdish culture and society is timely and important, pointing out the weaknesses and limitations of previous such works.
	www.slis.indiana.edu /faculty/meho/kelly.html (1457 words)

	“Honor Killing”:Culture, Politics and Theory
		On the Kurdish side, widespread condemnation of the murder occurred, although it has not obscured the tendency among nationalists to downplay such crimes, which are thought to bring shame to the Kurdish nation.
		Kurdish women and Kurdish women’s studies are at the margins of this international movement (Mojab 2001; Mojab and Hassanpour, forthcoming).
		Kurdish women in the West are in an ideal position to draw on and contribute to these traditions of anti-racism and internationalism.
	www.amews.org /review/reviewarticles/mojabfinal.htm (4868 words)

	Kurdish culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kurdish culture is a legacy from the various ancient peoples who shaped modern Kurds and their society, but primarily of two layers of indigenious (Hurrian),and of the ancient Iranic (Medes).
		The Kurdish culture is close to that of other Iranian peoples; for example all of them celebrate Newroz as the new year day, which is celebrated on March 21.
		Kurdish dance is a group of traditional hand-holding dances similar to those from the Balkans, Lebanon, and to Iraq.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kurdish_culture (0 words)

	Kurdish nation
		The Zelan Kurdish clan of Commagene (Adyaman area), for example, spread to establish in addition to the Zelanid dynasty of Commagene, the Zelanid kingdom of Cappadocia and the Zelanid empire of PontusQall in Anatolia.
		While all larger Kurdish Kingdoms of the west gradually lost their existence to the Romans, in the east they survived into the 3rd century A D and the advent of the Sasanian Persian empire.
		Kurdish principalities, however, survived and continued with their autonomous existence until the 17th century.
	kurdy_person.tripod.com /Pekhshan/id10.html (0 words)

	GO Brooklyn
		Her husband was struggling with leukemia in 1981, explained Saeedpour, and though it was during the Iranian hostage crisis, she was able to get some of his family members out of Iran to the Seattle hospital in which he was being treated, for a bone marrow transplant.
		The doctor, she said, mistaking her Kurdish husband for a Persian, refused to perform the procedure, saying he had a friend who was a hostage.
		"Both institutions [the Kurdish Museum and Library] grew out of the Kurdish Program, which was established in 1981," after her husband's death, "to call attention to the fact that the fourth largest ethnic group in the Middle East was a veritable enigma to Americans," explained Saeedpour.
	www.go-brooklyn.com /html/issues/_vol24/24_15/kurdish.html (0 words)

	Kurdish Culture Begins To Flourish In North Iraq
		In Turkey, the use of the Kurdish language in publishing and broadcasting had been banned until recently, when parliament passed constitutional reforms to enhance freedom of expression.
		You know, this center for Kurdish culture is a good example for all Kurdish people to follow -- you know, the political system, the cultural development.
		He notes that Kurdish writers in Armenia enjoy the freedom to publish in their language but lack a sufficient audience to distribute their work to.
	www.aina.org /news/2005129115216.htm (0 words)

	Kurdish Culture And Heritage Explored at Hackney Museum - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, ...
		The Kurdish community is perhaps one of the oldest surviving of the Middle East.
		The exhibition aims to recognize and celebrate the diversity of Kurdish culture and at the same time record experiences of minority groups that were forced into migration due to oppression.
		However, the recapturing of the Kurdish inhabited areas by the new Turkish leader Kemal Ataturk, forced the Allies to accept a renegotiated Treaty of Lausanne in 1923, which offered the territory to Turkey.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /exh_gfx_en/ART28477.html (865 words)

	Book: Kurdish Culture and Identity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		He is especially interested in Zoroastrianism and its texual tradition, Sufism, Yezidism, and oral literatures in Iranian cultures, and has published extensively on several of these subjects.
		Christine Allison read Classics and French at Oxford, after which her interest in the peoples and cultures of Kurdistan led her to embark on a doctorate on Kurdish Oral Literature at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
		She is the author of a number of publications on Kurdish oral literature.
	www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk /~siamakr/Kurdish/KURDICA/1999/MAY/book.html (177 words)

	KRG, Kurdistan Regional Government
		It is fascinating to note through examining contemporary Kurdish culture that Judaism appear to have exercised a much deeper and more lasting influence on the Kurdish indigenous culture and religion than Christianity, despite the fact that most ethnic neighbors of the Kurds between 5th and 12th centuries were Christians.
		The agriculturist, urban-based Kurdish culture and society was to shift to a nomadic economy under a newly assumed identity.
		The Kurdish ethnic identity is thus destined to comprise Kurmanji-speaking, Shafiite Muslim people, the last layer to be added to the many former layers which, in combination, render the Kurds what and who they are today: the heirs to millennia of cultural and genetic evolution of the native inhabitants of the Zagros-Taurus mountain systems.
	web.krg.org /articles/article_detail.asp?LangNr=12&RubricNr=101&ArticleNr=40&LNNr=28&RNNr=44&TopicText=Information (5585 words)

	Kurdish Media - Art & Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		And by fusing different Kurdish styles, he says he tried to highlight a new side of Kurdish culture.
		He wants to present a Kurdish girl, which is worthy of the envy of the whole world.
		The fashion designer with a Kurdish cultural background is not only proud on his Kurdish background and culture, but also critical.
	www.kurdmedia.com /ac.asp?id=12716 (950 words)

	Books
		Ocalan said that Turkey needed to solve the Kurdish problem, which had been giving it serious difficulties ever since the foundation of the republic, continuing to say the following: "Of course, the existing law of the republic, which has an oligarchic structure, is hindering solving the Kurdish national question.
		An important stage in solving the problem, along foremost with democratizing the republic, is lifting the ban on the language and carrying out activities in Kurdish education, broadcasting, and culture towards a solution to the Kurdish problem.
		PKK Council of Leaders member Ocalan said that while it was seen at Newroz 2001 that the Kurdish people had developed their ability for consciousness, organization, and action to the fullest extent, there were still a number of deficiencies on this subject.
	www.kurdishacademy.org /english/reports/report-02.html (824 words)

	Kurdish National Congress of North America - kncna.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The constitution and the bylaws of the Kurdish National Congress of North America, which were adopted during its first General Assembly meeting at Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 1989, are hereby amended and approved by the Twelve General Assembly Meeting held at Ann Arbor, Michigan, on 30-31 July 1999.
		We the Kurdish people believe that justice dictates that all nations are inherently equal and entitled to the same natural rights.
		Any person of Kurdish parents or parent (mother or father) or spouse of a Kurd would be eligible for KNC membership provided that he/she is eighteen years or older and has strong moral and ethical character.
	www.kurdishnationalcongress.org /docs/bylaws.asp (2465 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Kurdish mountainous culture rejuvenized in Iraq's north: official
		The deep-rooted Kurdish mountainous culture is reviving and flourishing in Iraq's north, a senior Kurdish official has said.
		Shoresh characterized the Kurdish culture as both "mountainous and miscellaneous", which he said would contribute to connections between the east and the west of the world.
		The senior Kurdish official also said that his ministry had planned to open wide horizons for the Kurdish culture, including taking part in cultural activities in the Arab world, the Middle East and worldwide.
	english.people.com.cn /200604/03/eng20060403_255597.html (237 words)

	fadime
		On the Kurdish side, widespread condemnation was prominent, although it has not obscured the tendency among nationalist organizations to downplay such crimes, which are thought to bring shame to the nation.
		Thus, male violence against women cannot be reduced to a cultural trait, a cultural norm, or a dormant cultural value that accidentally pops out with the wrath of a violent man. Neither can it be reduced to the psychology of the individual killer(s), although this dimension may play a role.
		This is the case in spite of the fact that a host of theories ranging from post-modernism to identity politics to cultural relativism encourages the women of the world to go under the banner of their tribes, ethnic groups, nations, religions, and communities.
	www.kurd.org /fadime.html (5397 words)

	Iraq-Kurdish Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Kurdish Library Homepage A Stockholm based institution, which is divided into three distinct sections; a library, a documentation center and a database
		The Kurdish Refugee Exodus From Iraqi And Turkish Kurdistan By Omar Sheikhmous An analysis of the multi -faceted causes of the Kurdish exodus from Kurdistan.
		Kurdish Library Homepage A Stockholm based institution, which is divided into three distinct sections; a library, a documentation centre and a database.
	www.arabinfoseek.com /iraq-kurdish_information.htm (714 words)

	Kurdish National Congress of North America - kncna.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		He concluded that Kurdish dream of independence is just a matter of time and achievable with unity among Kurds and support from international community, since it is a noble and humanistic idea or “wishful thinking”.
		They also mentioned the need for the Kurdish parties of the North to have a clear Kurdish message and not to continue their failed strategy of trying to be pluralistic democracy parties with diluted programs.
		Dr. Karim’s contributions to the Kurdish struggle were chronicled in a slide show prior to the banquet and included his tremendous effect in promoting the Kurdish plight both in the United States and in Kurdistan.
	www.kurdishnationalcongress.org /docs/viewArticle.asp?date=3/24/2006 (2700 words)

	Kurds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Kurds speak Kurdish, a language of the western Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages.
		The Kurdish culture has survived even though they have never had a country to call their own.
		This has proven to be an obstacle to Kurdish independence since many have been loyal to local leaders instead of national leaders.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/oldworld/middle_east/kurds.html (436 words)

	Kurdistan Observer
		Political culture is the reflection and representation of the cultural identity of a group of individuals within that state.
		However, the centre and the peripherals of Kurdish political culture need to rethink how to synchronise all their factions dynamically in order be more creative in the future.
		Therefore, the leaders of Kurdish political parties, as well as Kurdish intellectuals have a responsibility for re-interpreting the political culture of the past in the light of the present.
	home.cogeco.ca /~kurdistan2/13-3-04-opinion-yassin-kurdish-nation.html (1499 words)

	Understanding the Turkey-Kurd Conflict
		In the wake of the verdict, Kurdish guerrillas unleashed a wave of attacks on police and civilians throughout Turkey.
		With their cultural identity under oppression and a scarcity of prominent Kurdish figures to advance their cause, many Kurds had invested their hope in Ocalan.
		One of Ocalan's aims is to protect Kurds from being forced to learn the Turkish language and abandon the Kurdish culture.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/kurds1.html (466 words)

	Kurdish Refugees
		In the mid-1970s a failed Kurdish revolution provoked thousands of Kurds of the Kurdish democratic party to flee to Iran, and they were eventually resettled to the United States and abroad.
		The worst of these attacks came on the Kurdish settlement of Halabja, resulting in thousands of casualties and forcing 60,000 refugees to flee to the Turkish border.
		In general, the status of Kurdish women is higher than in other Islamic cultures; women are not veiled, are more free to associate with men, and they may even occupy political offices.
	www3.baylor.edu /~Charles_Kemp/kurdish_refugees.htm (2715 words)

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		Based on original research, the journal publishes articles covering Kurdish history, linguistics and philology, written and oral literature, sociology, anthropology, political science, and international relations.
		A Kurdish year-2000 calendar containing important historical events, national and religious holidays, and accompanied by colorful Kurdish photographs, paintings and illustrations by Jano Rosebiani.
		An analysis of the Kurdish people: their language, religion, history, geography, population, natural resources, economic and social structures, why their resistance movement has failed, and what the solution may be.
	www.angelfire.com /wizard2/nechteman/KurdishSocietyandCulture.html (0 words)

	Kurdish Culture
		Wheat, barley, rye, and oats are the principal crops, despite poor soils and natural vegetation in the Kurdish area.
		The Kurdish language is closely related to Persian, but regional dialects vary enough that one person of Kurdish descent might not understand another from a different region.
		The current Kurdish year according to their calender is 2610.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~jlshupe/culture.html (321 words)

	Are you interested in Kurdish culture, history, society and/or politics?
		KSSO is a non-partisan body dedicated to promoting greater awareness of the Kurds, and high quality research into all aspects of their history, culture and politics, through intellectual exchange.
		The meetings will provide postgraduate students an opportunity to discuss their work in an informal, supportive environment, to gain presentation and proposal-making skills, and to share ideas, challenges and resources.
		Although the series aims to provide a forum particularly for post-graduate students, the seminars are open to those with a professional interest in Kurdish studies - independent researchers, writers and journalists and others are welcome to attend.
	www.kurdishaspect.com /doc050107KSSO.html (229 words)

	CorpWatch : TURKEY: Dam Will Destroy Kurdish Culture, Say Critics
		A Kurdish human rights lawyer is spearheading an international campaign to block the Turkish government's efforts to build a dam he says will dislodge thousands of Kurds and destroy archeological artifacts.
		Kerim Yildiz, the London-based executive director of the Kurdish Human Rights Project, is in Washington this week pressing the U.S. Export-Import Bank to reject a loan guarantee for a 1,200-megawatt power plant that will be built with the dam.
		Syria says Turkey hasn't discussed its plans to build the project, according to a letter from the Syrian foreign ministry to Friends of the Earth that was released by the group.
	www.corpwatch.org /article.php?id=656 (846 words)

	Kurdistan Regional Government Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The seat of KRG has a history that extends back thousands of years.
		A man for all seasons, Mustapha Barzani is the only Kurdish leader in the 20th century who rose to national prominence among his people, linking 50 years of Kurdish struggle.
		Closeup of a rug made by the Dizayee tribe and thought to be about 30 years old.
	old.krg.org /reference/culture (84 words)

	Iraq: Kurdish Culture Begins To Flourish In Kurdistan Region - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In Turkey, the use of the Kurdish language in publishing and broadcasting had been banned until recently, when parliament passed constitutional reforms to enhance freedom of expression.
		You know, this center for Kurdish culture is a good example for all Kurdish people to follow -- you know, the political system, the cultural development.
		He notes that Kurdish writers in Armenia enjoy the freedom to publish in their language but lack a sufficient audience to distribute their work to.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2005/12/D30F99A2-B113-41E9-A046-59AAE08A1440.html (887 words)

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