Sherko Bekas

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Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031306023
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)

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Book Synopsis Sherko Bekas by : Ulrike Tabbert

Download or read book Sherko Bekas written by Ulrike Tabbert and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-13 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores poetry by Sherko Bekas, a Kurdish writer and Swedish Tucholsky award winner, providing contextualising biography (with original new information from an interview with his son) and critical stylistic analyses of two selected poems. The authors also include a section on the Kurdish language and translation of the poems into English. There are very few English translations of some of Bekas' poems and no book so far on the stylistic or even linguistic analysis of his work, with the result that Bekas is not widely known in the "Western" world. This book aims to fill this lacuna in the literary and linguistic canon, and it will be of interest to students and scholars of Translation, Stylistics, Middle Eastern History and Literature.

Butterfly Valley

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Publisher : ARC Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781911469070
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (69 download)

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Book Synopsis Butterfly Valley by : Sherko Bekas

Download or read book Butterfly Valley written by Sherko Bekas and published by ARC Publications. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late 1980s witnessed two devastating chemical attacks by the Saddam régime on Iraqi Kurdistan. Butterfly Valley is Sherko Bekes' response to these atrocities. Stunned by the world's silence in the face of this genocide, Bekes - in exile in Sweden at the time - longs to go home and mourn the victims. This is an immensely powerful poem.

Essays on Modern Kurdish Literature

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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110631474
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Book Synopsis Essays on Modern Kurdish Literature by : Alireza Korangy

Download or read book Essays on Modern Kurdish Literature written by Alireza Korangy and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-07-04 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literature, images, and metaphor are often where most of a nation’s history are embedded. A study of modern Kurdish literature highlights a fealty to a rich literary past and a rich source of historiography. The articles in this volume address many facets of the literary in the Kurdish world: proverbs, feminist literature, and resistance in literary works, poetry, prose, etc. In the end, the volume offers a general paradigm of the complex literary framework of the Kurds, their continuous resistance for nationhood in their history, and their modern reinventing of the self. An overview of some of the works in modern Kurdish literature points to both asymmetry and commonality in comparative literary studies. These works highight the thematic reach in Kurdish literary studies.

Ecology and Literatures in English

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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 152752339X
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Book Synopsis Ecology and Literatures in English by : Françoise Besson

Download or read book Ecology and Literatures in English written by Françoise Besson and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-14 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In all latitudes, writers hold out a mirror, leading the reader to awareness by telling real or imaginary stories about people of good will who try to save what can be saved, and about animals showing humans the way to follow. Such tales argue that, in spite of all destructions and tragedies, if we are just aware of, and connected to, the real world around us, to the blade of grass at our feet and the star above our heads, there is hope in a reconciliation with the Earth. This may start with the emergence, or, rather, the return, of a nonverbal language, restoring the connection between human beings and the nonhuman world, through a form of communication beyond verbalization. Through a journey in Anglophone literature, with examples taken from Aboriginal, African, American, English, Canadian and Indian works, this book shows the role played by literature in the protection of the planet. It argues that literature reveals the fundamental idea that everything is connected and that it is only when most people are aware of this connection that the world will change. Exactly as a tree is connected with all the animal life in and around it, texts show that nothing should be separated. From Shakespeare’s theatre to ecopoetics, from travel writing to detective novels, from children’s books to novels, all literary genres show that literature responds to the violence destroying lands, men and nonhuman creatures, whose voices can be heard through texts.

The A to Z of the Kurds

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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810863340
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis The A to Z of the Kurds by : Michael M. Gunter

Download or read book The A to Z of the Kurds written by Michael M. Gunter and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-06-22 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The A to Z of the Kurds covers the largest nation on Earth that does not have its own independent state. Scholars, government officials who are dealing with the Middle East and the Kurds, the news media, as well as the general reader will find this an accessible historical account about a people who are becoming increasingly important for the future of the geostrategic Middle East. Maps, a chronology of Kurdish history, an introductory essay on the Kurds, a dictionary containing several hundred entries on various aspects of the Kurdish experience, and an extensive bibliography comprise this volume.

The Linguistics of Crime

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108471005
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis The Linguistics of Crime by : John Douthwaite

Download or read book The Linguistics of Crime written by John Douthwaite and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-12-31 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the social and ideological importance of crime, and the great fascination it holds, from a linguistic angle. Drawing on ideas from stylistics, cognitive linguistics, metaphor theory, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis and pragmatics, it compares and contrasts the linguistic representation of crime across a range of genres.

Historical Dictionary of the Kurds

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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810875071
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of the Kurds by : Michael M. Gunter

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Kurds written by Michael M. Gunter and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-11-04 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Kurds greatly expands on the first edition through an updated chronology, an introductory essay, an expanded bibliography, maps, photos, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, events, institutions, and aspects of culture, society, economy, and politics.

Honour-Based Violence

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317121309
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Book Synopsis Honour-Based Violence by : Nazand Begikhani

Download or read book Honour-Based Violence written by Nazand Begikhani and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ’Honour'-based violence is a form of intimate violence committed against women (and some men) by husbands, fathers, brothers and male relatives. A very common social phenomenon, it has existed throughout history and in a wide variety of societies across the world, from white European to African cultures, from South and East Asia to Latin America. The most extreme form of Honour-based violence - 'honour' killing - tragically remains widespread. Over the last decade, national and international efforts, including new policy development and activist campaigns, have begun to challenge the practice. Based on a pioneering and unique study, conducted collaboratively by the Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol, the University of Roehampton and Kurdish Women's Rights Watch, this book is at the forefront of this new and challenging policy direction.

Body Part Terms in Conceptualization and Language Usage

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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027261660
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Body Part Terms in Conceptualization and Language Usage by : Iwona Kraska-Szlenk

Download or read book Body Part Terms in Conceptualization and Language Usage written by Iwona Kraska-Szlenk and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume focuses on body part terms as the vehicle of embodied cognition and conceptualization. It explores the relationship between universal embodiment, language-specific cultural models and linguistic usage practices. The chapters of the volume add to the previous research in a novel way. The presentation of original data from previously undescribed languages spoken by small communities in Africa and South America allows to discover unknown aspects of embodiment and to propose new interpretations. Well-known languages are analyzed from a new perspective relying on the benefits of linguistic corpora. Contrastive and theoretically oriented studies help to pinpoint similarities and differences among languages, as well as tendencies in conceptualization patterns and semantic development of the lexis of body part terms. The volume contributes to the field of linguistics, but also to cognitive science, anthropology and cultural studies.

Dictionary of Midnight

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Publisher : Deep Vellum Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1646050223
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (46 download)

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Book Synopsis Dictionary of Midnight by : Abdulla Pashew

Download or read book Dictionary of Midnight written by Abdulla Pashew and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-24 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a foreword by National Book Award-winning author William T. Vollmann Dictionary of Midnight collects almost 50 years of poetry by Abdulla Pashew, the most influential Kurdish poet alive today. Pashew's poems chart a personal cartography of exile, recounting the recent political history of Kurdistan and its struggle for independence. Poet-translator Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse worked with the poet to select and translate his most iconic poems, balancing well-known, politically engaged contemporary Kurdish classics like "12 Lessons for Children" with the concise love lyrics that have always punctuated his work.

Kurdish Awakening

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Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292763018
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Book Synopsis Kurdish Awakening by : Ofra Bengio

Download or read book Kurdish Awakening written by Ofra Bengio and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kurdish Awakening examines key questions related to Kurdish nationalism and identity formation in Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. The world’s largest stateless ethnic group, Kurds have steadily grown in importance as a political power in the Middle East, particularly in light of the “Arab Spring.” As a result, Kurdish issues—political, cultural, and historical alike—have emerged as the subject of intense scholarly interest. This book provides fresh ways of understanding the historical and sociopolitical underpinnings of the ongoing Kurdish awakening and its already significant impact on the region. Rather than focusing on one state or angle, this anthology fills a gap in the literature on the Kurds by providing a panoramic view of the Kurdish homeland’s various parts. The volume focuses on aspects of Kurdish nationalism and identity formation not addressed elsewhere, including perspectives on literature, gender, and constitution making. Further, broad thematic essays include a discussion of the historical experiences of the Kurds from the time of their Islamization more than a millennium ago up until the modern era, a comparison of the Kurdish experience with other ethno-national movements, and a treatment of the role of tribalism in modern nation building. This collection is unique in its use of original sources in various languages. The result is an analytically rich portrayal that sheds light on the Kurds’ prospects and the challenges they confront in a region undergoing sweeping upheavals.

Kurdish Nationalism on Stage

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1788318692
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (883 download)

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Book Synopsis Kurdish Nationalism on Stage by : Mari R. Rostami

Download or read book Kurdish Nationalism on Stage written by Mari R. Rostami and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-27 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its emergence in the 1920s, Iraqi-Kurdish theatre was used as a tool of national identity building and modernisation. It promoted literacy, education and women's rights and became one of the most visible forms of Kurdish cultural nationalism by exploring folklore, myths, legends and local history and by celebrating heroes of the past. As time went on, by staging anti-feudalist and anti-monarchist plays, theatre became engaged in representing and legitimising the wider political movement in Iraq that ultimately led to the overthrow of the monarchy in 1958. Between 1975-1991, even under strict censorship during the Baath rule, Kurdish theatre continued to promote Kurdish nationalism and resistance through the use of Kurdish folk culture and literature. This book is based on dramatic texts from the period, interviews with Kurdish theatre artists, Kurdish theatre histories, historical documents, and journalistic accounts. It illustrates the ways in which theatre participated in the Kurdish national struggle and how it responded to political changes in different historical periods. It is the first book dedicated to Kurdish theatre and complements the latest research that examines theatre in its wider socio-political context.

No Friend but the Mountains

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Publisher : House of Anansi
ISBN 13 : 1487006845
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (87 download)

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Book Synopsis No Friend but the Mountains by : Behrouz Boochani

Download or read book No Friend but the Mountains written by Behrouz Boochani and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of Australia’s richest literary award, No Friend but the Mountains is Kurdish-Iranian journalist and refugee Behrouz Boochani’s account of his detainment on Australia’s notorious Manus Island prison. Composed entirely by text message, this work represents the harrowing experience of stateless and imprisoned refugees and migrants around the world. In 2013, Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island, a refugee detention centre off the coast of Australia. He has been there ever since. This book is the result. Laboriously tapped out on a mobile phone and translated from the Farsi. It is a voice of witness, an act of survival. A lyric first-hand account. A cry of resistance. A vivid portrait of five years of incarceration and exile. Winner of the Victorian Prize for Literature, No Friend but the Mountains is an extraordinary account — one that is disturbingly representative of the experience of the many stateless and imprisoned refugees and migrants around the world. “Our government jailed his body, but his soul remained that of a free man.” — From the Foreword by Man Booker Prize–winning author Richard Flanagan

The Cambridge History of the Kurds

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108583016
Total Pages : 1027 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)

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Book Synopsis The Cambridge History of the Kurds by : Hamit Bozarslan

Download or read book The Cambridge History of the Kurds written by Hamit Bozarslan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 1027 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Pursuit of Happiness in Times of War

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0742525929
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (425 download)

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Book Synopsis The Pursuit of Happiness in Times of War by : Carl M. Cannon

Download or read book The Pursuit of Happiness in Times of War written by Carl M. Cannon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author charts how Americans' understanding of the pursuit of happiness has changed through the years as the nation itself has changed.

History of the Present

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Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1728383080
Total Pages : 1128 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (283 download)

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Book Synopsis History of the Present by : Kamal Mirawdeli

Download or read book History of the Present written by Kamal Mirawdeli and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-01-09 with total page 1128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the Present A nation that fails to read and record its truths, will be unable, whether as individuals or society, to enjoy freedom and live with dignity I have called this book History of the Present because they are readings of the present , of the pressing passing Now-s that make history, of tomorrow’s’ yesterdays, and yesterdays of tomorrow. They are written in the heat of the events analysing backgrounds and context, seeing the event both as a process and part of the big picture. That is how a local event becomes a global one, and an apparent remote decision by an American President will have global repercussions for almost everyone in the modern globalised world and especially for countries and societies drawn to post 9/11 war on terror.Thus, viewing the current events from the standpoint of the people of Kurdistan, the articles and insights in this book will, I hope, allow you to live in history as it unfolds, with a strong moral principle guiding the mission and the vision: truth and nothing but naked truth.

The Kurds

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)

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Book Synopsis The Kurds by : Sebastian Maisel

Download or read book The Kurds written by Sebastian Maisel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This indispensable resource for Western readers about the Kurds—an ancient indigenous group that exemplifies diversity in the Middle East—examines their history, politics, economics, and social structure. The Kurds: An Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society provides an insightful examination the Kurds—from their historical beginning to today—through thematic and country-specific essays as well as important primary documents that allow for a greater understanding of the diversity and pluralism of the region. This single-volume work looks at the Kurds from a variety of angles and disciplines, including history, anthropology, economics, religion, geography, and musicology, to cover the ethnic populations of the original Kurdish homeland states as well as of the diaspora. The book evaluates sources in Kurdish (both Kurmanci and Sorani) in addition to information of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish origin to present broad, up-to-date coverage that will serve nonspecialist readers, high school and college students, and professionals, journalists, politicians, and other decision makers who require accurate perspectives on Kurdish history and culture. Additionally, an entire section of the book provides excerpts of primary sources selected for their importance to Kurdish history and identity. These 20 primary source excerpts are accompanied by introductions and analysis that enable readers to fully appreciate their political, religious, and cultural importance.