kurds

Examines the economic and political issues facing the Kurdish people and describes their oppression under Dictator Saddam Hussein, their history, government, and communities in a post-Saddam world.

Saleem Hiner shares the story of his coming of age in the 1960s and 70s in a Kurdish village in Iraq, discussing his childhood home, his family's incarceration in a refugee camp in Iran, their lives under the rule of Saddam Hussein, his stint as a Kurdish rebel, and his decision to flee to freedom.

Describes the traditions and beliefs of the Kurdish people, focusing on the political and social problems they face as they struggle with the governments of Iran, Turkey, and Iraq to preserve their cultural identity.

A visual essay depicts the Kurdish struggle for survival and traces their little-known history.

Her father's involvement with the Kurdish resistance movement in Iraq forces thirteen-year-old Tara to flee with her family over the border into Iran, where they face an unknown future.

Describes the history, modern and traditional cultural practices and economies, geographic background, and ongoing oppression and struggles of the Kurds.

Traces the history of the Kurdish people, who live mainly in the mountainous region where the borders of Iraq, Iran, and Turkey converge, and discusses their struggles to preserve their culture and establish their own country of Kurdistan.

Presents a historical background on the Kurds while looking at controversies surrounding the group's treatment by Iraq and Turkey and whether the Kurds should be granted an independent state, and features four personal narratives.

Presents background information on the Kurds and examines the history of their ethnic conflict with other peoples in the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia.

Examines the history of the Kurdish people and discusses their status in the modern-day Middle East.