Hakan Özoğlu, a professor of history at the University of Central Florida, is the author of "Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State." Updated July 5, 2014, 10:58 AM When the collapse of the ...

With Kurdistan's history of holding its ground despite society's belief in borders and war games in the neighboring Syrian conflict, territorial disputes were apt to erupt in Iraq. And they have.

The map of "historic Kurdistan" seems to be a reminder from the Kurdish members of Iraq's constitutional committee they don't want their people to be sidelined in the Shiite-Sunni haggling over ...

Sunday, Jul 06, 2014. Dubai: If Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani’s push for independence, his intent made clear in a recent announcement, is successful and Iraq is dismembered, analysts ...

Rise of a Kurdish state in Iraq will affect neighbouring countries with Kurdish communities The president of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, Massud Barzani (C) leaves after a session of the ...

Kurdistan, Somaliland, and Kosovo have rich histories, but decades of conflict jeopardize their preservation. These unsung heroes persevere to save their cultural heritage.

Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History By Susan Meiselas University of Chicago Press 472 pp., $49. ... postcards, maps, and other pieces of oral history.

The campaign, which began over the weekend with Iraqi forces moving to control the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, has grown to include areas that Kurds had claimed after the U.S. invasion in 2003.The ...

The Art of Freedom: A Brief History of the Kurdish Liberation Struggle ... Havin Guneser has provided an expansive definition of freedom and democracy and a road map to help usher in a new era of ...

BOULDER — A Kurdish delegation in Colorado retrieving cached documents detailing Iraqi persecution say Kurdish fighters can provide the increasingly sought ground force to defeat the Islamic ...

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