The Kurdish Edition

This is the third part of a three-parts episode on the history of Kurdish-Palestinian relationship. In this part, you listen to the audio file of a talk by the late Professor Amir Hassanpour about Palestine originally titled "The Geopolitical Context of Palestine and the Israeli State." This talk was presented in 2012 at the Annual General Meeting of Independent Jewish Voices, a grassroots organization based in Canada that, as described on their website, “is grounded in Jewish tradition that...

This is the second part of a three-parts episode on the history of Kurdish-Palestinian relationship. In this part, I continue discussing the relationship between the Kurdish and Palestinian struggles for self-determination with Elif Genc. Elif is a PhD student in politics at the New School for Social Research working on Kurdish struggle in the diaspora and an adjunct professor of politics at St. John’s University and Marymount College in New York. She is also an activist in the Kurdish...

This is the first part of a three-parts episode on the history of Kurdish-Palestinian relationship. In this part, I talk to Dr. Abdel Razzaq (Abed) Takriti about his chapter in a forthcoming book titled “The Political and Cultural History of Kurds.” This book, edited by Amir Harrak, will be published by Peter Lang, and it is dedicated to the prominent Kurdish scholar Professor Amir Hassanpour, who was a long-time friend and comrade of the Palestinian People and their struggle. Dr Takriti in...

لە ئەپیزۆدی یەکەمی بەشی سۆرانی نوسخەی کوردی باسی باشووری کوردستان دەکەین. میوانی ئەورۆمان کەماڵ چۆمانی یە. چۆمانی نوسەرە لە کوردستان تایمزە و پێشتریش توێژەر بووە لە پەیمانگەی تەحریر بۆ توێژینەوە لە سیاسەتی رۆژهەڵاتی ناوەڕاست لە واشنتن. لینکی کەمپەینی ئۆنلاین: https://bit.ly/2K3mi52 سروودی دەستپێک: ''کوردایەتی'' بە دەنگی بورهان مەجید گورانی دوایی: ''گەواد'' بە دەنگی کاریگەر

In this episode, I host Kamal Chomani, a Kurdish Journalist from Başur, or Iraqi Kurdistan, to talk about the latest wave of protests in Başur and the social and political context behind it. Chomani is a former non-resident fellow at the Tahir Institute for the Middle East Policy and he is an Editor of the Kurdistan Times, an online political magazine. By the end of the episode, Chomani mentions an online petition that you can find it here: https://bit.ly/2K3mi52 Song: "Gewad" by Kariger

In this episode, I will talk about Rojhelat, Eastern Kurdistan or the Kurdish part of Iran, and the Kurdish struggle for self-determination in this part of Kurdistan. This episode is based on a recent article that I wrote for a special issue of the Middle East Report, MERIP, called “Kurdistan: One and Many.”

Di vê beşê de, ez bi lêkolîner Tahir Baykuşak re li ser Kurdên Stenbolê yên di dewra Dewleta Osmanîyan de li Stenbolê jîyayîn axivîm. Hûn ê di vê beşê de şexsîyet, mekan û komeleyên wê demê nas bikin. Muzîk: Mehmet Atli - Bazdam Bazdam

In this episode, I talk about the leading figures of the modern Kurdish music such as Qadir Dîlan, Koma Wetan, Tîpî Musîqay Silêmanî, and Koma Amed among others.

Di beşê da edîtorê Nusxeya Kurdî, Tofan Sunbul di derbarê Mûsa Anterî da axivî. Îsal, 2020, sedsalîya Apê Mûsa ye, bi vê minasebê me ev beş amade kir. Di vê beşê da hûn ê guhdarîya serpêhatîyên Anterî bikin, anektodan ji jîyana wî bibihîsîn, herweha hûn ê li gel kitêbên wî yên bi navê Birîna Reş, Qimil, Bîranînên Min û Çinara min; di derbarê Doza 49an, Wargeha Xwendekarên Dîcleyê da jî bibin xwedî agahî. Sedsalî û rojbûna Apê Mûsa Anter pîroz be! Muzîk: Metîn Kemal Kahraman - Apê Musa Koma...

Gayane Ghazaryan guest-hosts this special episode on the Kurdish broadcast of radio Yerevan and two very important Kurdish intellectuals in Armenia, Casimê Celîl and Cemîla Celîl. Gayane is an Armenian journalist and photographer based in Yerevan. You can follow her works here: evnreport.com/profiles/gayane-ghazaryan and here on Instagram: instagram.com/gayanegigi

In this episode, I talk to Ava Homa about her debut novel, Daughters of Smoke and Fire. Ava Homa is a Kurdish writer and journalist. Her first book, Echos from Other Lands(Mawenzi, Toronto, 2010) was nominated for the 2011 Frank O’Conner Short Story Prize. Homa is also the inaugural recipient of the PEN Canada-Humber College Writers-In-Exile Scholarship. She holds a Master's Degree in Creative Writing from the University of Windsor. Find out more about Ava Homa on her website here:...

Di beşa çaremîn a Podcasta Nusxeya Kurdî de edîtorê beşê Tofan Sunbul ji bo 15ê Gulanê li ser Kovara Hawarê û Cejna Zimanê Kurdî axivî. Di navbera axaftinê de jî helbestên şa'irên kovarê yên bûyin stran hene. 88 salîya Kovara Hawarê û Cejna Zimanê Kurdî pîroz be!

Ev beşa sêyemîn a podcasta Nusxeya Kurdî - نوسخەی کوردی ye. Di vê beşê de, Tofan Sonbul bi Ibrahim Keivo ra li ser Komkujîya Ermenan, Fermana Êzidîyan, Çarşema Sor, bêrikirina wî ya welatî, çîroka malbatê û jiyana wî ya hunerê axivî. Nîsan hem meha komkujîya Ermenîyan e hem jî meha Çarşema Sor a Êzidîyan e. Hem Komkujîya Ermenan hem jî ola Êzdayetîyê tesîreke zêde li ser Keivo û hunera wî kirine. Hunermend Keivo stranên xwe bi pênc zimanan –Ermenkî, Kurdî, Sûryanî, Erebî û Aşûrî– distrîne û...

Ev beşa duyemîn a podcasta Nusxeya Kurdî - نوسخەی کوردی ye. Di destpêkê de edîtorê The Kurdish Editionê Sardar Saadî li ser rewşa corona virûsê çend agahî dan û newroza îsal pîroz kir. Edîtorê Nusxeya Kurdî, Tofan Sûnbûl di vê beşê de di derbarê kurd, kitêb, komele, kovar û çapxaneyên di dewra Osmanîyan (1844) heta komara Tirkiyeyê (1923) axivî, digel vê têkilîya çapxaneyê û nasnameya kurdî jî bû mijara vê beşê. Wêne: Kongreya Xoybûnê, 1927, Libnan. Muzîk: 1. Hozan Serhad - Wûn ken 2....

Ev beşa yekemîn a podcasta Nusxeya Kurdî ye. Tofan Sûnbûl edîtorê nû yê beşa kurdî ya podcasta The Kurdish Edition - Nusxeya Kurdî - نوسخەی کوردی ye. Di vê beşê de em li ser rewşa zimanê kurdî û weşangerîya kurdî ya li bakurê Kurdistanê bi îstatîstîkan axivîn. Hûn dikarin me li ser Spotify, Apple Podcast, Twitter, Facebook, û Instagram bi navê The Kurdish Edition bişopînin. Wêne: Kamiran Bedirxan 1971an de li Swêdê zimanê kurdî hînî hemwelatîyên xwe dike. (Ji rûpela Twitterê ya Rohat Alakomî)

Janet Biehl is the author of many books and articles, a copy editor, and a graphic artist living in Burlington, Vermont, in the United States. In the late 1980s she became involved with the Left Green Network in Vermont, and for more than two decades, she advocated the theory and politics of social ecology. Janet has been tirelessly working to support the Kurdish freedom movement throughout the 2010s. She is more recently the main character of a documentary film called "Road to Rojava." She...

This episode is the first of a series to discuss Rojava and questions in regard to the role of imperialism in the region. In this episode, I talk to Justin Podur, and it is in fact a joint production with his own podcast, the Ossington Circle. Justin Podur is an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at York University, Canada. He is a writer on political conflicts and social movements, and has reported from numerous countries including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan,...

Gulay Kilicaslan guest-hosts this special episode on women in the Kurdish folk music. She introduces some of the prominent figures among Kurdish women dengbejs (folk singers) and talks about their contribution in developing Kurdish culture and music. Gulay Kilicaslan is a PhD candidate in sociology at York University.

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Professor Amir Hassanpour. Salah Hassanpour co-hosts this episode with me. After an introduction and some updates about the latest developments in regard to Amir Hassanpour's publications, Salah will read an article of Prof. Hassanpour, titled 'Wandering in Adalar Sahilinde.' You will also find an audio recording of Amir talking about the song that is the main topic of this article. I have included all the related songs to this article throughout...

In this episode, I talk to Behrouz Boochani, the author of No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison. This book is coming out in June 2019 in North America by House of Anansi Press. Boochani's book won the Victorian Prize for Literature, Australia’s richest literary prize, and the Victorian Premier’s Prize for Nonfiction. See this link to order this book and for more information: houseofanansi.com/products/no-friend-but-the-mountains