Kurdish Thoughts

First Kurdish President

2005-04-10T11:41:00.000-07:00

On April 6 2005, PUK leader Jalal Talabani became the first non-Arab and the first Kurd to ever become head of an Arab state. There were celebrations all over Iraq, especially up north in the Kurdish regions, even the KDP leadership and TV channel, who have long been enemies with Jalal Talabani and the PUK, sent their congratulations, they said “this was a major achievement for the Kurds”, but

"Kirkuk has never been and never will be Kurdish"

2005-03-02T19:09:00.000-08:00

The other day I was reading through Kurdish media when I saw a comment by the Shia coalition that really outraged me "Kirkuk has never been and never will be Kurdish".I was glad however that Kak Noshirwan Mustafa, replied with his no non-sense un comprimising Kurdish attitude, that he is reknowned for, by stating;"Kirkuk is a central issue to the Kurdish movement. We could have agreed with the

The near future of Kurds in Iraq

2005-02-13T18:10:00.000-08:00

So now we have the Iraqi election results, we can see at least in the short-run, where the fate of the Kurds and all Iraqis is heading and what key issues will be dealt with.Firstly I have to congradulate my Kurdish brothers and sisters for their dedication and enthusiasm during the election process. However I must admit at one point I wasn't going to vote because I was very skeptical of Americas

The Kurdish Image

2005-02-05T16:10:00.000-08:00

Whenever I turn on KURDSAT or look up anything to do with kurds on the net, or in books it seems the same image of the suffering kurd comes into mind. We as kurds have this image of being the poor suffering people who are either always getting crushed or are crying and dying. It is a pityful image of a people who can't help themselves and are always asking for help and begging for mercy, and

Election Update

2005-02-01T14:04:00.000-08:00

Hey this is a quick Election update for the elections in the Kurdistan Regiion. I got these from a trusted source, and are very reliable. Firstly in the Sleymani "Pareyzga" or Province: 742,756 People voted, and the results are (in order of highest): PUK - 516,619 (70%) KDP - 87,675 (11%) Yekgrtuy Islami - 71767 (9.73%) Komali Islami - 48,949 (6.63%) Communist - 5086 (0.69%) Socialist - 4674 (

Election Results

2005-01-30T18:31:00.000-08:00

Ok I'm going to do something different here and write about the elctions in Kurdistan, I decided to do this as there are alot of other very good blogs like Kurdos World (Who I would like to thank for his help, with my own blog), KBU and London Kurd which have already covered the topic of elections in their area. So.... after making numerous calls back home (Kurdistan) to see how the elections

Top Zarqawi Aid Capture in Iraq

2005-01-24T09:08:00.000-08:00

Before i get started on this post I want to say thanks to Swara who let me sign up to his Blogg and make posts. Iraq captures 'top Zarqawi ally' Iraq has captured the "most lethal" ally of

Kurdish Holiday Experience

2004-12-05T21:15:00.000-08:00

I Like most other Kurds make my yearly migration back home for the summer. But this is not your average, buy a ticket and get from A to B kind of holiday, NO, this is much more, this is the Kurdish Holiday Experience, one of those things that is uniquely Kurdish. You may be wandering, why I chose this subject for my first Blog? well the answer is simple, with all the talk of Airports opening in