On the sidelines of Mosul, the battle for Kurdish culture
By: Tanya Goudsouzian
November 27, 2016
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Th This article focuses on the Kurdish cultures and its current endangerment. The Kurds are the largest nation without a state; they have been fighting battle for centues with Saddan Hussein's Baathist army, the Ottomans, the persian, the British, and today ISIL (also know as ISIS). Today Kurds of not only fighting for their lives but to preserve their Kurdish hertitage and culture. The city of Sulaimania was founded in 1784 by an ambitious Kurdish prince to reflect the values of liberalism and cosmopolitanism. Sulaimania's residents have been at the forefront of the campaign to promote the use of the Kurdish language since the late 19th century. Today, the very identity of this city is in danger as war and economic hardships result in changes in priority - and demographics as more Kurds flee from persecuttion.The Kurdish Heritage Institute, in Sulaimania, Iraq is in need of money to keep its battle for Kurdish culture going.
This articles seems to paint the threat of one of the saddest things that can happen to an ethnic group - extinct. It very scarry to know that an particluar culture can be lost so easilt but this is what the aricle points to asa what may happen to the Kurdish culture. Becuase the Kurdish do not get the resources of media that they need. Low-funded instutes , such as the Kurdish Heritage Institute, in Sulaimania, Iraq have to fight to preserve the Kurdish heritage.
While this article does not focus on the culture of all of Iraq as a whole, buton the Kurds who made up 16% of Iraq's population. And while it does not talk about characteristic of their culture, it warns of the threat that the Kurdish culture and identity faces. This may be traced to the make up of Iraq which is mostly people of arab ethnicity, becuase Kurds are a minority in this country they are doomed to the faith that many minorites face in most country - unequal opportunity.
This articles seems to paint the threat of one of the saddest things that can happen to an ethnic group - extinct. It very scarry to know that an particluar culture can be lost so easilt but this is what the aricle points to asa what may happen to the Kurdish culture. Becuase the Kurdish do not get the resources of media that they need. Low-funded instutes , such as the Kurdish Heritage Institute, in Sulaimania, Iraq have to fight to preserve the Kurdish heritage.
While this article does not focus on the culture of all of Iraq as a whole, buton the Kurds who made up 16% of Iraq's population. And while it does not talk about characteristic of their culture, it warns of the threat that the Kurdish culture and identity faces. This may be traced to the make up of Iraq which is mostly people of arab ethnicity, becuase Kurds are a minority in this country they are doomed to the faith that many minorites face in most country - unequal opportunity.