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Political Science Geopolitics

Being Kurdish in a Hostile World

by (author) Ayub Nuri

Publisher
University of Regina Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2017
Category
Geopolitics, Iran, Cultural Heritage, Iraq, Iraq War (2003-)
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780889774957
    Publish Date
    Sep 2017
    List Price
    $14.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889774940
    Publish Date
    Sep 2017
    List Price
    $29.95

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Description

In Being Kurdish in a Hostile World, Ayub Nuri writes of growing up during the Iran-Iraq War, of Saddam Hussein's chemical attack that killed thousands in Nuri's home town of Halabja, of civil war, of living in refugee camps, and of years of starvation that followed the UN's sanctions.

The story begins with the historic betrayal by the French and British that deprived the Kurds of a country of their own.

Nuri recounts living through the 2003 American invasion and the collapse of Hussein's totalitarian rule, and how, for a brief period, he felt optimism for the future. Then came bloody sectarian violence, and recently, the harrowing ascent of ISIS, which Nuri reported from Mosul.

About the author

Canadian journalist Ayub Nuri learned English at a young age and became an interpreter before studying Journalism at Columbia University and Global Politics at York University in Toronto. He has covered the Middle East for western media organizations since 2003.

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Editorial Reviews

"A moving insider's account of Kurdish conflicts, Nuri's work captures a truth more devastating than fiction." -- Letitia Montgomery-Rodgers, ForewordReviews