Tag: Kurdistan
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S4E12 – Kurdish peace processes in Turkey and Syria
Today we speak to Kurdish journalist and analyst Kamal Chomani. There have been some significant developments in the situation of Kurdish liberation politics in both Turkey and Syria – including the PKK guerilla army voluntarily dissolving and the autonomous Rojava administration joining the new Syrian government. We hear from Kamal what these developments might mean for…
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S2E29 – Working for human rights in Palestine and Kurdistan
Today we hear what it’s like working for human rights in Palestine and Iraqi Kurdistan. I have a chat with Rebekah Dowling and Jasmine Pilbrow about their experiences working with Community Peacemaker Teams. Originally broadcast 17/03/23
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S2E26 – Iraqi Kurdistan part 2 – Choman Hardi and Nayef Sabri
Today I speak to two courageous people working for a better future in Kurdistan and Iraq – feminist poet, author and academic Choman Hardi; and Yazidi man Nayef Sabri who as head of the Sunrise NGO is trying to rebuild Yazidi community in Iraq after Islamic State tried to wipe the ancient religious group off…
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S2E25 – Iraqi Kurdistan part 1 – Kamaran Osman
Today we talk with Kamaran Osman about politics in Iraqi Kurdistan, peacemaking work here, and what it was like to be a part of the Arab/Kurdish Spring wave of protest movements sweeping across the Middle East back in 2011. Originally broadcast 19/05/23
