Do the Kurds Deserve a State? (By Abboud al Jazairi)

Do the Kurds Deserve a State? (By Abboud al Jazairi)

Following WWI, a number of key Arab figures and tribesmen who had joined the Allied war effort took over the administration of former Ottoman territory in what is today’s Syria and Jordan. Led by recently coronated King Faisal of the Hashemites, they proclaimed

Dreams of Independence: Reflections on the Eve of Kurdish Referendum (By Heather Miller)

Dreams of Independence: Reflections on the Eve of Kurdish Referendum (By Heather Miller)

I first came to Kurdistan in late July of 2014. My first month was colored with constant conversations and anxiety surrounding ISIS and it’s seizure of Kurdish land. My television was fixed on news stations as my colleagues and I watched more and