{"product_id":"kurdistan-100-stories-from-a-future-state-paperback","title":"Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOrsola Casagrande\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMustafa G?ndoğdu\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKurdistan +100\u003c\/i\u003e poses a question to twelve contemporary Kurdish writers: might the Kurds have a country to call their own by the year 2046 - exactly a century after the last glimmer of independence (the short-lived Kurdish Republic of Mahabad)? Or might the struggle for independence have taken new turns and new forms?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the 20th century (and so far in the 21st), the Kurds have been betrayed, suppressed, stripped of their basic rights (from citizenship to the freedom to speak their own language) and had their political aspirations crushed at every turn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking anthology, Kurdish authors (including several former political prisoners, and one currently serving a 183-year sentence for his views) imagine a freer future, one in which it is no longer effectively illegal to be a Kurd. From future eco-activism, to drone warfare, to the resuscitation of victims of past massacres, these stories explore different sides of the present struggle through the metaphor of futurism to dazzling effect.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Featuring Qadir Agid, Yildiz Cakar, Selahattin Demirtas, Omer Dilsoz, Muharrem Erbey, Nariman Evdike, Ava Homa, H?seyin Karabey, Karzan Kardosi, Sema Kaygusuz, Meral Simsek \u0026amp; Jahangir Mahmood Waysi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrsola Casagrande is a Havana-based journalist and film-maker. As a journalist, she worked for 25 years for the Italian daily newspaper \u003ci\u003eil manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e, and is currently co-editor of the web magazine \u003ci\u003eGlobal Rights\u003c\/i\u003e. She writes in Italian, English, Spanish and Turkish, and speaks Kurdish and French, as well as having basic conversational skills in Farsi and the Basque language. Based between Barcelona and Havana, Orsola writes regularly on Spanish, Catalan and Basque politics, as well as the Colombia peace process. She has collaborated with international peace mediator Brian Currin on peace negotations in the Basque country, Kurdistan, and Colombia. She has translated numerous books, as well as written her own. http: \/\/www.globalrights.info\/\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 4.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42152374042759,"sku":"9781646052806","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3f4d9440754b6134aeb3af45eb2c3e38.webp?v=1733213922","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/kurdistan-100-stories-from-a-future-state-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}