The War of Hostages
Hawar Mohammed examines how immigrants become political hostages in Turkey–Europe relations, reading the crisis through Levinas and Derrida’s ethics of hospitality, otherness, and responsibility.
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Daughters of Smoke and Fire: An Authentic Kurdish Literary Voice
Kevin McKiernan and Abbas Vali examine *Daughters of Smoke and Fire*, exploring its portrayal of Kurdish identity, gender oppression, political violence, exile, intergenerational trauma, and the struggle for self-liberation.
A Statement in Support of Zara Mohammadi
A group of prominent academics and researchers condemns the prison sentence imposed on Kurdish language teacher Zara Mohammadi and calls for her acquittal and an end to discriminatory policies against non-Persian languages in Iran.
The nurses don’t want chocolate medals; from solitary confinement to siege and quarantine.
Through Zanyar Omrani’s documentary Solitary Confinement, Awat Poury traces the connections between imprisonment, the siege of Sanandaj and pandemic quarantine. Drawing on Youssef Ardalan’s memories, archival images and the nurses’ struggles in France, the article revisits the violence of 1979–80 in Kurdistan and examines how official media narratives erased democratic demands and medical workers’ resistance.
