Culture

Jalal Talabani’s 1980 Letter to A Naqashbandi Sheikh: Civil War in East Kurdistan and its Relevance Today

In recent weeks, religious scholar Mullah Hama Yousef Kochar has found himself at the center of a political storm that reaches back nearly half a century. Kocher’s controversial memoirs, and a long-forgotten letter from a Kurdish political leader, have rekindled debate over Kurdish infighting, foreign patrons, and who controls the story of the past. Kochar […]