{"product_id":"kurdish-womens-stories-9780745341149","title":"Kurdish Womens Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories of women who lived, worked and struggled in Kurdistan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'For too long, Kurdish women have either been marginalized or portrayed as passive victims. In more recent years, we have also seen media representations exoticizing Kurdish women fighting against ISIS. This book, on the other hand, provides us with intimate accounts of everyday lives and resistances of different Kurdish women, showing us not only their hardships but their courage, resolve and complex humanity'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Nadje Ali-Ali, Robert Family Professor of International Studies and Professor of Anthropology and Middle East Studies, Brown University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Captivating ... Stories both intimate and insightful. The narratives are vivid and offer an evocative sense of chaotic politics and longing of Kurdish women for love and freedom'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Dr. Shahrzad Mojab, Professor of Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, University of Toronto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A call for hospitality towards what five generations of Kurdish women carry in them - absolute love, momentary death, irredeemable losses, survival, revolts and liberations'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Fazil Moradi, Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, University of Johannesburg.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The test of a great book is that it changes the way we see things. This collection of women’s experiences is profoundly moving and full of insight.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- David McDowall, author of 'A Modern History of the Kurds'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A fascinating, inspiring journey ... A real contribution to people's history and women's studies'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Meredith Tax, author of A Road Unforeseen: Women Fight the Islamic State (Bellevue Literary Press, 2016)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Kurdish women have historically been subjected to all sorts of violence and erasure. Behind this backdrop, expressing their own truths is a politically radical stance. This book is a valuable contribution to Kurdish women's collective history-writing'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Dilar Dirik, Kurdish activist and author of The Kurdish Women's Movement (Pluto, 2021)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘These are stories of defiance and bravery on the part of women who won’t let themselves be threatened or intimidated, even when everything they have is taken away’\u003c\/p\u003e -- ‘Buzzfeed News’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction - Houzan Mahmoud\u003cbr\u003e 1. For the Execution of My Son, I Did Not Cry; There was Smoke Coming from My Soul - Told by Mother Sabria and written by Amira Mohammed \u003cbr\u003e 2. The Last Cigarette Butt Before Execution - Told by Nazanin Hasan and written by Amira Mohammed\u003cbr\u003e 3. A Stolen Childhood - Bayan Saeed\u003cbr\u003e 4. Run Away: A Vision from a Woman's Perspective - Bayan Salman\u003cbr\u003e 5. There is a Sorrow in my Heart that I Cannot Console - Susan Shahab\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Prison Speakers Played Islamic Verses - Kobra Banehi\u003cbr\u003e 7. Breaking the Bars of Home and Becoming a Peshmerga - Farah Shareefi\u003cbr\u003e 8. Fighting an Islamic Regime - Nasrin Ramazanali \u003cbr\u003e 9. Fuchsia Flower of My Brother (Nasiri Khoshkalam) - Nahiya Khoshkalam\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Explorer Who Watched from a School Window - Bayan Nassih\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Lost Photos of Engagement - Shahla Yarhussein\u003cbr\u003e 12. My Story - Diba Alikhani\u003cbr\u003e 13. At the Red Prison, They Want Workers - Rozhgaar Mustafa\u003cbr\u003e 14. On Art, Womanhood, Being the 'Other' - Avan Omar\u003cbr\u003e 15. In Search of Kurdishness: Our History, My Life - Simal (Anonymous)\u003cbr\u003e 16. \"To Be Ruken or not to Be Buket?\" - Ruken Isik\u003cbr\u003e 17. Life is an Ongoing Struggle - Khanda Rashid Murad\u003cbr\u003e 18. A Woman of the Homeland of Rojava - Nafia Aysi Hasso\u003cbr\u003e 19. A Handful of Blood - Khanda Hameed\u003cbr\u003e 20. Except for Poetry, Nothing Else Shields Me - Hero Kurda\u003cbr\u003e 21. Once Upon a Time in Rojava - Deejila Haydar\u003cbr\u003e 22. A Day at Tel-Rafiat - Seveen Jimo\u003cbr\u003e 23. This is the Story of My Life - Lanja Khawe\u003cbr\u003e 24. I Struggle for Two Types of Liberation: Gender and Human Liberation - Dashne Nariman\u003cbr\u003e 25. What Motivated me to Write? - Zhala Hussein\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404322152791,"sku":"9780745341149","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745341149.jpg?v=1730486096","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/kurdish-womens-stories-9780745341149","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}