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[2020]
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"The unforgettable, haunting story of a young woman’s perilous fight for freedom and justice for her brother, the first novel published in English by a female Kurdish writer. Set in Iran, this extraordinary debut novel takes readers into the everyday lives of the Kurds. Leila dreams of making films to bring the suppressed stories of her people onto the global stage, but obstacles keep piling up. Leila’s younger brother Chia, influenced by their...
3) Kurds
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Examines economic and politcal issues facing people today, information about geography, climate and history.
4) The Kurds
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
A discussion of the people known as Kurds, including their history as well as their contemporary status in the Middle East.
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"A gripping narrative by an Iran-born Kurdish journalist who joined the ranks of the Kurdish army as a sniper in the fight against ISIS. In 2002, at the age of nineteen, Azad, a young Iranian-Kurdish man, was conscripted into Iran's army and forced to fight against his own people. Refusing to go to war against his fellow Kurds, Azad deserted and smuggled himself to the United Kingdom, where he was granted asylum, became a citizen, and learned English....
6) Honor
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"An honor killing shatters and transforms the lives of Turkish immigrants in 1970s London...Tale of families, love, and misunderstandings that follows the destinies of twin sisters born in a Kurdish village. While Jamila stays to become a midwife, Pembe follows her Turkish husband, Adem, to London, where they hope to make new lives for themselves and their children. In London, they face a choice: stay loyal to the old traditions or try their best...
9) Kurds
Author
Pub. Date
c1994
Description
Describes the traditions and beliefs of the Kurdish people, focusing on the political and social problems they face as they struggle with the governments of Iran, Turkey, and Iraq to preserve their cultural identity.
10) The Kurds
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c2013
Description
Examines the genocide and persecution of the Kurdish people.
Author
Series
Khourdi trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
"Deep in the Zagros Mountains of western Persia, a young Kurdish boy is called to fight. Though he is still very much a boy - in love with his Maman, fascinated by birds, and dutiful to his stern and powerful Baba - he feigns bravery and follows his tribe into a massacre at the hands of the armies of the shah. As the only survivor, the boy is adopted by the same soldiers who killed his father and uncles, and he is told that he is no longer a Kurd...
15) Without refuge
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Forced to leave his home in war-torn Syria, thirteen-year-old Ghalib makes an arduous journey with his family to a refugee camp in Turkey. Includes glossary.
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[2021]
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"It's 1979. Olivia Murray, a secretary at a Los Angeles newspaper, is determined to become a photojournalist and make a difference with her work. When opportunity arrives, she seizes it, accompanying her Kurdish boyfriend, Delan, to northern Iraq for a family wedding, hoping to capture an image that lands her a job in the photo department. More important, though, the trip is a chance to understand Delan's childhood and bridge the differences of their...
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[2021]
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"The extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won In 2014, northeastern Syria might have been the last place you would expect to find a revolu-tion centered on women's rights. And yet that year, an all-female militia faced off against ISIS in a little town few had ever heard of. The Islamic State by then had swept across vast swaths of the country, taking town after town and spreading terror as the civil war burned all around...
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