International Journal of Kurdish Studies articles from January 1 2005

International Journal of Kurdish Studies archives from January 1 2005

From the editor.(Poem)
January 1, 2005... Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers; James Russell Lowell The Vision of Sir Launfal Call it what we will,...

I am great and you are small.(Poem)
January 1, 2005... A sparrow swinging on a branch Once caught a passing fly. "Oh, let me live!" the insect prayed, With trembling, piteous cry. "No," said the sparrow, "You must fall, For I am great and you are small." The bird had scarce begun his...

Gorani Poetry.(Poem)
January 1, 2005... The poems that follow have been reprinted from the Anthology of Gorani Kurdish Poetry. Edited by Kurdish scholar and writer Anwar Soltani, the book was published in 1998 under the auspices of the Soane Trust for Kurdistan. Compiled by A. M....

Sey Qaji from Dersim.(Poem)
January 1, 2005... Seyide Qaji, known as Sey Qaji (1871-1936), lived in the village of Ciwarik, Dersim, and created both lyric and patriotic poetry. His poems were collected and published after his death. Koka Vasi Vas koka xo ser o royeno Teyr zone...

The Kurdish novel in Iranian Kurdistan.
January 1, 2005... One of the major difficulties regarding Kurdish literature is its fragmented character. Due to the division of Kurdish societies and the lack of political and national unity, Kurdish literature cannot now be labelled a 'national literature'...

Herakleitos.(The Poetry of Malmisanij)(Poem)
January 1, 2005... I swear Herakleitos, it is still as you said so long ago, Panta rei, panta rei everything is in flux, Polemos which we call war still persists Eternal is war, ceaseless Do you know Herakleitos, do you know what they tell us? They...

My name is forbidden, a sin.(The Poetry of Malmisanij)(Poem)
January 1, 2005... Don't say "Would you tell me your name?" Don't ask me! My name is forbidden, a sin. Paris, 1984 Translated by Leyla Tayfun

Citizen.(The Poetry of Malmisanij)(Poem)
January 1, 2005... How come our birthdays All fall on the first day of the first month of each year? You are well aware: Our "identity cards" are false Our "family names" are fictitious When are we to become citizens o citizen? Paris, 1984 ...

Yezidism: historical roots.
January 1, 2005... Kurdistan, the cradle of ancient civilizations, has seen many races, people, religions and cultures during the past few thousand years. From the beginning of classical history two old-world civilizations, Aryan and Semitic, met, formed bonds,...

"Khos Amadid": sources for Zoroastrian hospitality.
January 1, 2005... "Do good and keep your doors open to any who may come from far or near, for he who does not do good and does not keep his doors open, will find the door of Heaven and Paradise (garodhman) closed to you." (1) So sayeth the wise Adhurbadh, a...

The Yezidi Kurds' tribes & clans of south Caucasus.
January 1, 2005... From the Author Yezidi Kurds have been in the southern Caucasus under Russia for some 150 years now. The majority fled Ottoman oppression and discrimination in 1916-1918 to settle in Armenia and Georgia. Following the collapse of the...

The Magi.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... From Zenaide A. Ragozin, The Story of Media, Babylon, and Persia (Vol. II, Part 1). New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1888, p. 268ff. The sixth Median tribe on Herodotus' list bears the name of Magi. That these were the priests, forming a...

The Naqshbandi Shaikhs of Hawraman and the heritage of Khalidiyya-Mujaddidiyya in Kurdistan.
January 1, 2005... The history of the Naqshbandi order has to a great extent been recorded and studied by Western scholars as well as by the leaders of the order and their followers. Studies in this context are not, understandably, in proportion to the various...

The Kurdish community in Lebanon.
January 1, 2005... This paper provides a general background of the Kurdish community in Lebanon, including their history, geography, ethno-linguistic diversity, citizenship and socioeconomic status, and associational organization. The paper also discusses the...

The Bekhme dam project in Kurdistan Iraq: a threat to the archaeology of the archaeology of the upper Zagros river valley.
January 1, 2005... Introduction Owing to unusual circumstances in Iraq in the early 1990s the building of a dam across the Greater Zab River in the vicinity of a small village called Bekhme was stopped and the project abandoned. With this termination, the...

The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq, Brendan O'Leary, John McGarry and Khaled Salih, Eds. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005. 344 pp. The product of two conferences, one in Denmark prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the...

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... John Perkins, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. San Francisco: Berrett-Kohler Publishers, Inc, 2004. 225 pp. For the most part, Perkins' personal story reads like a James Bond novel. But the tale he tells of made-in-the-U.S.A. schemes to...

No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Reza Aslan, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam. New York: Random House, 2005. At the time of the first Gulf War in 1991 the legendary Arab historian Albert Hourani had completed his magnum opus, A History of the...

"And God created ...": creativity in Islam.
January 1, 2005... create... 1: to bring into existence <God created heaven and the earth--Gen 1:1 (AV)>.... 4 a: to produce through imaginative skill <~ a painting>...." Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed. If He will, He can be rid of...