Kurdish people Kurdish people Abdollah Ramezanzadeh (عبدالله رمضانزاده in Persian), also spelled Ramazanzadeh, was the former spokesman and secretary of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran during the presidency of Muhammad Khatami. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abdollah Ramezanzadeh"
Abdul Rahman Mustafa, The Kurdish mayor- governor of Kirkuk, was elected in 2003 by multiethnic Kirkuk City Council under supervision of Coalition Provisional Authority in Post- Saddam Hussein Iraq. Has a law degree from Baghdad University. Visited Dallas, Texas as part of partners for peace, an International Goodwill agreement with Dallas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abdul Rahman Mustafa"
Abdulla Goran, ( 1904- 1962) was a Kurdish poet. He undoubtedly brought about a revolution in Kurdish poetry, and is also called the father of modern Kurdish literature. At this time Kurdish poetry was loaded with hundreds of years of foreign heritage, especially Arabic. Goran cleared his poetry of this influence and gave it a form, rhythm, language and content which was based on Kurdish reality and Kurdish culture, nature and folkloric traditions. The Arabic meter ('urûz), much used in all Muslim Oriental poetry, was exchanged for patterns from old Kurdish folk songs, and the vocabulary was purified of Arabic and other languages.
==Life==
Born Abdulla Sulaeiman in Halabja in 1904, he studied in Kirkuk. When his father and elder brother died, he left school and worked as a teacher for several years in the Hawraman region. In the 1940s when the Allies established a Radio Station in Jaffa, Goran served as Kurdish staff member. Active in the Iraqi Communist Party he was arrested and tortured many times during the period of the monarchy. Untill 1954, he was editor for the jounal Jîn (Life). In early 1959, he gained the position as editor in chief for the journal Shafaq (dawn, later changing name to Bayan). He was appointed a lecturer at the Department of Kurdish language and literature at the University of Baghdad in autumn 1960.
As a member of the Iraqi Committee of peace and solidarity he often traveled to the former Soviet Union. He became ill with cancer and died in Kurdistan on November 18, 1962.
==Works==
The dominant themes in Goran's poetry are his ideal of freedom and his love for Kurdistan, for women and for nature. His way of depicting nature is unique within Kurdish literature. Here and through other aspects Goran reveals a familiarity with the leading European modernist poets.
Goran went through three different periods in his literary career. This is evident in both the content and the form of his poetry. First he went through a classic period following the footsteps of his predecessors.
Then he went into a romantic period, where women and nature were the most dominant themes. He started to transform traditional patterns of poetry. Characteristically Goran often sees the woman in Nature
and Nature in the woman as in the poem Beauty and the woman. In his mature years, Goran turned to free verse as a means of expressing his political commitment to his people's fight for freedom and the working class struggle. He exposed, in his subtle and innovative poetry, gender discrimination against women, specially honor killing. He strongly condemned honor killing in one of his poems, Berde-nûsêk (A Tomb-Stone).
Throughout the last years of his writing, however, one will observe how a progressively stronger political tendency in the end overshadows and weakens the aesthethic aspects of Goran's poetry.
Goran published his poems, articles and translations in majority of the Kurdish journals and newspapers between early 1930's and until his death. During his lifetime, two collections of his poetry were published, "Paradise & Memory" and Firmêsk û Huner (Tears & Art) in 1950. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abdulla Goran"
Abdulla Pashew, or Ebdulla Peşêw, is a well known Kurdish poet. He was born in 1946 in Hewlêr, Iraqi Kurdistan, he studied at the Teachers Training Institute in Hewlêr ( Erbil). He participated in the Foundation Congress of the Kurdish Writers' Union in Baghdad in 1970. In 1973 he went to the former USSR where six years later, he earned a Master of Arts in pedagogy, specializing in foreign languages. In 1984 the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences awarded him a Ph.D. in Philology. From 1985 to 1990, he lectured at Alfatih University in Libya. Since 1995 he has lived in Finland. His first poem was published in 1963, his first collection in 1967. Since then he has published 8 collections, the latest, Berew Zerdeper(Towards the Twilight), was published in Sweden in 2001. He has also translated many distinguished writers and poets, in particular Walt Whitman and A. S. Pushkin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abdulla Pashew"
Abdullah Öcalan (b. 1948) also known as Serok Apo among his supporters, is the leader of the armed militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). ...more on Wikipedia about "Abdullah Öcalan"
Mala Ahmade Bate or Bateyi, (Mela Ehmedê Batê or Melayê Batê in Kurdish), ( 1417 – 1491), was a Kurdish poet and cleric. His real name was Hussein. He belonged to the Artushi tribe. He was born in Bate, a village in Hakkari Province, in present-day south-eastern Turkey. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ahmade Bate"
Abu-Bakr Malik Al-Adil I (also known as Saphadin) ( 1145- 1218) was an Ayyubid-Egyptian general and ruler. ...more on Wikipedia about "Al-Adil I"
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Abu-Hanifa Ahmad ibn Dawud Dinawari or Al-Dinawari ( 828 - 889) was a Kurdish botanist, historian, geographer, astronomer and mathematician. He was born in Dinawar, (north-east of Kermanshah in present-day western Iran). He studied astronomy, mathematics and mechanics in Isfahan and philology and poetry in Kufa and Basra. He died on July 24, 896 at Dinawar. His most renowned contribution is Book of Plants. He is considered among the very first writers to discuss about the ancestory of the Kurds. He wrote a book about this subject called Ansâb al-Akrâd (Ancestry of the Kurds). ...more on Wikipedia about "Al-Dinawari"
al-Kamil Muhammad al-Malik (الكامل محمّد الملك ) (died 1238) was an Ayyubid sultan of Egypt, praised for defeating two crusades but also vilified for returning Jerusalem to the Christians. ...more on Wikipedia about "Al-Kamil"
(Al-Shahrazuri) Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Mahmud Shahrazuri was a 13th century Kurdish physician and philosopher of the Ilkhanate and late Abbasid era of Iran. ...more on Wikipedia about "Al-Shahrazuri"
Alaaddin Sajadi or Alauddin Sajjadi, ( 1907- 1984), was a Kurdish writer, poet and academic. He was born in Iraqi Kurdistan. He finished his religious studies and became a cleric in 1938. He began working in the field of journalism in 1939, and became the Editor-in-Chief of the Kurdish journal Gelawêj in 1941. In 1948, he published a journal in Kurdish and Arabic named Nizar. In the period 1958- 1974, he taught Kurdish literature and history of Kurdsih literature at the university of Baghdad. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alaaddin Sajadi"
Ali Ashraf Darvishian is a Kurdish ethnic Iranian story writer and scholar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ali Ashraf Darvishian"
Abu al-Hasan Ali 'izz al-Din ibn al-Athir ( 1160 - 1233) was a Kurdish/ Islamic historian born in Cizîre in present-day south-eastern Turkey, from the Ibn Athir family. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ali ibn al-Athir"
Ali Taramakhi or Elî Teremaxî, was a Kurdish linguist and writer in 16th century. He is credited for writing the first Arabic grammar book in the Kurdish language in 1591. His book is titled, Serfa Kurmancî or Tesrîf. He wrote the book in order to allow Kurdish pupils to learn and study Arabic more easily. This work was later expanded by Male Younis Halkataini (died 1785). The book has 33 chapters covering different aspects of the Arabic grammar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ali Taramakhi"
Amir Hassanpour, ( 1943- ), is a prominent Kurdish scholar and researcher. He was born in Mahabad, in north-western Iran. He received Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in English language in 1964 from University of Tehran. He taught in the secondary schools of Mahabad in the period of 1965-66. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amir Hassanpour"
Arjang Kamkar( Persian: ارژنگ کامکار) (born in 1956) is a Kurdish ethnic Iranian musician. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arjang Kamkar"
Arsalan Kamkar( Persian: ارسلان کامکار) (born in 1960) is a Kurdish ethnic Iranian musician. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arsalan Kamkar"
Asenath Barzani, (1590-1670), was a renowned Jewish- Kurdish woman who lived in Mosul, Iraq. She was among the very first Jewish women to become a Rabbi. She was the daughter of the illustrious Rabbi Samuel Barzani. She belonged to the mystical school of Kabbalah. ==The Life of Rabbi Asenath== Until the modern era, very few women were given the title of "Rabbi". But sometimes a woman’s wisdom and learning were so exceptional that this title was given to her. After Rabbi Barzani died, many Jews made pilgrimages to his grave in Amadiyah in Iraqi Kurdistan. Rabbi Asenath was the daughter of Rabbi Samuel Barzani, who headed many yeshivas during his lifetime, and whose authority in Kurdistan was absolute. He was a master of Kabbalah, and he was said to have taught the secrets of Kabbalah to his daughter,Asenath. His daughter adored her father, whom she regarded as a king of Israel. He was her primary teacher, and after his death she took over many of his duties. Not only did Asenath serve as a rabbi, but she became the head of the Yeshivah of Mosul, and eventually became known as the chief teacher of Torah in Kurdistan. In another source, it is said that, "Asenath Barzani in sixteenth-century Kurdistan supplicates the Torah sages of Amadiya so she can support the yeshiva her husband established in Mosul until her young son could take over"(see [https://www.hadassah.org/news/content/per_hadassah/archive/2000/AugSept/resvoi.html]). ==A Flock of Angels== She was a poet and an expert on Jewish literature, and there are many Kurdish legends about the miracles she performed, such as the one described in “A Flock of Angels”. After Rabbi Samuel died, he often came to his daughter in dreams. He would reveal dangers to her and tell her how to ward them off, saving many lives. On one occasion, inspired by her father, she encouraged the Jews of Amadiyah to celebrate Rosh Hodesh outdoors, despite dangers from their enemies. As they proceeded with the celebration, there were shouts and they saw flames shoot up into the sky. The synagogue had been set on fire! Thank God, no one had been inside it. At that very moment, Rabbi Asenath whispered a secret name, one that she had learned from her father. The people saw a flock of angels descending to the roof of the synagogue. The angels beat the flames with their wings, until every last spark had been put out. Then they rose up into the heavens like a flock of white doves and were gone. And when the smoke cleared, they saw that another miracle had taken place: the synagogue had not burned. Nor was a single letter of any of the Torahs touched by the flames. And they were so grateful to Rabbi Asenath that they renamed the synagogue after her, and it is still standing to this day. ==References== * "A Flock of Angels:A Rosh Hodesh Tale" in the Jewish Storytelling Newsletter, Vol.15, No.3, Summer 2000 *[https://www.hadassah.org/news/content/per_hadassah/archive/2000/AugSept/resvoi.html Rescuing Voices By Rochelle Furstenberg, Haddassah Magazine,August/September 2000 Vol. 82 No. 1] * Asenath, Barzani, "Asenath's Petition", First published in Hebrew by Jacob Mann,ed., in Texts and Studies in Jewish History and Literature, vol.1, Hebrew Union College Press, Cincinnati, 1931. Translation by Peter Cole. ...more on Wikipedia about "Asenath Barzani"
Azad is a German rapper. He came from the kurdish part of Iran as the child of a Kurdish family of refugees. In hip hop culture, he found his home according to laut.de. He became a member of multicultural, radical rappers Asiatic Warriors, who rapped mainly in English, but also Turkish and German. ...more on Wikipedia about "Azad (rapper)"
Bahman Ghobadi (born February 1 1969) is a Kurdish Iranian film director. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bahman Ghobadi"
Dr Barham Salih (born 1960) is a Western educated politician, he received a BSc in civil and structural engineering at Cardiff University and a MSc in statistics and computer modelling at Liverpool University. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barham Salih" www.shortopedia.com Dreamteam.
Benazir Bhutto (b. 21 June 1953 in Karachi) became the first woman to lead a Muslim country in modern times when she was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988, only to be deposed 20 months later by the President of Pakistan Ghulam Ishaq Khan using the 8th Amendment to dissolve the parliament and allowing for re-elections within 90 days. She was re-elected in 1993 but was dismissed three years later amid various corruption scandals by the then President of Pakistan Farooq Leghari again using his discretionary powers under the 8th Amendment. Some of these scandals involve contracts awarded to Swiss companies during her regime. She was convicted by a Swiss court and has filed a petition on the decision which remain unresolved. Her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, has been implicated as well, and remained in jail until November 2004. Her involvement in a number of politically motivated assasinations, including that of her brother, are still being investigated. ...more on Wikipedia about "Benazir Bhutto"
Cigerxwîn or Cegerxwîn (transliteration in English: Jigarkhwin),( 1903- 1984) was a famous Kurdish poet and writer. His real name was Sheikhmous Hasan. He was born in 1903 in the Kurdish village of Hesar close to city the of Mardin within the then Ottoman Empire, now in south-east Turkey. In 1914, in the beginning of the World War I, his family became refugees and they fled to Amude near Qamishli in present-day north-eastern Syria. He studied theology and became a cleric in 1921. He and his friends established a Kurdish association in the city of Amude. In 1946, he moved to the city of Qamishli, and became involved in politics. In the same year, he became the secretary of Civata Azadî û Yekîtiya Kurd(Kurdish Freedom and Union Front). In 1948, Cegerxwîn became a member of Communist Party of Syria and a candidate of Communist Party for the Syrian Parliament in 1954. He left the communist party in 1957 to create the Azadî (Freedom) organization. After a while, this new party was united with the Kurdish Democratic Party of Syria. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cigerxwîn"
Yonis Reuf (1917-1948) known as Dildar, was a Kurdish poet. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dildar"
Ebdulrehman Qasimlo,( 1930- 1989), was an Iranian- Kurdish politician from Eastern Kurdistan (Kurdistana Rojhilat - also known as Iranian Kurdistan). He was born on December 22nd, 1930 in Ûrmiyeh, Kurdistan, from father Mihemed Qasimlo and Assyrian christian mother Nana Jan Timsar. He was the leader of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (Partiya Demokrata Kurdistana Îranê - PDKÎ) from 1973 to 1989. He was assassinated on July 13th, 1989 by the Iranian authorities. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ebdulrehman Qasimlo"
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