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The Kurdish Edition

by Sardar Saadi

A podcast to present stories and analyses related to the Kurdish politics, society, art and culture.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 16.3: Prof. Amir Hassanpour's Talk on Palestine in 2012

    This is the third part of a three-parts episode on the history of Kurdish-Palestinian relationship. In this part, you listen to the audio file of a talk by the late Professor Amir Hassanpour about Palestine originally titled "The Geopolitical Context of Palestine and the Israeli State." This talk...

  2. Episode 16.2: Palestina, Kurdistan! Intifada, Serhildan! w/ Elif Genc

    This is the second part of a three-parts episode on the history of Kurdish-Palestinian relationship. In this part, I continue discussing the relationship between the Kurdish and Palestinian struggles for self-determination with Elif Genc. Elif is a PhD student in politics at the New School for...

  3. Episode 16.1: The Politics and Poetics of Palestinian-Kurdish Affiliation, w/ Dr. Abed Takriti

    This is the first part of a three-parts episode on the history of Kurdish-Palestinian relationship. In this part, I talk to Dr. Abdel Razzaq (Abed) Takriti about his chapter in a forthcoming book titled “The Political and Cultural History of Kurds.” This book, edited by Amir Harrak, will be...

  4. نوسخەی کوردی ١: باشووری کوردستان لە نێوان گەندەڵی و گەنجانی سەرشەقام - وتووێژ لەگەڵ کەماڵ چۆمانی

    لە ئەپیزۆدی یەکەمی بەشی سۆرانی نوسخەی کوردی باسی باشووری کوردستان دەکەین. میوانی ئەورۆمان کەماڵ چۆمانی یە. چۆمانی نوسەرە لە کوردستان تایمزە و پێشتریش توێژەر بووە لە پەیمانگەی تەحریر بۆ توێژینەوە لە سیاسەتی رۆژهەڵاتی ناوەڕاست لە واشنتن. لینکی کەمپەینی ئۆنلاین: https://bit.ly/2K3mi52 سروودی…

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  5. Episode 15: Youth on the Streets in Iraqi Kurdistan against Corruption- Interview with Kamal Chomani

    In this episode, I host Kamal Chomani, a Kurdish Journalist from Başur, or Iraqi Kurdistan, to talk about the latest wave of protests in Başur and the social and political context behind it. Chomani is a former non-resident fellow at the Tahir Institute for the Middle East Policy and he is an...

  6. Episode 14: Rojhelat - Iran and the Kurdish Struggle for Self-Determination

    In this episode, I will talk about Rojhelat, Eastern Kurdistan or the Kurdish part of Iran, and the Kurdish struggle for self-determination in this part of Kurdistan. This episode is based on a recent article that I wrote for a special issue of the Middle East Report, MERIP, called “Kurdistan…

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  7. Nusxeya Kurdî: Beşa Şeşemîn - Hevpeyvîn li gel Tahir Baykuşak

    Di vê beşê de, ez bi lêkolîner Tahir Baykuşak re li ser Kurdên Stenbolê yên di dewra Dewleta Osmanîyan de li Stenbolê jîyayîn axivîm. Hûn ê di vê beşê de şexsîyet, mekan û komeleyên wê demê nas bikin. Muzîk: Mehmet Atli - Bazdam Bazdam

  8. Episode 13: Vanguards of Modern Kurdish Music

    In this episode, I talk about the leading figures of the modern Kurdish music such as Qadir Dîlan, Koma Wetan, Tîpî Musîqay Silêmanî, and Koma Amed among others.

  9. Nusxeya Kurdî 5: Çinareke Sedsalî / Mûsa Anter

    Di beşê da edîtorê Nusxeya Kurdî, Tofan Sunbul di derbarê Mûsa Anterî da axivî. Îsal, 2020, sedsalîya Apê Mûsa ye, bi vê minasebê me ev beş amade kir. Di vê beşê da hûn ê guhdarîya serpêhatîyên Anterî bikin, anektodan ji jîyana wî bibihîsîn, herweha hûn ê li gel kitêbên wî yên bi navê Birîna Reş,...

  10. Episode 12: Cemîla Celîl and the Kurdish Radio of Yerevan–Guest Host/ Gayane Ghazaryan

    Gayane Ghazaryan guest-hosts this special episode on the Kurdish broadcast of radio Yerevan and two very important Kurdish intellectuals in Armenia, Casimê Celîl and Cemîla Celîl. Gayane is an Armenian journalist and photographer based in Yerevan. You can follow her works here:...

  11. Episode 11: Daughters of Smoke and Fire - Interview with Ava Homa

    In this episode, I talk to Ava Homa about her debut novel, Daughters of Smoke and Fire. Ava Homa is a Kurdish writer and journalist. Her first book, Echos from Other Lands(Mawenzi, Toronto, 2010) was nominated for the 2011 Frank O’Conner Short Story Prize. Homa is also the inaugural recipient of...

  12. Nusxeya Kurdî 4: Kovara Hawar û Cejna Zimanê Kurdî

    Di beşa çaremîn a Podcasta Nusxeya Kurdî de edîtorê beşê Tofan Sunbul ji bo 15ê Gulanê li ser Kovara Hawarê û Cejna Zimanê Kurdî axivî. Di navbera axaftinê de jî helbestên şa'irên kovarê yên bûyin stran hene. 88 salîya Kovara Hawarê û Cejna Zimanê Kurdî pîroz be!

  13. Nusxeya Kurdî 3: Hevpeyvîn digel Ibrahim Keivo

    Ev beşa sêyemîn a podcasta Nusxeya Kurdî - نوسخەی کوردی ye. Di vê beşê de, Tofan Sonbul bi Ibrahim Keivo ra li ser Komkujîya Ermenan, Fermana Êzidîyan, Çarşema Sor, bêrikirina wî ya welatî, çîroka malbatê û jiyana wî ya hunerê axivî. Nîsan hem meha komkujîya Ermenîyan e hem jî meha Çarşema Sor a...

  14. Nusxeya Kurdî 2: Kurd, Kitêb, Komele, Kovar / 1844 - 1923

    Ev beşa duyemîn a podcasta Nusxeya Kurdî - نوسخەی کوردی ye. Di destpêkê de edîtorê The Kurdish Editionê Sardar Saadî li ser rewşa corona virûsê çend agahî dan û newroza îsal pîroz kir. Edîtorê Nusxeya Kurdî, Tofan Sûnbûl di vê beşê de di derbarê kurd, kitêb, komele, kovar û çapxaneyên di dewra...

  15. Nusxeya Kurdî 1: Rewşa Ziman û Weşangerîya Kurdî li Bakur

    Ev beşa yekemîn a podcasta Nusxeya Kurdî ye. Tofan Sûnbûl edîtorê nû yê beşa kurdî ya podcasta The Kurdish Edition - Nusxeya Kurdî - نوسخەی کوردی ye. Di vê beşê de em li ser rewşa zimanê kurdî û weşangerîya kurdî ya li bakurê Kurdistanê bi îstatîstîkan axivîn. Hûn dikarin me li ser Spotify, Apple...

  16. Episode 10: Road to Rojava - Interview with Janet Biehl

    Janet Biehl is the author of many books and articles, a copy editor, and a graphic artist living in Burlington, Vermont, in the United States. In the late 1980s she became involved with the Left Green Network in Vermont, and for more than two decades, she advocated the theory and politics of…

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  17. Episode 9: Rojava and Imperialism I - In Conversation with Justin Podur

    This episode is the first of a series to discuss Rojava and questions in regard to the role of imperialism in the region. In this episode, I talk to Justin Podur, and it is in fact a joint production with his own podcast, the Ossington Circle. Justin Podur is an Associate Professor of…

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  18. Episode 8: Women in Kurdish Folk Music - Guest Host/ Gulay Kilicaslan

    Gulay Kilicaslan guest-hosts this special episode on women in the Kurdish folk music. She introduces some of the prominent figures among Kurdish women dengbejs (folk singers) and talks about their contribution in developing Kurdish culture and music. Gulay Kilicaslan is a PhD candidate in…

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  19. Episode 7: Remembering Amir Hassanpour / co-host with Salah Hassanpour

    This episode is dedicated to the memory of Professor Amir Hassanpour. Salah Hassanpour co-hosts this episode with me. After an introduction and some updates about the latest developments in regard to Amir Hassanpour's publications, Salah will read an article of Prof. Hassanpour, titled 'Wandering...

  20. Episode 6: No Friend but the Mountains - Interview with Behrouz Boochani

    In this episode, I talk to Behrouz Boochani, the author of No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison. This book is coming out in June 2019 in North America by House of Anansi Press. Boochani's book won the Victorian Prize for Literature, Australia’s richest literary prize, and the...

  21. Episode 5: May Day Special - Kurdish Revolutionary Music

    Episode 5: May Day Special - Kurdish Revolutionary Music by Sardar Saadi

  22. Episode 4: The Forgotten Years of Kurdish Nationalism in Iran - Interview with Abbas Vali

    In this episode, I talk to Prof. Abbas Vali on his upcoming book, The Forgotten Years of Kurdish Nationalism in Iran. This book investigates the forgotten years of Kurdish nationalism in Iran, from the fall of the Kurdish republic in 1947 to the advent of the Iranian revolution in 1979. It sheds...

  23. Episode 3, Part 2: The History of the PKK - Interview with Joost Jongerden

    In this episode, I talk to Prof. Joost Jongerden on the history of the Kurdistan Workers' Part, PKK. This episode is divided into two parts: in the first part, we talk about the early days of the formation of the PKK and its developments until the beginning of the 1990s. In the second part, we...

  24. Episode 3, Part 1: The History of the PKK - Interview with Joost Jongerden

    In this episode, I talk to Prof. Joost Jongerden on the history of the Kurdistan Workers' Part, PKK. This episode is divided into two parts: in the first part, we talk about the early days of the formation of the PKK and its developments until the beginning of the 1990s. In the second part, we...

  25. Episode 2: Politics in Iraq and Kurdistan - Interview with Kamal Chomani

    This episode consists of two parts: in the first part, I provide some additional notes about the History of Kurdish radios, which I talked about in the first episode, and in the second part, I talk to Kamal Chomani about the current political situation and the state of critique in Iraq and...

  26. Episode 1: The History of Kurdish Radios

    This is the first episode of the Kurdish Edition, produced and hosted by Sardar Saadi. It is about the history of Kurdish radios and radio in Kurdistan.

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A podcast to present stories and analyses related to the Kurdish politics, society, art and culture.

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Sardar Saadi

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