Poetry reading (Fratricide), Hawler(Erbil),17.06.1994
This poetry reading was during the fratricide wartime between KDP and PUK in Kurdistan.
Abdulla Pashew The prominent Kurdish poet .
Abdulla Pashew The prominent Kurdish poet and writer, Abdulla Pashew, is widely regarded as the most popular living Kurdish poetBorn in 1946 in Hawler, the capital city of southern Kurdistan, Abdulla Pashew attended the Teachers’ Training Institute in Hawler before travelling to the former Soviet Union where he obtained an M.A. in Pedagogy, specialising in... See More
Kurdistan, Where Poets Are More Than Poets/ by Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse/ Aug 16, 2014
Poets are setting people free, liberating thought through language. The auditorium fills. A janitor weaves through the crowd to unlock the upper balcony, and soon that fills, too. Men sit on each other’s knees, three to a seat, careful not to touch the women around them. Men fill the center aisle, flowing around the five... See More