Overview

In Being Kurdish in a Hostile World, Ayub Nuri writes of growing up during the Iran-Iraq War, of Saddam Hussein's chemical attack that killed thousands in Nuri's home town of Halabja, of civil war, of living in refugee camps, and of years of starvation that followed the UN's sanctions. The story begins with the historic betrayal by the French and British that deprived the Kurds of a country of their own. Nuri recounts living through the 2003 American invasion and the collapse of Hussein's totalitarian rule, and how, for a brief period, he felt optimism for the future. Then came bloody sectarian violence, and recently, the harrowing ascent of ISIS, which Nuri reported from Mosul.

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Author:   Ayub Nuri Muhammed Salih
Publisher:   University of Regina Press
Imprint:   University of Regina Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9780889774940

ISBN 10:   0889774943
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   16 September 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

The Wrong Place The Mud House The Dry Mulberry One Drop of Blood The Tobacco Farm A Stray Black Dog Escape Saryas Camp Two Hotheaded Men Winds of Death The Second Camp Return Shining Shoes Revenge A Poisonous Legacy The Second Exodus Hunger The Wrong Colour Homemade Guns My First Words in English Shortwave Radio Meeting My Hero Looking for a Job One Spy Among Many The Last War Crossing a River Chasing the Front Line Thank You, Mr. Bush Thieves or American Allies? Inside Saddam’s House My First Time in Baghdad The Prison Town A Dream Come True Disturbing the Bones Marshes and Shrines Driving in the Wrong Country Smugglers Between Heaven and Hell Picking Up the Pieces They Came to Baghdad Feasting on Scraps The Honeymoon Ends My Name is Osama Silent Grief A Family Doomed From Insurgency to Civil War Wild Rabbits Settling Old Scores Back to Square One Lucky Survivor The Red Zone Out of the Ashes The Impending Split Acknowledgements Chronology of Historical Events

Reviews

https: //www.pri.org/stories/2017-09-12/kurds-have-long-list-reasons-seeking-independence--Public Radio International Kurds have a long list of reasons for seeking independence A moving insider's account of Kurdish conflicts, Nuri's work captures a truth more devastating than fiction. -- Letitia Montgomery-Rodgers, Foreword Reviews

"""A moving insider's account of Kurdish conflicts, Nuri's work captures a truth more devastating than fiction."" -- Letitia Montgomery-Rodgers, Foreword Reviews ""This memoir is a valuable first-hand account by a Kurd of what life has been like in Iraq for the Kurds. As such it is a rare thing. We need more like it to understand this persecuted and stateless people."" Fathom"

Author Information

Canadian journalist Ayub Nuri learned English at a young age and became an interpreter before studying Journalism at Columbia University and Global Politics at York University in Toronto. He has covered the Middle East for western media organizations since 2003.

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