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A Thousand Sighs, a Thousand Revolts: Journeys in Kurdistan


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Éditeur : Random House Date & Lieu : 2004, New York & Toronto
Préface : Pages : 406
Traduction : ISBN : 0-345-46892-9
Langue : AnglaisFormat : 160x245 mm
Code FIKP : Liv. Eng. Bir. Tho. N°4675Thème : Général

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A Thousand Sighs, a Thousand Revolts: Journeys in Kurdistan

A Thousand Sighs, a Thousand Revolts: Journeys in Kurdistan

Christiane Bird


Random House


Though the Kurds played a major military and tactical role in the United States recent war with Iraq, most of us know little about this fiercely independent, long-marginalized people. Now acclaimed journalist Christiane Bird, who riveted readers with her tour of Islamic Iran in Neither East nor travels through this volatile part of the world to tell the Kurds story, using personal observations and in-depth research to illuminate an astonishing history and vibrant culture.
For the twenty-five to thirty million Kurds, Kurdistan is both an actual and a mythical place: an isolated, largely mountainous homeland that has historically offered sanctuary from the treacherous outside world and yet does not exist on modern maps. Parceled out among the four nation-states of Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and Iran after World War I, Kurdistan is a divided land with a tragic history, where the indomitable Kurds both celebrate their ancient culture and fight to control their own destiny. Occupying some of the Middle East’s most strategic and richest terrain, the Kurds are the fourth-largest ethnic group in the region and the largest ethnic group in the world without a state to call their own.

Whether dancing at a Kurdish wedding in Iran, bearing witness to the destroyed Kurdish countryside in southeast Turkey, having lunch with a powerful exiled agha in Syria, or visiting the sites of Saddam Husseins horrific chemical attacks in Iraq, the intrepid, insightful Bird sheds light on a violently stunning world seen by few Westerners.
Part mesmerizing travelogue, part action-packed history, part reportage, and part cultural study, this critical kook offers timely insight into an unknown but increasingly influential part of the world. Bird paints a moving and unforgettable portrait of a people uneasily poised between a stubborn past and an impatient future.

Ckristiane Bird is the author of Neither East nor West: One Woman’s Journey Through the Islamic Republic of Iran and The Jazz and Blues Lover’s Guide to the U S., and coauthor of Below the Line: Living Poor in America A graduate of Yale University, she lives in New York City.


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Contents

Acknowledgments / xi
Author’s Note / xv
Preface / xvii
Map / 2

Through the Back Door / 3
Arrival / 18
The Little Engine That Could / 36
After al-Anfal / 55
Disturbances / 69
Balancing Acts / 87
Questions of Honor / 102
The Cult of the Angels / 120
From Kings to Parliamentarians / 142
Invitations / 160
Along the Hamilton Road, with Side Trips 177
In the Land of the Babans / 198
Judgment Day / 214
Safe Havens / 228
Syrian Interlude / 248
Of Politics and Poetry / 260
Land of Lions / 281
"Happy Is He Who Calls Himself a Turk" / 303
Alone After Dark / 325
Not for Money / 349
Kurds Among Nations / 364

Notes / 377
Bibliography / 385
Index / 389




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