Into Kurdistan: frontiers under fire

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Into Kurdistan: frontiers under fire Foreword It is extraordinary that there has been so little media coverage of the atrocities committed against the Kurdish people. I was shocked to learn about the scale of the genocide, the extent of the use of chemical weapons and the apparent lack of international outrage. I knew very little about the Kurds and am pleased to have been given such an excellent introduction to this remarkable people and their music. We follow Sheri Laizer's journey into a culture very different from her own - a journey through friendships, acceptance and marriage, from the outside to the inside. Her book provides an insight into the Kurdish way of life, especially through the songs, which are at the heart of their culture and their political struggle. It is impossible not to be moved by this extraordinary account of a proud, passionate and resilient people. Peter Gabriel


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Sheri Laizer Into Kurdistan: frontiers under fire Zed books Zed Books Ltd Into Kurdistan: frontiers under fire Sheri Laizer London and New Jersey Into Kurdistan: Frontiers Under Fire was first published by Zed Books Ltd, 57 Caledonian Road, London N1 9BU and 165 First Avenue, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, USA in 1991 Copyright © Sheri Laizer 1991 Typeset by EMS Photosetters, Thorpe bay, Essex Cover design by Sophie Buchet Cover picture: Displaced Kurdish village woman above Atatürk Dam, G.A.P. Project (Sheri Laizer) Printed and bound in the United Kingdom by Biddies of Guildford and King's Lynn British library cataloguing in publication data Laizer, S.J. (Sheri J.) 1955- Into Kurdistan : frontiers under fire. I. Middle East. Kurds, history I. Title 956.00425159 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-publication data Laizer. S. J. Into Kurdistan: frontiers under fire / Sheri Laizer. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (c.). ISBN 0-86232-898-5 (cloth) ISBN 0-86232-899-3 (paper) 1. Kurds-Turkey,- eastern - social: life and customs. 2. Kurds - civil rights - Turkey, eastern. 3. Turkey, eastern - ethnic relations. I. Title. DS51. E27L35 1991 / 91-8856 305.891 590561 - dc2G / CIP Sheri Laizer is a writer and film researcher, whose published work includes Maelstrom: Poems and Photographs (Samurai Books, 1981). She also works in the music industry, promoting Kurdish artists. ISBN 0-86232-898-5 ISBN 0-86232-899-3 pbk