Sebastian Maisel, PhD, is associate professor of Arabic and Middle East studies at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I: Thematic EssaysOrigins and HistoryGeographyPolitical Systems and PartiesReligionConflicts and IssuesSocial Organization and Family LifeGender RolesHousing and SettlementsLife and WorkEducationLanguageLiteratureMediaFood and DressMusicCinemaPart II: Country ProfilesFranceGermanyIranIraqIsraelLebanonRussia and TranscaucasiaSwedenSyriaTurkeyUnited StatesPart III: DocumentsSharafnamaThe Kurdish ShanamaMem and ZinReport by the British Consul on the Sheikh Ubeydullah Revolt in 1880–1881Sureya, Jaladet, and Kamuran BedirkhanTreaty of Sèvres, August 10, 1920Sherif Pasha's "Memorandum on the Claims of the Kurd People" to the Conference of Peace in Paris on February 6, 1919Khoybun (also known as Hoybun and Hoyboon)The Legacy of Qazi MohamedThe Manifesto of March 11, 1970The 1975 Algiers AgreementHawarMuhammad Talab Hilal's 12-Point Memorandum and the Syrian Population Census of 1962Democratic ConfederalismKriveArticle 140 of the New Iraqi Constitution from 2005The Social Charta of West Kurdistan (Rojava)Yezidi Sacred HymnsGlossarySelected BibliographyAbout the Editor and ContributorsIndex

Overall, this is an excellent introductory reference for college-level audiences who have little to no background on the Kurds.

Sebastian Maisel, PhD, is associate professor of Arabic and Middle East studies at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I: Thematic EssaysOrigins and HistoryGeographyPolitical Systems and PartiesReligionConflicts and IssuesSocial Organization and Family LifeGender RolesHousing and SettlementsLife and WorkEducationLanguageLiteratureMediaFood and DressMusicCinemaPart II: Country ProfilesFranceGermanyIranIraqIsraelLebanonRussia and TranscaucasiaSwedenSyriaTurkeyUnited StatesPart III: DocumentsSharafnamaThe Kurdish ShanamaMem and ZinReport by the British Consul on the Sheikh Ubeydullah Revolt in 1880–1881Sureya, Jaladet, and Kamuran BedirkhanTreaty of Sèvres, August 10, 1920Sherif Pasha's "Memorandum on the Claims of the Kurd People" to the Conference of Peace in Paris on February 6, 1919Khoybun (also known as Hoybun and Hoyboon)The Legacy of Qazi MohamedThe Manifesto of March 11, 1970The 1975 Algiers AgreementHawarMuhammad Talab Hilal's 12-Point Memorandum and the Syrian Population Census of 1962Democratic ConfederalismKriveArticle 140 of the New Iraqi Constitution from 2005The Social Charta of West Kurdistan (Rojava)Yezidi Sacred HymnsGlossarySelected BibliographyAbout the Editor and ContributorsIndex

Overall, this is an excellent introductory reference for college-level audiences who have little to no background on the Kurds.

Sebastian Maisel, PhD, is associate professor of Arabic and Middle East studies at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I: Thematic EssaysOrigins and HistoryGeographyPolitical Systems and PartiesReligionConflicts and IssuesSocial Organization and Family LifeGender RolesHousing and SettlementsLife and WorkEducationLanguageLiteratureMediaFood and DressMusicCinemaPart II: Country ProfilesFranceGermanyIranIraqIsraelLebanonRussia and TranscaucasiaSwedenSyriaTurkeyUnited StatesPart III: DocumentsSharafnamaThe Kurdish ShanamaMem and ZinReport by the British Consul on the Sheikh Ubeydullah Revolt in 1880–1881Sureya, Jaladet, and Kamuran BedirkhanTreaty of Sèvres, August 10, 1920Sherif Pasha's "Memorandum on the Claims of the Kurd People" to the Conference of Peace in Paris on February 6, 1919Khoybun (also known as Hoybun and Hoyboon)The Legacy of Qazi MohamedThe Manifesto of March 11, 1970The 1975 Algiers AgreementHawarMuhammad Talab Hilal's 12-Point Memorandum and the Syrian Population Census of 1962Democratic ConfederalismKriveArticle 140 of the New Iraqi Constitution from 2005The Social Charta of West Kurdistan (Rojava)Yezidi Sacred HymnsGlossarySelected BibliographyAbout the Editor and ContributorsIndex

Overall, this is an excellent introductory reference for college-level audiences who have little to no background on the Kurds.