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1	Love in a Torn Land: Joanna of Kurdistan: The True Story of a Freedom Fighter's Escape from Iraqi Vengeance more books like this by Jean Sasson From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia" comes the story of a female Kurdish freedom fighter: Joanna of Kurdistan. see all copies from £2.03! new only from £5.38! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	The Kurds: A People in Search of Their Homeland more books like this by Kevin McKiernan A gripping front-line portrait of the Kurdish people during the buildup to war and its aftermath by a journalist who has covered the region for over a decade. see all copies from £6.47! new only from £11.72! \| first editions
3	Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East more books like this by Quil Lawrence As Lawrence relates in his fascinating and timely study of the Iraqi Kurds, while their ambition and determination grow, their future will be largely dependent on whether America values a budding democracy in the region, or decides to yet again sacrifice the Kurds in the name of political expediency. see all copies from £10.35! new only from £10.35! \| first editions
4	Kiss the Dust more books like this by Elizabeth Laird Because the Iraqi secret police are looking for her father, Tara Hawrami and her family must flee the only home they have ever known and live in a brutal refugee camp. "An important contribution to the growing number of refugee stories".--Kirkus Reviews, pointered review. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £4.74!
5	My Father's Rifle: A Childhood in Kurdistan more books like this by Hiner Saleem, Catherine Temerson (Translator) This beautiful, spare narrative tells of the life of a boy named Azad--in fact the author, a Kurdish filmmaker--as he grows to manhood in Iraq during the 1960s and 1970s, resulting in a moving portrait of a boy who embraces the land and culture he loves, even as he leaves them. see all copies from £5.52! new only from £5.52! \| first editions
6	A Modern History of the Kurds more books like this by David McDowall see all copies from £14.49! first editions
7	Turkey's Kurdish Question more books like this by Henri J Barkey, Graham E Fuller, Morton I Abramowitz (Foreword by) see all copies from £7.22! new only from £27.25!
8	Hell Is Over: Voices of the Kurds After Saddam, an Oral History more books like this by Mike Tucker, Bob Kerrey (Foreword by) Long oppressed and cruelly treated, the Kurds are the world's largest ethnic group without their own nation. Kurds, who today live in a mountainous area that extends over Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria, are a fiercely proud and culturally rich people whose history is indelibly marred by political machinations and betrayal. Saddam Hussein and his Ba ... see all copies from £1.85! new only from £2.03! \| first editions
9	A People without a country : the Kurds and Kurdistan more books like this by Gérard Chaliand see all copies from £6.85! new only from £10.32! \| first editions
10	The Kurdish Question in Iraq more books like this by Edmund Ghareeb see all copies from £7.51! first editions
11	After Such Knowledge What PB more books like this by Jonathan C Randal Throughout the Kurds' history, world powers have promised to help them achieve autonomy, and each time the Kurds have been betrayed. But they are also masters of betrayal. In this book, Jonathan Randal takes us behind the headlines to the inner story of power politics in the Middle East. His sympathetic knowledge of Kurdish history and his ... see all copies from £12.77! new only from £17.90!
12 view cover	Islam, Kurds and the Turkish Nation State more books like this by Chris Houston Can Islamism, as is often claimed, truly unite Muslim Turks and Kurds in a discourse that supersedes ethnicity? This is a volatile and exciting time for a country whose long history has been characterized by dramatic power play. Evolving out of two years of fieldwork in Istanbul, this book examines the fragmenting Islamist political movement in ... see all copies from £4.65! new only from £16.37! \| first editions
13 view cover	Ataturk's Children more books like this by Jonathan Rugman Rebels of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) have been waging a guerilla war against Turkey since the mid-1980s. According to official Turkish figures, more than 15,000 people have lost their lives. As the conflict has worsened, so have the human rights abuses committed against the Kurds by the Turkish authorities but the West's view of Turkey as ... see all copies from £10.69! new only from £21.59! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Kurdish Question and Turkey: An Example of a Trans-State Ethnic Conflict more books like this by Gareth M Winrow, Kemal Kirisci, Kirisci Kemal see all copies from £19.32! new only from £27.38!
15 view cover	Primitive Rebels or Revolutionary Modernisers?: The Kurdish Nationalist Movement in Turkey more books like this by Paul J. White Protests worldwide followed the capture and trial of the Kurdish nationalist leader Abdullah Ocalan in 1999. Millions of people are now aware of the long fight by his PKK guerillas in Turkey. But where does the PKK come from? What are its aims? Who supports it? What will its future be without Ocalan to guide it? And, most important of all, is ... see all copies from £4.56! new only from £5.52!
16 view cover	Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History more books like this by Susan Meiselas see all copies from £28.25! new only from £28.34! \| first editions
17	Children of the Jinn: In Search of the Kurds & Their Country more books like this by Margaret Kahn see all copies from £6.21! new only from £15.10! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Kurds in Iraq: The Past, Present and Future more books like this by Kerim Yildiz see all copies from £14.05! new only from £14.05!
19 view cover	The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq more books like this by Brendan O'Leary (Editor), John McGarry (Editor), Khaled Salih (Editor) On March 19, 2003, the United States, the United Kingdom and a "coalition of the willing" invaded the Republic of Iraq. But one part of that state, Kurdistan, was already free from Saddam's B'athists. It was autonomous but not formally independent. The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq collects expert contributions on the consequences of the overthrow ... see all copies from £16.56! new only from £16.77! \| first editions
20	No Friends But the Mountains: The Tragic History of the Kurds more books like this by John Bulloch, Harvey Morris Using the post-war Iraqi-Kurdish rebellion as a starting point, this book provides a history of the Kurds which touches particularly on the period since the break-up of the Ottoman Empire. The book includes discussion of who the Kurds are, historically, culturally and anthropologically, as well as a brief account of Kurdistan during the Middle ... see all copies from £4.69! new only from £63.86! \| first editions
21 view cover	The Kurdish Tragedy more books like this by Gerard Chaliand This introduction to the Kurds ranges from the long-lost origins of the Kurdish people through to the latest twists and turns of post-Gulf War western policy. The book provides a detailed analysis of the political situation of the Kurds in contemporary Iran, Iraq and Turkey. It includes a history of the Kurdish Emirates from their foundation, ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £11.47! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Kurds: State and Minority in Turkey, Iraq, and Iran more books like this by James Ciment This book discusses the history and culture of the Kurds and their antagonists, explaining and assessing the state of Kurdish affairs in Iran, Iraq and Turkey, and postulating likely courses of events in the immediate future . ' see all copies from £6.21! new only from £28.66! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	The Kurdish Nationalist Movement: Opportunity, Mobilization and Identity more books like this by David Romano David Romano's book focuses on the Kurdish case to try and make sense of ethnic nationalist resurgence generally. In a world rent by a growing number of such conflicts, the questions posed about why, how and when such challenges to the state are mounted are becoming increasingly urgent. Throughout the author analyses these questions through the ... see all copies from £11.03! new only from £11.03! \| first editions
24 view cover	A Modern History of the Kurds: Third Edition more books like this by David McDowall see all copies from £17.04! new only from £20.35!
25 view cover	After Such Knowledge, What Forgiveness?: My Encounters with Kurdistan more books like this by Jonathan C Randal Jonathan C. Randal has been celebrated for more than a quarter century for his trenchant reporting on war and civil disturbances in the Third World. Here is his firsthand report on Kurdistan - a shocking, tragic account of diplomacy and politics in the Middle East, and a gripping adventure story about being a war reporter in the 1990s. Throughout ... see all copies from £6.13! new only from £12.46! \| first editions

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