Kurdish Studies and Student Organisation

Sociologist Besikci and Lawyer Simsek on Trial in Turkey

Posted by Janroj in Campaigns, News on 12. Jul, 2010 | No Comments

The charges are based on an article Beşikçi wrote for the Contemporary Law and Society magazine, the publication of the Istanbul Branch of the Contemporary Lawyers Association (ÇHD).

Beşikçi and also the editorial manager of the magazine, Zeycan Balcı Şimşek, are each facing prison sentences of up to 7.5 years because of the article entitled “The right of nations to self determination and the Kurds”. Read More…

Please participate in the newly formed solidarity campaign

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Vera B. Saeedpour, Scholar and Archivist of the Kurdish Culture, Dies at 80

Posted by KSSO in News on 09. Jun, 2010 | No Comments

“A chance meeting in midlife led to a lifelong interest in an obscure, long-oppressed ethnic group.”

On the 30th of May, 2010, Vera B. Saeedpour, a longtime friend to and scholar on the Kurdish nation died at the age of 80. She spent many years of her life dedicated to highlighting and raising awareness of the plight of the Kurdish nation in the Middle East, as well as helping to preserve Kurdish culture through the establishment of a library and museum.

In 1981 the first Kurdish Program in the United States was established in New York City by Vera Beaudin Saeedpour, widow of Homayoun Saeedpour, a Kurd from Sanandaj in Iran, with the aim of informing Americans of the existence and plight of his people, the fourth largest ethnic group in the Middle East. Initially operating under the aegis of Cultural Survival Inc., the Program subsequently established the Kurdish Heritage Foundation of America solely to support the Kurdish Library and Museum.

Amanj S. Yarwaessi

Learn Kurdish (Kurmanji) at SOAS University

Posted by KSSO in Community on 05. Jun, 2010 | 3 Comments

The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London offers Kurdish for beginners. If you are interested in learning Kurdish Kurmanji, please apply now. The aim of the course is to provide a thorough introduction to contemporary Kurdish.

Kurdish women organisation looks for Counselors / Legal advisers

Posted by Janroj in Campaigns, Community on 19. Mar, 2010 | No Comments

We are recruiting four female volunteers to work with us in providing professional and culturally sensitive advice and psychological support for Kurdish women who face violence. Three (3) volunteers will be working on counseling and one (1) will be working on advice and casework.

As an advice worker you will provide free, impartial and confidential advice to our clients on a wide range of issues (debt, housing, employment, welfare, immigration) including violence against women. You will research individual cases, assess problems and identify possible courses of action, guide clients to decide on the best course of action, mediate on their behalf, refer clients to other sources of help and keep up to date with appropriate legislation and policies.

Deadline: 1^st September 2010 Read More…