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  1. 1. Kurds in the Crossfire: Trump's Troop Withdrawal, Statelessness and Political Interests

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Misrî Kasirga; [2024]
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    Abstract : This research adopts a theoretical framework grounded in political realism, serving as the guiding principle that shapes the analysis and drives the theory-driven exploration of President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of U.S. forces from Rojava. READ MORE

  3. 2. Migrant in Limbo : An investigation into the dehumanisation of the migrant figure during migration and integration as shown through the short stories of Hassan Blasim

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien- och Mellanösternstudier (IAM)

    Author : Rowena Blythe; [2022]
    Keywords : Migrant; migration; integration; dehumanisation; animalisation; performance; limbo; belonging; trauma; commoditisation; literature; Hassan Blasim; Iraq; Europe.;

    Abstract : In 2000, Iraqi-born film director, poet and author Hassan Blasim fled Iraq to escape persecution for his films on the forced migration of Kurds by Saddam Hussein's regime. After travelling through Europe for four years, he was granted asylum in Finland. READ MORE

  4. 3. Turkey and crimes against humanity : A case study on Turkish treatment of civilian population

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Muminovic Fata; [2021]
    Keywords : crimes against humanity; Turkey; coup d’etat; Syrian civil war; Kurdish-Turkish conflict; human rights;

    Abstract : Despite the developments in the international arena to ensure and protect human rights, evidence from around the world showcase examples of organized and systematic violations of human rights in the form of war crimes, genocides, and crimes against humanity. Turkey is one of the countries that has shown decline in the last ten years when it comes to respect for human rights. READ MORE

  5. 4. Syrian Kurds amid Violence : Depictions of Mass Violence against Syrian Kurdistan in Kurdish Media, 2014–2019

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

    Author : Abdulilah Ibrahim; [2021]
    Keywords : Ideology; Kurds; mass violence; Kurdistan Workers’ Party PKK ; Kurdistan Democratic Party KDP ; Rudaw; Firat News Agency.;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates depictions in the Kurdish media (Rudaw and Firat News Agency (ANF)) of mass violence perpetrated against Kurdish civilians in northern and northeastern Syria – an area known to Kurds as Rojava – in recent years. Articles from two media organizations were subject to mixed-method text analysis (quantitative and qualitative) to uncover how mass violence was portrayed. READ MORE

  6. 5. Identity Formation Among Kurds in Sweden: A study on second-generation immigrants

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Lawen Karim; [2020]
    Keywords : Identity; ethnicity; culture in-between; belonging; Kurdish; cultural hybridity; diaspora; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns theories of identity formation and feeling of belonging amongst people in Sweden with Kurdish background. The purpose of this thesis is to study the processes of identity and feelings of belonging among second-generation immigrants of Kurds in the Swedish society. READ MORE