These were the slogans appearing on the banners carried by several hundred Kurds from various parts of Armenia who descended on Yerevan’s Stepan Shahumyan Square on November 15th and marched towards the offices of the United Nations. The protest march was organized by the “Free Union of Kurdish Women”, an organization that works for the release of Ocalan from imprisonment and promotes raising the Kurdish national consciousness. While...
Approximately 40 million Kurds live in the world; about 20 million live in Turkey, 9 million in Iran, 6 million in Iraq, 3 million in Syria. And the rest are scattered all over the world. Almost any European country has a Kurdish Diaspora; the largest community is 1 million people and is registered in Germany.
Passers-by would stop in surprise at the wide open gates out of which songs emanated in an unknown language and a group of people were performing a simple dance - two steps forward, two steps back - for a long, long time, to seemingly endless music.
“Let there be faith; the objects of worship will appear.” Valentin Domil said. The Kurdish village of Rya Taza has both in abundance. Yet the strongest faith here is faith in the miraculous power of Dayki Shiro, or Mother Milk.