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Halabja gas attack survivor reunited with mother
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 - 10:58 PM

A man who as a baby survived a chemical attack on the Iraqi city of Halabja in 1988 has been reunited with his mother.


Ali Pour made his way back to Halabja after growing up in Iran

Ali Pour was taken to Iran by Iranian soldiers who stormed the Kurdish city days after the gas attack by Saddam Hussein's forces.

Mr Pour, now 21, had to wait for the results of a DNA test before it could be determined whose son he was.

His mother, whose husband and six other children had all died in the attack,

Zaynab Jalalian’s Letter to the world’s Conscience
Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 11:34 PM
Ms. Zaynab Jalalian a 27-year old Kurdish woman has been sentenced to death by the Iranian government. Attached are her letter to the World's conscience, and the KNC PR about her situation.
 
You can also visit us at www.kncna.org
 
Regards,
KNC-North America
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News from the KNC Public Relations Committee

Kurdish National Congress of North America

 

Zaynab Jalalian’s Letter to the world’s Conscience

 

The Kurdish

شاروجكه ئ مه زني
Monday, November 23, 2009 - 8:40 PM

شاروجكه ئ مه زني  


ئافره تئ كريلا هومه يلا جرخو نوسين ئامينه محمود علئ
Monday, November 23, 2009 - 8:30 PM

ئافره تئ كريلا

Found in Kurdistan: "King Tut"
Friday, February 13, 2009 - 8:19 AM

Dohuk, Iraq - A Kurdish archaeological expedition announced on Thursday that it had found a small statue of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen in northern Iraq, a Kurdish news agency reported.

Hassan Ahmed, the director of the local antiquities authority, told the Kurdish news agency Akanews that archaeologists had found a 12-centimeter statue of the ancient Egyptian king in the valley of Dahuk, 470 kilometres north of Baghdad, near a site that locals have long called Pharaoh's

Turkish Bath
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 8:53 AM
The Atlantic

Turkish Bath


Après le déluge: This 14th century tower would remain above water—unlike almost everything in this view from it.
(Photo credits: Christina Davidson)


Turkish Bath

by:Christina Davidson

Life moves slowly in Hasankeyf, a town on the banks of the Tigris in the heavily Kurdish region of far southeastern Turkey. Geography and political unrest have kept the modern world largely at bay. During my recent visit, Ali, a local artisan, demonstrated his trade for me—weaving

ISPH Calls for an end to the Illegal Imprisonment, Torture, and Execution of Kurdish Prisoners in Iran's Prisons
Thursday, October 02, 2008 - 9:07 AM
Basque Country: Awards For Two Kurdish Journalists Facing Execution In Iran
Monday, June 30, 2008 - 1:16 PM
Basque Country: Awards For Two Kurdish Journalists Facing Execution In Iran PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 27 June 2008
Mrs. Leyli Hassanpour
Mrs. Leyli Hassanpour