By Kirmanj Gundi, PhD

For 24^th Annual Conference, Kurdish National Congress of North America, May 13, 2012

Introduction 

Ever since our beloved Kurdistan was repartitioned in the wake of WWI amongst Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey, our people have been forced to practice Arab, Turkish, and the Persian cultures. Exercising their own native culture became taboo for them. Each of the occupying countries utilized every means at its disposal to melt our national identity in its own national