{"product_id":"kurdistan-100-stories-from-a-future-state-9781646052806","title":"Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKurdistan +100\u003c\/i\u003e poses a question to twelve contemporary Kurdish writers: might the Kurds have a country to call their own by the year 2046 - exactly a century after the last glimmer of independence (the short-lived Kurdish Republic of Mahabad)?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr might the struggle for independence have taken new turns and new forms?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the 20th century (and so far in the 21st), the Kurds have been betrayed, suppressed, stripped of their basic rights (from citizenship to the freedom to speak their own language) and had their political aspirations crushed at every turn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this groundbreaking anthology, Kurdish authors (including several former political prisoners, and one currently serving a 183-year sentence for his views) imagine a freer future, one in which it is no longer effectively illegal to be a Kurd. From future eco-activism, to drone warfare, to the resuscitation of victims of past massacres, these stories explore different sides of the present struggle through the metaphor of futurism to dazzling effect.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Featuring Qadir Agid, Yildiz Cakar, Selahattin Demirtas, Omer Dilsoz, Muharrem Erbey, Nariman Evdike, Ava Homa, Hüseyin Karabey, Karzan Kardosi, Sema Kaygusuz, Meral Simsek \u0026amp; Jahangir Mahmood Waysi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deep Vellum Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646052806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240","brand":"Orsola Casagrande","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44273803067573,"sku":"9781646052806","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_70706f5b-8b4e-4fd1-85e7-5c8405ba5302.jpg?v=1718082613","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kurdistan-100-stories-from-a-future-state-9781646052806","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}