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However much we say about this flower, it is never enough, because of its beauty, its many varieties and its uses. Hundreds of years BC (before the birth of Jesus) roses were cultivated in China, and before that they had grown in East Asia for thousands of years; from there they spread throughout th
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Essays on Kurdish names, language and the land.
The Importance of Names and the Kurds: The War of Ideas
Part 5 of 5 inThe Importance of Names and the KurdsWe have often read and heard that the clay (earth) from which human beings are made is a belligerent earth. But it is neither true nor just to say, in a scientific way, that the…
Weysî Silêman Elî · 18 October 2026 · 5 min read
Part 4 of 5The Importance of Names and the Kurds: Character
On 05-08-1997, when I arrived in Europe as a refugee, the most painful question for me was this: “Which country have you come from?” I said: “I am…
13 October 2026 · 4 min read
Part 3 of 5The Importance of Names and the Kurds: Influence
In 1968, after the assassination of Martin Luther King, an American teacher, Jane Elliott, carried out an experiment at a primary school in the town…
4 October 2026 · 6 min read