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Essays on Kurdish names, language and the land.
The Importance of Names and the Kurds: Veering
Part 6 of 6 inThe Importance of Names and the KurdsThe word “varîbûn” is made up of two parts: “varî”, which means turning off the road and corresponds to the English word “veer”, and “-bûn”, which is the verb of this action…
Weysî Silêman Elî · 29 October 2026 · 6 min read
The Importance of Names and the Kurds: The War of Ideas
Part 5 of 6 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…
Weysî Silêman Elî · 18 October 2026 · 5 min read
The Importance of Names and the Kurds: Character
Part 4 of 6 inThe Importance of Names and the KurdsOn 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…
Weysî Silêman Elî · 13 October 2026 · 4 min read
The Importance of Names and the Kurds: Influence
Part 3 of 6 inThe Importance of Names and the KurdsIn 1968, after the assassination of Martin Luther King, an American teacher, Jane Elliott, carried out an experiment at a primary school in the town…
Weysî Silêman Elî · 4 October 2026 · 6 min read
The Importance of Names and the Kurds: Purpose
Part 2 of 6 inThe Importance of Names and the KurdsAs we all know, there is nothing left in our life and existence that we have not given a name. This goes back to our need, and our constant search…
Weysî Silêman Elî · 4 October 2026 · 6 min read
The Importance of Names and the Kurds: Explanation
Part 1 of 6 inThe Importance of Names and the KurdsNatural historians divide the times and conditions that the face of the Earth has passed through, up to our own age, into six main periods…
Weysî Silêman Elî · 4 October 2026 · 8 min read