{"product_id":"kurdistan-100-stories-from-a-future-state-9781646052806","title":"Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKurdistan +100\u003c\/i\u003e poses a question to thirteen 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)? Or might the struggle for independence have taken new turns and new forms?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the twentieth century (and so far in the twenty-first), 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeaturing\u003c\/i\u003e Qadir Agid, Yıldız ?akar, Selahattin Demirtaş, ?mer Dilsoz, Muharrem Erbey, Nariman Evdike, Ava Homa, H?seyin Karabey, Karzan Kardozi, Sema Kaygusuz, Jahangir Mahmoudveysi, Meral Şimşek, and J?l Şwan?.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranslated by\u003c\/i\u003e Amy Spangler, Nicholas Glastonbury, Andrew Penny, Mustafa Gundogdu, Rojin Hamo, Khazan Jangiz, Harriet Paintin, Darya Najim, Dibar ?elik, and Kate Ferguson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrsola Casagrande\u003c\/b\u003e is a Venetian journalist, film-maker and curator. She worked for 25 years for the Italian daily newspaper \u003ci\u003eil manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e, and is co-editor of the web magazine \u003ci\u003eGlobal Rights\u003c\/i\u003e. Currently based in the Basque country, Orsola writes regularly on Kurdish, Turkish and Basque politics and culture for the Basque daily paper \u003ci\u003eBerria\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She has translated numerous books, as well as written her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMustafa G?ndoğdu\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the city of Dersim, and is currently based in London. He has worked as a coordinator for various human rights and conflict resolution NGOs over 20 years, where his roles included in-house translator (working on over 100 books and articles). He has since worked as a freelance editor and second reader on a number of Kurdish translations, including \u003ci\u003eSara: My Whole life Was a Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e by Sakine Cansız translated by Janet Biehl (Pluto) and \u003ci\u003eUprising, Suppression, Retribution\u003c\/i\u003e by Ahmet Kahraman translated by Andrew Penny (Taderon). He is one of the founding members and former Coordinator of London Kurdish Film Festival, and has organized Kurdish film festivals and screenings in London, New York, Dublin, Glasgow, Istanbul, and Busan. He is the author of numerous articles on Kurdish cinema published in Kurdish, Turkish, English, and Korean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50900202193170,"sku":"9781646052806","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_87b25166-61af-46fb-9de4-e99521559fcf.jpg?v=1738376414","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kurdistan-100-stories-from-a-future-state-9781646052806","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}