Tag: Kurds

Culture

Kurdish Nationalism and Statehood: The Fallacy of the Straw Man

Kurdish nationalism has pursued self-determination and statehood for centuries. Casting that history as an Israeli or Western plot distorts a national movement into a convenient political straw man.

September 14, 2026 13 min read

Politics

Kurds and the War: No One’s Trojan Horse, but Odysseus’s Will to Return

Kurds are repeatedly cast as instruments of larger powers in the war with Iran, yet their political struggle is better understood as driven above all by the determination to return home on their own terms.

August 17, 2026 14 min read