Kurdish Culture Begins To Flourish In Kurdistan Region

"Erbil ( (RFE/RL) Charles Recknagel- Iraq's Kurdistan region has achieved a degree of self-rule that Kurds in neighboring states like Turkey and Iran can only dream about. That is making Irbil a magnet for Kurdish writers and intellectuals from around the world. They come here to meet, publish books and, some say, get inspired to press for similar freedoms at home.

There is an orchestra on the stage playing a traditional Kurdish anthem as writers from the Kurdish regions of Turkey and Iran and the Kurdish diaspora meet in Irbil.

The occasion is to award a medal to Kurdish novelist Mehmed Uzun, who currently lives in Sweden.
"The Iranian Kurds are [becoming] more courageous. They come to the streets. There is a big movement among the Kurds for having some federation, some federal system in Iran."

But just as importantly, the event offers the Kurdish intellectuals the chance to enjoy a freedom of national expression unheard of in other parts of the region."
The Kurdistani

Moron, do you ever wonder why the MSM seams to completely ignore the Kurds? Instead of focusing on what might happen, how about a little of what is happening on the ground. I mean even that Turkish PM has had to start talking about diversity, who could have predicted that just a few years ago. And you can be sure it would never have happened if we had not liberated Iraq.