Why Everyone Screws Over the Kurds
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Published 2024-07-19
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The Kurdish people are arguably the largest stateless ethnic group in the world. Millions of people who share a culture, ethnic background, and language, but don’t have power over their own future. And importantly, they’ve been used as a tool by global powers trying to influence the middle east for decades.
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-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --
00:00 Intro
03:45 Snapshot of the Kurdish Movements
07:16 A Tool for Conflict
11:39 The Syrian Civil War
14:27 The State of the Kurds Today
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All Comments (21)
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Turks are not gonna like this video.
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Are there kurds watching this video ?
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was slapped at the age of 8 for speaking Kurdish in grade 5 my teacher told me to come over hit me with wooden stick for speaking Kurdish to one of the students my whole body was bruised. I was 7 when my brothers (16) and father and a lot of men in my family got arrested when we were at home celebrating a birthday and sentenced 8 years in prison my father 2 years this is just my experience as a Kurd all this happened when I was a kid a lot of Kurds have a similar experience that they can relate to
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As a kurd we have a saying: No friends but the mountains..
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crazy how much the US has used the kurds without ever really helping them E: stay in school kids. otherwise you'll end up as a 35 year old telling people you don't understand the necessity of repaying debts made in blood or the importance of upholding your reputation as a trustworthy person in the comment section of a YouTube video you couldn't finish
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It's crazy that anticolonial movements in Palestine have massive support in these countries, yet they have their own version of the Palestinians they are oppressing themselves.
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The only Kurdish guy I met was a refugee who studied with me for two years when we were 17/18. He told me a little about his home situation and the Kurdish struggle but I was too young and dumb to fully understand everything at that time. I’d never even heard of Kurdistan then. I studied politics with him and he was so intelligent, articulate and thoughtful. Wise beyond his age, just a real joy to be around. I hope he and his family are still safe. I hope one day Kurdistan will be a free, independent nation.
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If it was Palestine, there would have been more support because the media is biased. But this is Kurdistan, and it's more than 60 million people.
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As a Kurd civilian thank you for making this video. Appreciate your effort and research... Our history was HARSH, from promise to promise yet we see ourselves going back to the same place...!!!
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Kurds and balochs are one of the largest ethnic population with vast territory but are deprived of their original State while the Kurds are divided into Iran Syria turkey... And balochs are also in Iran Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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There's a big Kurdish community in the Canadian city that I live and I just want to say they're such a kind bunch of people. I never really understood what they meant by them not having their own country but this video has helped me understand a lot more that, our identity and heritage doesn't have to align with the one pushed upon us by the government. Since then I've proudly been identifying as Cantonese and not Chinese because my identity is on my culture and not some national borders.
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When Erdogan calls for Palestinian state and openly supports Hamas I'm sort of confused ...
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All Eyes on Kurdistan
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I worked with a guy from Iraqi Kurdistan, he had blue tattoo markings on his hands and face from when he grew up in a “refugee camp” he and his family had escaped from.
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No one understands how hard it is to be a Kurd
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"No friends but the mountains"
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All the Kurds I know are absolutely lovely people. incredibly generous and hospitable
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Without a doubt, some of the most hard-working, generous, kind people in the world are the Kurds. Had the pleasure of working with kurds both at home and overseas. Beautiful people ❤
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In Iraq they call us racist and separatist In Iran they call us anti Shia and separatist In Syria they call us anti Assad and separatist In Turkey they call us anti-Islam and separatist The fact is they are occupiers and they will always remain occupier
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My best friend is a Kurd born in Iran and speaks perfect English, german, and both Kurdish languages, real humble people ❤
