Kurdistan - Women in Iraq / Documentary Video

Kurdistan: Women in Iraq / Documentary Video. Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0. Producer: S L James.

Kurdistan Video Project (2008)

Video documentary series on contemporary politics in Kurdistan in Iraq. The inerviews were recorded between May and October 2008. These videos offers a selection of edited interviews on governance and social-political issues in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq featuring Prof Brendan O'Leary (University of Pennsylvania), Prof Gareth Stansfield (University of Exeter), Nimrud Youkhana (Assyrian Patriotic Party), Abubakir Ali (Kurdistan Islamic Union), Saadi pera (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan), Falah Mustafa Bakir (Kurdistan Regional Government Foreign Minister), Prof Kemal Kirisci (Bogazici University), Qubad Jalal Talabany (Kurdistan Regional Government representative to the United States), Mustafa Gundogdu (Kurdish Human Rights Project), Dr Nadje Al-Ali (School of Oriental and African Studies).

Also available on Video Google:

Kurdistan: Politics in Iraq
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=5756636053862568466&hl=en

Kurdistan: Disputed Territories in Iraq
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-3318658663679349330

Kurdistan: Iraq, Turkey and the PKK
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-8683759853687428728

Kurdistan: Women in Iraq
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=2259536325453891829

Producer: S L James
Language: English / Kurdish

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0

1st Step in Solving the Crisis in Iraq: Create an Independent Kurdistan; In order to solve the current crisis in Iraq, the following steps should be taken: 1) Create an independent Kurdistan nation from northern Iraq. 2) Meanwhile, allow the Sunni and Shiite and other factions to begin talks to see if they want to establish one independent nation or two independent nations from what would remain of Iraq. This plan would help to avoid or minimize civil war and make the region stable. After these new nations are formed, the foreign troops would then be required to withdraw if requested by these new nations. The point here, is, not what is in the best "national interest" of the USA and other nearby nations, but, what is in the best humanitarian interest of the people who live in the current state of Iraq. After all, weren't the Americans supposed to be liberators? It is impossible to understand the Kurdish people without knowing something about their painful history. In the late 1980s, nearly 5,000 Kurdish villages were destroyed by Saddam's regime and some were attacked with chemical weapons. Tens of thousands of people were deported to the deserts of southern Iraq, and many disappeared or were found buried in mass graves. In 1991, just after the Gulf War ended, the Kurdistanis rose up against Saddam, but were brutally suppressed. They fled to the high mountains, where many suffered from exposure and disease. So the British and American governments established a 'safe haven' to protect them. The people of Kurdistan started to restore their shattered lives from 1991, but continued to live in fear and uncertainty until 2003. Today, the Kurds are enjoying peace and stability, and are working hard to give their children a better life. The Kurdistan Region is in northern Iraq. Similarly to Scotland and Wales, it has some autonomy from the central government in Baghdad and has its own regional government and parliament. The three provinces that make up the Region are called Erbil, Suleimaniah and Dohuk. The Kurdistan Region is much safer than the rest of Iraq: not a single coalition soldier has been killed there. Tens of thousands of Kurdistanis suffered under Saddam's regime, and they were grateful when foreign forces removed him from power. About three and a half million people live in Kurdistan. They are mostly Kurds, as well as Christians, Turkmen and Arabs. These people from different ethnic backgrounds live peacefully alongside each other in the same towns and cities. The people traditionally live on farming, but now many live and work in the Region's growing cities. Because Kurdistan is much safer and more stable than the rest of Iraq, the people can start to focus on improving their daily lives and planning for their future. Keywords: Kurdish, Kurdistani, Kurd, Kurdistanis, Kurdistan, Kurdistans, Kurdis, American, Bush, United States, USA. Audio from Secret of the Rosary Films. Music from the public domain.

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[chiplacey11]

very informative!!!

[rosaryfilms]

@chiplacey11 - thank you!

[77Merav]

Very informative video.

Thank you

[rosaryfilms]

@77Merav - you are very welcome!

[Frozenpede]

really interesting and informative about an issue we don't hear much about in the west. Thanks for posting this!

[rosaryfilms]

@Frozenpede - you are welcome!

[Kurdy1986]

Kurdistan is the safest part in Iraq

[halabja11]

Can you judge all Kurdish just because you met one bad Kurdish?

I'm Kurd from Kurdistan and I have never hurt any women in my life,and my dad always used to tell me oh my son don't ever fight or hit women even if they beat you.

2never fight with those men who you know you can beat easy, but if they are very strong and famous in fighting then don't ever allow them to take charge on you or judge or let you down.

of they do then you must beat them down.every nationalities have good and bad in them.

[ActOfRevenge1978]

biji kurd u kurdistan

[yarffmde]

@rahmanjavanmardi بله، در لندن و پاريس هم قتل های خانوادگی رخ ميدهند که اکثرن توسط مرد ها صورت ميگيرد، اينجا در آلمان به آن "درامای خانوادگی" ميگويند، اما اگر در خانواده اي شرقی رخ بدهد ،فورن از قتل ناموسی سخن ميگويند.

سوال اينست که آيا اينجا فرق ها تنها نامگذاری های متفاوت يک پديده واحد مشکل ساز است يا جدن با دو پديده ء کاملن مجزا سر و کار داريم.

[yarffmde]

@rahmanjavanmardi به ريز کاک رحمان عزيز، موضوع تنها "رسانه آی" شدن اين امر نيست. در عصر حاضر ديگر همه چيز رسانه اي شده. "شايد" آنچه جای ترس اين احزاب است ( که ترسی بيجاست) سوء استفاده ء تبليغاتی کشورهای مجاور ان جمله ايران و ترکيه از اين قضايا و بيسامان نشان دادن وضع اجتماعی اقليم کوردستان است.

[rahmanjavanmardi]

آنها معتقد هستند کە آمار قتل و خشونت علیە زنان کرد از اطراف و همسایگان کمتر است تا جاییکە در ویدئو زیر یکی از سخنگویان یک حزب کردی، قتل ناموسی در "لندن"، "واشنگتن" و "پاریس" را با کردستان مقایسە می کند(دقیقە ١٦ بە بعد):

[rahmanjavanmardi]

اما در واقع با "رسانەای" شدن و انتشار وسیع آن مشکل دارند(چون دیگر همە می دانند ترجمە یک خبر کردی برای فعال زنان در هر گوشە دنیا مشکل نیست، کما می بینیم کە در گزارشها بە سهولت از مترجم استفادە میشود)

در ارتباط با قتلهای ناموسی و خودسوزی زنان، احزاب سیاسی کرد و بە تبع انها نیروی قابل ملاحظەای از فعالین سیاسی کرد، از رسانەای شدن این پدیدە شاکیند و آنرا بە زبان می آورند.

[rahmanjavanmardi]

فاکتور موثر دیگر ضعف این احزاب در درک کردن مسالە و آلودە بودن خود بە مردسالاری مفرط و زن آزاری را نشان میدهد.

درک غلط و محاسبە نادرست نیروها هم یک فاکتور عمدە دیگر است. یعنی مماشات این احزاب با نیروهای سنت گرای مردسالار و قشری در داخل جامعە و تفوق دادن انها بر نصف جامعە خویش کە زنان هستند در لاپوشانی و کم اهمیت جلوە دادن این جنایتها.

در انتشار کردی هم ممانعت شدە است. اما امروزە دیگر زبان کردی را بخشیدە و ایراد بە انتشار آن در زبانهای دیگر می گیرند.

[rahmanjavanmardi]

....اما دلیل آنرا همانگونە کە در نیاز بە نیروی کار در بازار آزاد در نظامهای مدرن نباید بە حساب فمنیسم گذاشت و در رفرمهای اقتصادی قابل پیگیریست، این پدیدە را هم در رفرمهای سیاسی باید دید و در آن حد ارزیابی کرد(این خود یک مسالە قابل تحقیق است و فاکتورهای دیگری نیز در آن دخیل بودەاند).....ادامە دارد

[rahmanjavanmardi]

احزاب سیاسی کرد ادعا می کنند کە نقش مثبتی در مدرن شدن جامعە کردی داشتە و بە زنان نقش مساوی دادەاند. شاهدی کە در اینبارە ارائە میدهند صرفن این واقعیت است کە "اجازە" دادەاند زنان وارد احزاب آنها شدە و یا در میان نیروهای نظامی خویش زنان را وارد کردەاند. البتە مشارکت سیاسی زنان در حضور در میان احزاب بە خودی خود یکی از حقوق انسانی و مثبت است، ....ادمە دارد

[jaymorpheus11]

Bring in the cyborg cops, terminate all the arrogant women beaters. The beaters would probably take their wives hostage... but with laser like precision to the brain of the terrorist peace is just around the corner.

[annie6939]

One of my best friends is a Kurdish male and he is one of the nicest men I know, as are many of his friends. He is like my older brother, very protective toward me and just a generally nice guy. Yes I am well aware some Kurdish men are biggots but you find that in every culture. I just wanted to give a positive view of Kurdish men as many of these comments are very negative.

Thanks for the video :)