Meet Fatimê Mahmoud, the tireless soul of Qamişlo - A fighter and formidable matriarch from the village of Xirbet Zîb in Qamişlo, Western Kurdistan. Short article and gallery now online: www.thejiyanarchives.com/herbiji/fati...
During the Christmas period of 2002, Patrick Corrigan of Amnesty International, based in Northern Ireland, campaigned and appealed for readers of The Carrick Times to send festive cards to imprisoned Kurdish politician and activist, Leyla Zana who was being held in Ankara. #Kurdishwomen #Archives
A vintage postcard of Kurdish noble Rewsen Bedirxan captured in Damascus, Syria, during the early 1920s.
Date Submitted: 23/06/2021
Date Created: circa 1920’s
Type: Image
Rights: The Jiyan Archives
Subject: Rewşen Bedirxan
Source: Postcard
Contributor: Sînemxan Bedirxan/Raz Xaidan
Scanned Archive: 21/07/1991 Sunday Tribune - Dublin, Republic of Ireland. #KurdishWomen