Kurdish Women's Stories - edited by Houzan Mahmoud (Pluto Press) MIT Press serious to tongue-in-cheek

serious to tongue-in-cheek

As different as the artists may be

She reveals and reflects upon spaces for performative display and the exalted release from prevailing norms as sites of transgression and transformation

have come closer to one another than ever before

irresistible

Kurdish Women's Stories - edited by Houzan Mahmoud (Pluto Press) MIT Press serious to tongue-in-cheekThe women of Kurdistan have experienced a life like no other. From Saddam Hussein's reign of terror, to the fight against ISIS today, violence, revolution and questions around identity, agency, survival and resistance have been at the forefront of women's lives for decades. This is a collection of Kurdish women's stories written in their own words. Each story reveals a tapestry of experiences, including political activism under Saddam and armed