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The Linguistic Landscape of Commercial Spaces in Sulaymaniyah City

open access: yesZanco Journal of Humanity Sciences
This study investigates the linguistic landscape of commercial spaces in Sulaymaniyah city, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The increasing visibility of English and other languages reflects rapid sociolinguistic change in the city.
Ali Muhsin Ali Khan   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Forced Union: Exploring the Consequences of India's Removal of Jammu and Kashmir's Special Status

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article adds to academic literature interested in two core questions: What happens to residents as a result of an annexation? And how do aggressor states maintain control over an annexed territory where there is a history of insurgency and mobilization for independence?
Serena Hussain
wiley   +1 more source

Explaining Variation in Support for Ethnic Group Rights: The Role of Forced Displacement and Conflict Proximity

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Why do some members of an ethnic group support ethnic group rights while others do not? Drawing on social psychology, I argue that exposure to political violence shapes individual attitudes by deepening in‐group and out‐group distinctions and fostering expressive solidarity towards group rights. To test this argument, the study uses nationally
Oner Yigit
wiley   +1 more source

Kurdish allegory and calendar in Lilly and Majnon written by Nezami

open access: yesپژوهشنامه ادبیات کردی, 2018
Kurdish language and culture has extensive oral literature, which in addition to its age and value would be very helpful in understanding the narrow and vague points of some poets.
Akbar Heidarian
doaj  

The Ethnic Groups Military Recruitment Data

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Military conscription affects how countries expand political rights and fight wars, as well as their citizens' view of the state and socioeconomic outcomes. Until recently, conscription was studied in a simplified fashion, missing cases where it only applies to specific societal groups. We introduce the Ethnic Military Recruitment (EGMR) data,
Markéta Odlová, Marius Mehrl
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative Study of Kurdish and Persian Literature on Grounds of Prosody and Meter

open access: yesپژوهشنامه ادبیات کردی, 2015
In terms of scope and diversity of topic as well as historical antiquity, literature of the Middle East is outstanding among world literatures, and Persian literature, in particular, has acquired a special reputation in this regard.
Seyed As’ad Sheikh Ahmadi
doaj  

“An ox sitting on One's chest”: Experiences and understandings of common mental health conditions of Turkish‐speaking immigrants with lived experience in the UK

open access: yesPsychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives Exploring how Turkish‐speaking immigrants understand and express common mental health conditions is crucial, as discrepancies in this area have real‐life consequences for treatment. Some key concepts to examine within this are the long‐standing belief that Turkish‐speaking immigrants somatise emotional difficulties and cannot ...
Ayse Akan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beliefs about collective victimization in contexts of ongoing and historical oppression: A Q methodology study among Kurds from Turkey and Northern Kurdistan in Germany

open access: yesPolitical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The scarce political and social psychological research on the Kurdish–Turkish context primarily addresses intergroup relations and general perceptions of the conflict. Conversely, Kurds' experiences of and beliefs about collective victimization in this context have not been examined much to date.
Helin Ünal, Johanna Ray Vollhardt
wiley   +1 more source

Decolonial Entangled Ethnographic Research: Transformative Collaborations With the UK Alevi Community Over the Last 15 Years

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The vibrant British Alevi community has settled in London and other parts of the UK since the late 1980s, constituting the largest population of Kurdish Alevis outside of Turkey. Their religion is Alevism, but they are often mistakenly identified as Turkish and Muslim, contributing to their invisibility in this country.
Umit Cetin, Celia Jenkins
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Kurdish Child Poems in the Context of “Child Relativity” and “Child Reality”

open access: yes, 2021
Di vê gotarê de analîzeke analîtîk di çarçoveya du hêmanên sereke yên edebîyata zarokan de dê bê kirin. Ev hêman “rastîya zarokan” û “îzafîyeta zarokan” in ku bingeha edebîyata zarokan a modern jî li ser wan saz dibe.
Subaşı, Kenan
core   +1 more source

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