 Was Halabja a turning point for the poet Buland al-Haydari?Gelo Helebçe xala werçerxê bû bo helbestvan Bulend el-Heyderî?Hilla Peled-Shapira
Kurdish Studies, 2014, vol. 2, issue 1, 14-33 Abstract: This article examines the writings of the emigré Iraqi-Kurdish poet Buland al-Haydari (1926-1996) and thus explores components of his identity as reflected in themes and motifs of his poetry, in light of the fact that Iraqis belong to a variety of ethnicities, religions and sects. This article will also address the question of whether the poet's self-perception was transformed from a complex hybrid identity with Muslim, Christian, and other influences but excluding Kurdish elements, to a "new" Kurdish identity, as an outcome of the Iraqi chemical attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988. The assumption is that although the Halabja incident was the point at which the poet began to relate to his Kurdish origins, he was still loyal to Baghdad, to Iraq and to Arab culture, rather than solely emphasising his Kurdish identity. The article will examine the thematic and aesthetic effects of the tragedy in Halabja on al-Haydari's poetry in Arabic, focusing on different forms of identity as reflected in the poetry of this political activist. Keywords: Kurdistan Region; media; Anfal Campaign; knowledge production; media anthropology (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:mig:ksjrnl:v:2:y:2014:i:1:p:14-33 Access Statistics for this article Kurdish Studies is currently edited by Cruz GarcÃa Lirios More articles in Kurdish Studies from Society of history and cultural studies, Hong Kong |
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