What is it about?
This article is about how the Kurds are perceived in Kurdish and National narratives. It explaines the historical roots of such natratives whose clash of Definitions has resulted in marginalisation of Kurdish social history. Finally it is relevat to current political crises in the Middle East.
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Why is it important?
Because it is relevat to current political crises in the Middle East in which national and religious narratives have radicalised at the expense of moe responsible, scholarly understanding of past and present.
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I hope this article draws both scholarly and popular attentions to what is at stake if we ignore the roots of national narratives of history: that cultural differences are highlighted to serve radicalised national (and religious) historical narratives. History has been a victim of current political crises in the region.
Dr Marouf Cabi
LSE
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This page is a summary of: Clash of National Narratives and the Marginalization of Kurdish-Iranian History, Contemporary Review of the Middle East, September 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2347798917727894.
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