In the Spring of 2017, activist, journalist and hip-hop artist Marcel Cartier was given exclusive access to the structures set up in the predominately Kurdish areas in northern Syria. Over the course of more than a month, Cartier travelled across the terrain known as Rojava, experiencing the radical grassroots revolution that is sweeping the region. He spoke with commanders of the People’s Protection Units (YPG), visited women’s organisations, saw the cooperatives and communes in action that have transformed the concept of democracy, and found his understanding of revolution challenged and reinvigorated. Unique in its access, emotion and humanity, Serkeftin: A Narrative of the Rojava Revolution, is a beautiful account of a contradictory and complex process that is fundamentally changing society in the midst of the 21st century’s most brutal civil war. Meaning ‘victory’, the Kurdish word ‘serkeftin’ captures the spirit of optimism in the catastrophe that has engulfed this beautiful country since 2011 and has simultaneously brought the possibility of freedom ever closer.

*All contents are in Latin alphabet*:You want to learn SORANI? Kurdish Grammar makes it quite simple for you. It is directed at anyone who would like to learn the Sorani language - whether as a holiday-goer, culture- or language enthusiast, partner, student, or employee. All contents are *romanized*, thus easily accessible to anyone used to the *Latin alphabet*.The overview tables for grammar and important verbs help to learn quickly and easily - with or without prior knowledge. This in addition to conjugation formulas and many examples gives you the opportunity to actively learn Sorani and spare you from longwinded, boring explanatory texts! You can use this book as a resource for the first steps and whenever you get stuck. CONTENTS Peculiarities of the Sorani Language The Sorani Alphabet PRONOUNS: Personal Pronouns Possessive Pronouns Interrogative Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns Reciprocal Pronoun Reflexive Pronoun Diminutive Affixes Declension of Nouns PRESENT TENSES: Simple Present Tense & Present Progressive Tense Imperative Heye/ Nîye Modal Verbs Subjunctive Mood with Modal Verbs PAST TENSES: Simple Past Tense Past Progressive Tense Pluperfect Tense Present Perfect Tense FUTURE TENSE: SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD: Subjunctive in the Present Tense Subjunctive in the Conditonal Perfect Subjunctive in the Pluperfect Irrealis Mood in the Past Tense Subjunctive Mood with "ba" Conditonal Clauses PASSIVE VOICE: In the Present Tenses In the Simple Past Tense In the Past Progressive Tense In the Present Perfect Tense In the Pluperfect ADVERBS: 1.The Most Common Temporal Adverbs 2. The Most Common Modal Adverbs 3. The Most Common Local Adverbs PREPOSITION AND CIRCUMPOSITION ADJECTIVES: 1. As a Modifier 2. As an Adverb 3. As Predicate with the Verb ,,to be" 4. Formation of the Adjective from Nouns 5. Formation of the Adjective from Verbs (Participle) 6. Substantiation of the Adjectives 7. Comparative CONJUNCTIONS AND SUBORDINATE CLAUSES Conjunctions in Sorani Subordinate Clauses in Sorani STRUCTURE OF THE SORANI VERBS: The Simple VerbsThe Compound Verbs The Separable-Compound Verbs The Separable Verbs NUMBERS: Cardinal Numbers Ordinal Numbers & Fractions Writing of the Date VERB STEMS

You want to learn Kurmanji? KURDISH GRAMMAR makes it quite simple for you. It is directed at anyone who would like to learn the Kurmanji language - whether as a holiday-goer, culture- or language enthusiast, partner, student, or employee. The overview tables for grammar and important verbs help to learn quickly and easily - with or without prior knowledge. This in addition to conjugation formulas and many examples gives you the opportunity to actively learn Kurmanji and spare you from longwinded, boring explanatory texts! You can use this book as a resource for the first steps and whenever you get stuck.____________**CONTENTS**_Peculiarities of the Kurdish Language__The Kurmanji Alphabet__PRONOUNS__Personal Pronouns__Possessive Pronouns__Interrogative Pronouns__Demonstrative Pronouns__Reciprocal Pronoun__Reflexive Pronoun__Diminutive Affixes__Declension of Nouns__PRESENT TENSES__Simple Present Tense & Present Progressive Tense__Imperative__Hebûn / Nînbûn / Tin(e)bûn__Modal Verbs__Subjunctive Mood with Modal Verbs__Futuristic Present Tense__PAST TENSES__Simple Past Tense__Ergativity__Past Progressive Tense__Pluperfect Tense__Pesent Perfect Tense_ _FUTURE TENSES__Simple Future Tense __Future Perfect Tense__SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD_ _Conditonal Clauses__PASSIVE VOICE_ _CAUSATIVE FORM_ _ADVERBS__PREPOSITION AND CIRCUMPOSITION__ADJECTIVES_ _Comparative-Superlative__CONJUNCTIONS AND SUBORDINATE CLAUSES_ _STRUCTURE OF THE KURMANJI VERBS__NUMBERS__Writing of the Date__VERB STEMS_ ******In the SERKEFTIN! - series there are textbooks with numerous exercises available, allowing you to apply the grammar you have learned. Books for levels A1 to A2 are available through the author's page (click the author's name!).***You can find the alphabet on Youtube under "KURDISH GRAMMAR - KURMANJI Reference Book - Alphabet"***

SORANI translation in both Latin & Arabic letters To all those who fell "Kurdish in love"...In our own language we have a variety of affectionate expressions. But these words are colored by our culture and usually do not reach non-native speakers in the way we feel them. Learning the language of a loved one gives us the opportunity to convey deeper feelings. This book will give you an insight into the love language and culture of the Kurds. In addition, some nicknames, expressions of feelings, wishes and questions that are common in English are translated. This book is not only intended to fill a gap left by most language books and courses, but above all it aims to contribute to the communication and understanding between English-Kurdish couples. Content Love & Appreciation Nicknames Relationship status Feelings Happiness & Excitement - ...at a distance Upset/Shock - Anger Questions ...at the beginning ...when things get more serious Wishes & Desires Compliments Personality & Skills - Looks - Gratitude Kurdish Love - Wedding tradition - Nicknames - Expressions of Affection, Love & Heartache Quotes about Love Vocabulary

For more than four decades, the Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) has taken on the Turkish state while fighting for an alternative to capitalism and national oppression. However, it has only been in the past few years when war threatened to fragment Iraq and Syria that the Party's ideology of democratic confederalism and women's liberation has come to international attention. Today, organisations across the four historic parts of Kurdistan advocate a solution to the region's problems based not on the nation-state, but on grassroots democracy and pluralism. ""Berxwedan: Writings on the Kurdish Freedom Movement"" looks at the events that occurred throughout 2018 in relation to this movement for radical change. These include Turkey's invasion of Syria and subsequent occupation of Afrin, the re-election of Recep Tayyip Erdogan through suppression of Kurdish voices, and the complicated and ever evolving relationship between the YPG and the United States.

The Cambridge History of the Kurds is an authoritative and comprehensive volume exploring the social, political and economic features, forces and evolution amongst the Kurds, and in the region known as Kurdistan, from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century. Written in a clear and accessible style by leading scholars in the field, the chapters survey key issues and themes vital to any understanding of the Kurds and Kurdistan including Kurdish language; Kurdish art, culture and literature; Kurdistan in the age of empires; political, social and religious movements in Kurdistan; and domestic political developments in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Other chapters on gender, diaspora, political economy, tribes, cinema and folklore offer fresh perspectives on the Kurds and Kurdistan as well as neatly meeting an exigent need in Middle Eastern studies. Situating contemporary developments taking place in Kurdish-majority regions within broader histories of the region, it forms a definitive survey of the history of the Kurds and Kurdistan.

A bilingual fairy tale in ENGLISH - Kurdish (Sorani) for children from 6 years. (All contents are romanized) The Legend of Newroz is one of the most important stories of the Kurdish community. In order to preserve and spread this beautiful story, it is composed bilingually in this book. Each section is analogously translated into Sorani. As each language uses different expressions, we thus stay closer to the respective language culture. The book is perfectly suited for bilingual education as well as for practising Sorani skills. The content is suitable for children from the age of 6. The fairy tale has 14 colourful illustrations. Çîrokî dûzimanî be înglîzî - kurdî. Dastanî Newroz yekêk le çîroke here giringekanî komellgey kurdî ye. Bo ewey em çîroke xoşe parêziraw bêt û billaw bibêtewe, be dû ziman nûsirawetewe. Her beşêkî be gwêrey ramanî înglîzî wergêrrdirawe. Çunke hemû zimanêk xawendî zimangoy xoyetî, boye hewllmanda wergêrraynî le dû zimanî nêzîk da bibînîn le ruwî ferhengewe. Em pertûke detiwanêt be asanî bo fêrkarî dûzimanî, herweha bo pêşxistinî kurdî bekaribihênrêt. Nawerrokî yem pertûke bo mindallanî seruwî 6 sallewe guncaw e. Lem perrtûke da 14 wêney rengîn heye. for more: www.serkeftin.com

This text book systematically provides the basis of the Kurdish language (Kurmanji) in a practice-oriented format in 19 chapters. Each chapter consists of an authentic text, vocabulary, grammatical explanations as well as exercises. The texts and several pronunciation exercises can be listened to on the provided audio-CD. The pictures and graphics serve as an illustration of the text contents. The textbook is suitable for self-study or language courses and aimed at students who want to learn Kurdish from the beginning or deepen their knowledge. A comprehensive appendix with a key, a vocabulary list of Kurdish-English and English-Kurdish, a list of the two verb stems as well as a grammar index complete the book.

Serkeftin: A Narrative of the Rojava Revolution takes a first-hand look at the complex process of grassroots democracy and women's liberation that is radically altering life in northern Syria's predominately Kurdish areas.

Plantations. Slavery. These were the realities thatexisted in Brazil during the introduction of coffeestarting in the 18th century. This book shares the stories of black coffee farmers and how they found their success farming coffee.