Episode 4: Why We Need to Talk About the Kurds I Don't Know Anything - The Podcast

In this week’s episode, Ala Hassan, a Kurdish Iraqi who grew up in Britain, will explain us everything about who the Kurds are and what they are fighting for. As a active member in his community (founder of the Queen Mary Kurdish society and Kurdish Intersociety Platform), he gives us a rare insight of how it feels to grow up Britain with a mixed identity, and also how he experienced the war in Iraq. Ala also touches upon racism in the Middle East and continues the conversation about the importance of including women in society. He highlights the role that women played in the fight against ISIS, but also the new feminist democratic structure that is being built in the Syrian region Rojava.

Where to find us: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/idontknowanythingpodcast/ 

Instagram Ala Hassan: https://www.instagram.com/ala.firas/ 

Resources Ala talked about:

http://www.kurdishprogress.com/

https://www.instagram.com/thekurdishpage/

https://www.instagram.com/kurdakad_uk/

https://www.instagram.com/kip_uk/

https://ahvalnews.com/

https://anfenglishmobile.com/

https://www.rudaw.net/english

Documentaries Ala recommends:

On Syrian Kurdistan:


Syria's Female Guerilla Fighters (War Documentary) | Real Stories ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEQEidgcMhU)
BBC Our World - ROJAVA : SYRIA'S SECRET REVOLUTION (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKhjJfH0ra4)
Her War: Women vs. ISIS (RT Documentary)
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqI0a4VgEs8 )
How the Kurds became a key player in Syria's war
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaKwjvxukvg )
Why Turkey is invading Syria ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUeXaPaKF50 )

On Turkish Kurdistan


BAKUR: Inside the PKK (Kurdish Militant Documentary) | Real Stories (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1et3O5ngqRU)
The complex history of Turkey and the Kurds, explained | The Fact Checker ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O5PEwU8bg4 )

On Iranian Kurdistan


Female Fighters of Kurdistan (Part 1/3)
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_0kg8VlxkE )

On Iraqi Kurdistan


Independence and the Iraqi Kurds | Al Jazeera World
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RS97hwLmhA )
The Fight For a Kurdish State I VICE on HBO
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1YWSmzYlkA&bpctr=1596500891 )
Peshmerga vs. the Islamic State: The Road to Mosul (Full Length)
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbsesrAMjTw )