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Hamit Bozarslan tells The Amargiโs @kamalchomani.bsky.social the Middle East must move beyond the politics of death and sectarianism to imagine another future.
Full interview in the comment.
The โMiddle Eastโ was never about geography. It was a colonial invention, from Churchillโs maps to Admiral Mahanโs naval strategy.
At The Amargi launch, MP Cengiz รandar explained how this invention still shapes global politics. Full panel here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQnK...
Since October 7, the status of local, regional, and global powers in the Middle East has changed dramatically. To help us understand these complexities & the new power dynamics, I was joined by Prof. Hamit Bozarslan in an interview for
@theamargi.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezZV...
How is the situation of journalists in the Middle East? Across MENA, journalism is one of the most dangerous professions. This is why we founded The Amargi. As Editor-in-Chief, @KamalChomani.bsky.social sets out our vision in his full speech: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBu-...
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โWe launch The Amargi as a promise โ to reflect the dignity of our peoples, honour past sacrifices, and create space for new generations to dream and act.โ
Read Editor-in-Chief @kamalchomani.bsky.socialโs full vision here: theamargi.com/posts/the-am...
๐ฃ At our launch today, Kamal Chomani is reminding us why independent media matters. Here are five powerful lines from his speech. ๐งต
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At our launch today, keynote speaker Bachtyar Ali is reflecting on exile, intellectual life, and freedom. Here are some of his most powerful words. ๐งต
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Panel 1 of our launch is rethinking the Middle East amid shifting power & crisis.
Speakers: Cengiz รandar, Abbas Vali, Joost Jongerden, Rojin Mukryan & Shilan Fuad Hussein.
Theyโre opening vital debates on peace, democracy, gender & climate.
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Yesterday we launched The Amargi in Leipzig with powerful conversations on โReimagining the Middle East Amid Geopolitical Recalibration.โ
Our work begins here: to challenge silence, resist erasure, and amplify truth.
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The Middle East is in flux. New alliances, shifting power, and competing visions are reshaping the region.
Professor Hamit Bozarslan joins @kamalchomani.bsky.social to unpack whatโs at stake.
๐๏ธ The Amargi launches Sept 20. Stay tuned.
Three years ago, Jina (Mahsa) Amini, a young Kurdish woman, died in the custody of Iranโs โmorality police.โ
Her death became the spark of a movement: Jin, Jiyan, Azadรฎ โ Woman, Life, Freedom.
๐งต Her story โฌ๏ธ
๐ข Weโre officially launching!
Join us on September 20th in Leipzig for The Amargiโs launch event:
โReimagining the Middle East Amid Geopolitical Recalibrationโ
๐ URBN JUNGLE Leipzig โ A Future City Lab
๐ 13:00 โ 18:00 (Dinner at 19:00)
โก๏ธ Register now: contact@theamargi.com
Weโre launching with one of the most influential Kurdish writers of our time!
Bachtyar Ali, author of the internationally acclaimed novel The Last Pomegranate Tree and winner of the Nelly-Sachs Prize, will deliver the keynote speech at The Amargiโs official launch in Leipzig on September 20th.
COMING SOON!
Dear friends, please follow and like @theamargi.bsky.social, a new independent media project I have founded with a group of journalists, academics, and activists here in Leipzig, Germany.
More to come in the next few hours, days, weeks!
Stay tuned!
Los kurdos de Irรกn en una encrucijada
Algunos kurdos ven la guerra actual como una oportunidad, mientras que otros comprenden su vulnerabilidad ante la brutalidad del rรฉgimen iranรญ.
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My new Middle East Forum piece where I analyse how Kurds in Iran remain hesitant to trigger uprisings amid the Iran-Israel war, although they want to see a regime change.
When the future is unpredictable, pushing change becomes difficult, especially without unity.
www.meforum.org/mef-observer...
We're so proud of your excellent work Kamal - keep it up!
04.06.2025 11:44 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Many thanks to my friends at @ir-unileipzig.bsky.social, especially Kirsty Campbell, for their constant support, & to Soran Omar & Goran Azad for sharing their archives and insights. Grateful as well to @unileipzig.bsky.social for supporting open access and making this work freely available to all.
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New publication alert!
I'm happy to share that my article, "Martyrdom as a Mask: Unveiling Symbolic Violence in Iraqi Kurdistanโs Civil War Aftermath," has been published in Terrorism and Political Violence.
Itโs open access and available to read here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Last week in Athens, the Centre for Mediterranean, Middle East & Islamic Studies hosted a conference titled "The Kurdish Issue and Developments in the Middle East," where I delivered a speech during the 3rd panel.
My speech begins at minute 21 and continues until 35.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ-A...
My interview with @4zzzradio.bsky.social on the recent developments in Turkey and Syria in relation to the new peace initiative, the Kurdish politics and Kurdish question.
4zzz.org.au/program/para...
The new Syrian gov represents only Islamists. The euphoria among Syrians wasnโt about Ahmed al-Sharaa himself, but rather a reflection of their deep desperation to escape the Assad dictatorship. There must be a new social contract that addresses the concerns of all, not only of the HTS!
30.04.2025 19:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The new Syrian regime under Ahmed al-Sharaa insists arms belong to the state. Absolutely, but only if the state is legitimate & approved by the peoples. But al-Sharaa rebuilt Assad's regime. For Syrians, there's no real difference b/n Sunni Islamist or Alawite Baathist dictators.
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In my latest for the Middle East Forum, I write that Kurdish unity is an illusion, & the unity the Kurdish parties seek is futile, but why?
The bigger question is Unity on what?
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While the Israeli & the Turkish leaders, especially Netenyahu & Erdogan, trade accusations of ethnic cleansing regarding Palestinians & Kurds respectively, it would be best for them to look in the mirror & confront the realities of their own countries before advising each other.
09.04.2025 19:12 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Hakan Fidan is right: Israel should end its incursions & attacks into/on the Syrian territories and should withdraw from Syria; however, such statements should not come from a country that has occupied & massacred Syrians since 2018, & 100s of 1000s of people remain displaced.
09.04.2025 19:12 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0By Turkish standards, Israel has legitimate security concerns to attack & occupy Syrian land.
In fact, no regional countries have occupied and massacred the Syrian people other than the Turkish army. What Israel is doing is just following the Turkish footprints.
La elecciรณn de Ahmed al Sharaa para muftรญ de Siria demuestra que no es un moderado
El nuevo rรฉgimen seguirรก ignorando la diversidad รฉtnica y religiosa del paรญs.
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These fatwas stand as historic documents reflecting the Middle Eastโs complex relationship with the Kurds.
Al-Rifaโiโs appointment is particularly concerning for minorities, given his 2018 anti-Kurdish fatwa was followed by ethnic cleansing and cultural erasure by Turkish forces.
