We Are Kurds, Not Ottomans, – Dzudzuana/satsurblia/iranian Pride

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We are Kurds, not Ottomans, not heirs of Istanbul, not slaves to sultans' dreams. Our mountains are the Zagros and the Taurus, our ancestors the Hurrians, the Medes, and the Mannaeans – long before an Ottoman Empire was even born. They speak of Africa, of distant markets, but we carry Mesopotamia in our blood, the cradle of humanity, where language, agriculture, and cities first awoke. We were divided by London and Paris, by Sykes and Picot, yet…