“The Kurds have suffered for hundreds of years from different regimes. No one in the region wa

“The Kurds have suffered for hundreds of years from different regimes. No one in the region was accepting of an independent Kurdistan. But now, thousands of people from the very groups who attacked us before have been welcomed here after ISIS pushed them them out of their cities. There is hope that now that they have seen us they will understand. Forgiveness is key.” — Dilshad Qadir, Kurdish civil society activist in Erbil, IraqRead the full interview on what it’s like to be Kurdish in Iraq as the region changes. -- source link

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