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Madeh Piryonesi
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Professor, Hevjîn, Translator and Literature Enthusiast

Hello world, Read my story: queensu.ca/quarterly/ Buy a Canadian magazine if you can. This is 2025 winter issue of Queen's Quarterly.


Left: Memo from 1952 banning import of two Kurdish books to Turkey: 1. Little Ones' Spring (Nûbihara Biçûkan) by 17 c. Ahmad Khani, an Arabic-Kurdish versified dictionary to teach kids Arabic & poetry meters (Right) 2. Path of People (Nehculenam), a religious book by Xelîl Sêrtî

مناڵ بووین، شتی کوردی کەم بوو. ئەو کتێبانەیش بە تاک و تەرا چاپ ئەبوون یا قاچاخ ئەکران گران بوون. بۆ ئێمەی مناڵ ئەم ڕۆژژمێرانە زۆر خۆش بوون. وەک کەشکۆڵ پڕ بوون لە شێعر و قسەی جۆراوجۆر. بیستم وتیان ئەمساڵ ئیجازەی چاپیان پێ نەداون. خوا بێ بە بایسی ئەوەی بووە بایسی. #نەورۆز #Newroz


Thousands of Torontonian Kurds, many of whom have faced persecution for authoring a book, a song, a word, or even a single letter in their mother tongue, see these signs and feel a sense of belonging in the city. 📸"Welcome to Toronto" in Kurdish Thx @TTChelps & @cityoftoronto




Toronto 💚 تۆرۆنتۆ 💚




ئەم ماوە خەریکی ئێدیتی وەرگێڕانێکم شتی زۆر خۆشم دێتە پێش چاو بۆنموونە ئێوە ئەتانزانی tumor بە کوردی ئەبێت بە لووە؟😭😭🥹 زۆۆۆر کیوتە وەڵا🥲


Women marrying them is Haram (not allowed). The list is long. In line four "Kurdish women." Interesting manuscript of a 19th century poem written in Iran about women you can or cannot marry. Poem by a Mulla named Kadhimi from Tehran. Source of image: Adham Shexo's Facebook