In the Shadow of the Mountain

In the beginning of the 1980's, Ashti briam Afandi, experienced the struggle that the Kurdish people were facing at the hands of the Iraqi regime lead by Saddam Hussein. This struggle gave birth to her desire to become a Peshmerga (Kurdish freedom fighter) and move to the mountains. It was during a period in which Kurdish Societies were ruled by men, and such a decision could lead to a woman being dishonoured. Since the 1980’s, Ashti has studied the political and military events that have transpired in the geopolitical region of [read more...]