The Kurdish Peace Institute will organize a virtual panel tomorrow, Friday, to discuss how and why Kurds are rising up, the role of Kurdish women in resistance to gender inequality and ethnic discrimination in Iran and the impacts of the protest movement and the Iranian government’s militarized approach to the Kurdish question for regional stability and security.

The second-largest Kurdish population in the Middle East lives within the borders of Iran, but their plight has all too often gone unseen and unheard of until the murder of a Kurdish woman by Iranian ‘morality police’ sparked the largest nation-wide protests in Iran’s recent history.

Speakers are: 

Kamran Matin: Associate Professor of International Relations at Sussex University, UK, where he teaches international history, international theory, and Middle East politics.

Ava Homa: award-winning author of the novel Daughters of Smoke and Fire, which weaves together fifty years of modern Kurdish history. 

Shukriya Bradost: Ph.D. student at the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech University. Her main area of interest is international security, focusing on security in the Middle East.

Meghan Bodette: Director of Research at the Kurdish Peace Institute.

To attend register here