Re: "No such entity as the Kurds" Really, S? One of your blind spots, perhaps? NOM Archived Message
Posted by Ian M on January 10, 2019, 12:51 am, in reply to "Re: "No such entity as the Kurds" Really, S? One of your blind spots, perhaps? NOM"
Hi again Subhi, Just looked again at what I wrote (rather hastily, I'm afraid) and it could seem like I was setting myself up as the judge of Syrian society, which wasn't my intention. Of course Hassoun and yourself would know your own culture better than me no matter how many books I were to read... So, sorry about 'rosy depictions', I think that was just my automatic distrust of religious authorities coming through. 'I favour a sober analysis based on a knowledge of the region, the whole region, it's culture (it's actual culture) and history including recent history, that's all...its like you don't hear much from Syrians in all this, is there a better source? one less likely to dissimulate? or more deserving a say?' Agreed, thanks again for posting that kind of analysis and I'll try to educate myself better before responding next time. best, I
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