Kurds silenced in the Middle East
Ever wondered why you hardly ever hear the voices of Kurds across our region, especially within the sphere of the media? Well, here is a recent (but not uncommon) case from Syria that could lead you to the answer:
Kurdish news websites Efrin.ner, Gemyakurda.de and Qamishlo.net have been filtered by the Syrian authorities since 25 April 2007. Efrin had already been blocked by one of the country’s two Internet access providers, the Syrian postal service, but it is now also unavailable on the Syrian Computer Society (SCS) network. Many other sites which focus on the Kurdish minority in Syria, such as Amude.com, have already been banned.
Syrian Internet-users have set up a support page for one of the country’s three jailed Cyber-dissidents, IbrahimZoro.com (in Arabic).
Read the full article here (in French.)
I have been wanting to give Kurds a voice through Mideast Youth for a long time now with a difficult time trying to find Kurds within the blogosphere (for obvious reasons), I truly wish some Kurds abroad will be passionate enough in helping their fellow Kurds within the Middle East in gaining a louder voice.
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Dear Esra’a,
Thank you for your efforts in trying to help Kurds and bring attention to their plight.
Sherkoh Abbas
There’s some around. I get emails from them sometimes:
http://kurdistanblog.blogspot.com/
Uh I’m not in contact with those bloggers specifically, I just thought I’d add that on.
Hi all,
Dear Esra, as promised I will write here when I return to UK from Kurdistan. I am in Slemany at the moment and I am working on some IT work here as well as enjoying being back with my family.
It is usual for the Assad government to do what exactly Saddam was doing in Iraq and I am sure their day will come, too. Here in south Kurdistan, IRaq not even Turkish racist websites are filtered and information via internet is the best way to obtain them.
We in Kurdblogger.com are doing we best to get more and more Kurds to write in Arabic and Latin script Kurdish. they are welcome to filter us, too. But I am sure we can always find alternatives to their tricks! We promise to be around and we are certain that no GOVERMENT can silence Kurds anymore. South Kurdistan is the HOPE!
Kurds are the ancient inhabitants of these mountains and neither British B52s nor Saddam’s best military capabilities silenced the Kurdish people! We are at our best times of History and I hope it will only get better if WE WORK HARDER and HARDER!
Thanks for your efforts! Long live freedom, hell to the dictators!