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phagodyke · 9 months ago

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ykw I think I need to find some lit on kurdish history/culture to understand exordia better.. I just know so much of this is gonna go over my head bc my knowledge is so limited like I'm already stumbling into bits that make me take mental notes to look up later. and with the reading ive been doing to keep myself informed on the palestinian genocide I'm actually finding I have a lot of interest in that general geographical/historical/political area so maybe I need to fully commit to trying to better understand the last hundred years or so of the middle east + western intervention 🤔

#and also like. I'm half turkish but ik so little abt turkish culture/history bc neither my dad or his dad rly talked abt it at all #likely bc they both had difficult relationships with turkey for various reasons. idk im just curious and want to understand more #i have an arabic surname which leads to strangers making assumptions sometimes. but i barely even know WHAT theyre assuming..#its weird carrying that around but not rly having a cultural connection to it yknow #ik my roommate has been reading a lot around similar topics so maybe ill ask if she has recommendations. ive already found a bunch of-#reading i wanna move onto after 100 yrs war.... always enriching to have an ongoing educational project #hm. anyway! back to work..#.diaries

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