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My first piece was published in a national paper in the Netherlands, de Volkskrant, in 1980. I was nine years old. continue reading »

About the books I wrote or contributed to. continue reading »

Giving lectures is quite an adrenaline driven excercise, but always in a positive way. I love sharing the story of the Kurds and my view on it in public, continue reading »

Having opinions is very normal for a journalist. Publishing them is too. Crucial is of course that you are opiniated about a subject you know well. continue reading »

When I am in the Netherlands, I give workshops for freelance journalists who want to get a firmer grip on their business, continue reading »

Vrees voor Turkse moordcommando’s in Nederland, interview on Dutch public TV about Turkish intelligence agency MIT spying on Kurds in the Netherlands, EenVandaag, 10 July 2017.
Als journalist tussen de Koerdische PKK-strijders, interview on Dutch public radio about my year insinde the PKK, EenVandaag Radio, 28 June 2017.
Why the Yezidis of Iraq are still not safe, published on Byline, 12 April 2017.
Wat vinden PKK’ers van de aanslag in Istanbul?, talk on Dutch radio show ‘Met het Oog op Morgen’ about TAK-attack in Istanbul, 11 December 2016.
Kurdish PKK celebrates 38th anniversary: ‘Our morales are like a bomb’, published on Byline, 2 December 2016. Dutch version published in weekly Groene Amsterdammer, 1 December 2016.
EU’s cowardice shows lack of support for press freedom in Turkey, published on Byline, 4 November 2016. Dutch version: Laffe EU staat niet principieel achter Turkse persvrijheid, published in Dutch daily De Volkskrant, 4 November 2016.
Survivors of the city wars, published on Byline, 27 October 2016.
The battle for Mosul, broadcast on Al Jazeera’s ‘The Stream’, 25 October 2016.
Mosul won’t be safe for minorities unless it adopts grassroots democracy, published on The World Post/Huffington Post, 19 October 2016.
Eerst letters, dan wapens, story about PKK language camp in the Qandil mountains, published in Dutch weekly magazine Vrij Nederland, 14 September 2016. English version: Language course with the PKK: I am a guerrilla, you are a guerrilla, we are guerrilla’s, published on Byline, 7 December 2016.
PKK co-leader Cemil Bayik: ‘What are we supposed to do? Surrender? Never.’, published at Byline, 6 September 2016.
‘Dit land haat de Koerden. Dat besef doet pijn’, story about the war in southeast Turkey, published in Dutch weekly Vrij Nederland, 25 May 2016.

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