My Farther's Rifle....

[Arin]

Oh my days!

This book is great and I recommend people read it
It will take u on an emotional ride!


Book: My Father's Rifle : A Childhood in Kurdistan
A Childhood in Kurdistan, By Hiner Saleem

Of all those who suffered in Saddam Hussein's Iraq it was perhaps the Kurds who bore the heaviest burden. Failed uprisings made them the target of vicious military reprisals that claimed untold numbers on the battlefield and in the many torture chambers that dotted the country. Dreaming of their own nation -- Kurdistan -- they stood in the way of Hussein's goal of a pan-Arab state. Denied their dream they were also denied the status of Iraqis, a status few desired in any case.

Filmmaker Hiner Saleem's My Father's Rifle: A Childhood in Kurdistan is a narrative of one boy's life growing up Kurd in 1960s and 70s Iraq. It is a story of a child who is forced to grow before his time, to think the thoughts of adults and to experience pain and hardship so often that his soul is numbed to their effects.


If u want to know more about the book:
http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/books/misc/myfather.htm

[Vladimir]

It's a great book. Too ba dmy Kurdish friend from Slemani has it. But the pro-Barzani mentality is a bit hmm. But in that era lot of ppl were pro- Barzaaaani.

[Arin]

It's a great book. Too ba dmy Kurdish friend from Slemani has it. But the pro-Barzani mentality is a bit hmm. But in that era lot of ppl were pro- Barzaaaani.

hmm if u are from the UK u can get the book from Waterstones.

[AlanG]

I'll read it as soon as i go to suleymaniah