RITE OF SPRING, Kurdistan: 1M

After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, in what would become a repeated pattern of the Western powers, the promise of a homeland was not kept for the Kurds. They were tossed together into {quote}Iraq{quote}, suffering failed monarchies and violent revolutions, paving a dark path to the genocidal reign of Saddam Hussein. A forsaken people, the Kurds have been guilty of the simple crime of their existence.

After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, in what would become a repeated pattern of the Western powers, the promise of a homeland was not kept for the Kurds. They were tossed together into "Iraq", suffering failed monarchies and violent revolutions, paving a dark path to the genocidal reign of Saddam Hussein. A forsaken people, the Kurds have been guilty of the simple crime of their existence.