Failed policies like that and the Al Anfel genocide are the reasons why Kurdistan is in the present state.
They were all once promised that they would be free but just like many other treaties, it fizzled out and the promise was never kept. When Alesa was there, she asked some men on the street what they wanted in life and they all said they wanted to be free and unified in Kurdistan. Having them split among their enemies’ lands made them easier to control. Also, leaders knew the Kurds lived where the world’s major oil resource was. The idea of “divide and conquer” was prevalent in the tactics of leaders like Winston Churchill and others like him, because they knew how much power people like the Kurds had if they united. They are the world’s largest group of people without a country and have been a people since 500 B.C. She explained the origins and demographics of the Kurdish people which started with them spread out among the lands of Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Syria. Her story started with her son asking her a simple question, “if you could do anything, what would you do?” She turned her answer into action and decided to teach abroad in Kurdistan with the Peace Corps. Her book and her presentation were about her time there and the experiences she had with the people there in 2010. This was a talk about Alesa Lightbourne’s experience in Kurdish Iraq where she went there to teach abroad but ended up learning about herself and the new country she was living in.
She lives close in Santa Cruz, where she loves to boogie board and ride a bicycle.By Abiola A, a student volunteer from San Jose State University Theresa’s greatest challenge will be balancing respect for cultural values while trying to introduce more enlightened attitudes toward women - at the same time seeking new spiritual dimensions within herself.Īlesa Lightbourne has been an English professor and teacher in six countries, lived on a sailboat, dined with Bedouins, and written for Fortune 50 companies.
Befriended by a widow in a nearby village, Theresa is embroiled in the joys and agonies of traditional Kurds, especially the women who survived Saddam’s genocide only to be crippled by age-old restrictions, brutality and honor killings. The Kurdish Bike is a gripping and tender novel of love, betrayal and redemption. With her marriage over and life gone flat, Theresa Turner responds to an online ad, and lands at a school in Kurdish Iraq. Join us for a virtual book discussion with Alesa Lightbourne, author of The Kurdish Bike.
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