Finding Neighbors in Unexpected Places:
The reflections of a traveler in Kurdish lands

“Driving through the land of the Kurds, the dust of time swirled about me. Nineveh is here and Ur there, each little more than toppled stone, fragments, and historical memory. But at my side is my driver, a Kurd.”
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“There are about 25 million Kurds in the world, give or take a few million. Their homeland, called "Kurdistan," spans four countries: Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Syria. They speak a language that is related to Persian, and have traditionally lived in the Taurus and Zagros mountains and nearby plains. For centuries they have been mainly farmers and sheepherders, although as a result of modernization, most Kurds are now urban-dwellers. Although the Kurds qualify as an "unreached people" because the percentage of believers among them is low, God is nevertheless doing some exciting things among them. We'll get to that, but first, a bit of history ...”
—Diana Colby, a social scientist who has lived and worked in several Muslim countries. Dr. Colby’s complete article appears on urbana.org. Read the complete article now