A Syrian in Kurdistan
A brief encounter with a Syrian refugee in Kurdistan
Tag: Aleppo
Syria 2005 – a Kurdish welcome
I rarely need prompting to discuss political issues but when, on the streets of a dictatorship I am asked, “would you like to talk about politics”?, I may as well reply, “that’s why I am here”. So it was that I encountered Havin, a Kurdish Zoroastrian, on the pavements of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city. Naturally such hobbies are probably best not undertaken loudly in public as an extended stay at the invitation of the secret police would tend not to…
