Kurdish AwakeningKurdish Awakening examines key questions related to Kurdish nationalism and identity formation in Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. The worlds largest stateless ethnic group, Kurds have steadily grown in importance as a political power in the Middle East, particularly in light of the Arab Spring. As a result, Kurdish issuespolitical, cultural, and historical alikehave emerged as the subject of intense scholarly interest. This book provides fresh ways of