Revolution of Love: Tragedy of Mem u Zin
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This book in Standard Kurdish is a dramatization by Dr Kamal Mirawdeli of the most famous ever Kurdish literary text the Mem u Zin of Ahmadi Khani. The drama is about 50,000 words and it is arguably the most creative and important Kurdish national literary text after the original work of Khani. In a highly aesthetic poetic language it revives and modernizes the story of Mem u Zin establishing it as a monumental national Kurdish heritage fulfilling Khani's dream to turn his protagonists Mem u Zin into eternal embodiments of sacred love, national freedom and social justice. The themes include beauty and love, national customs, Sufist love, Newroz, struggle between good and evil, absurdity of political power, social revolution and spiritual transcendence.
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Kamal Mirawdeli is a Kurdish academic, writer and poet. He has obtained BA in English from Baghdad University, MA in Philosophy and PhD in Literature (Orientalism) from University of Essex, UK and MSc in Economy and Political Science from London School of Economics (LSE). He has taught literature, philosophy and language and has written extensively about Middle East issues, and Kurdish literature and politics. He has also worked for many years in the Voluntary Sector in Britain providing management, training and consultancy for the development of civil society organisations and institutions.
About the Author
Kamal Mirawdeli is a Kurdish academic, writer and poet. He has obtained BA in English from Baghdad University, MA in Philosophy and PhD in Literature (Orientalism) from University of Essex, UK and MSc in Economy and Political Science from London School of Economics (LSE). He has taught literature, philosophy and language and has written extensively about Middle East issues, and Kurdish literature and politics. He has also worked for many years in the Voluntary Sector in Britain providing management, training and consultancy for the development of civil society organisations and institutions.