Kurdish Research Audio Archive

Welcome to the Kurdish Research Audio Archive, a collection of recordings and preliminary research studies on Kurdish culture, history, and language.

The archive currently has 159 audio overviews totalling 62 hours, 47 minutes of audio.

Overview Series

Series: 10 Historical Eras in the History of Afrin before 2010

Afrin

Afrin and Cyrrhestica in Roman Times
Afrin and its Relationship with its Neighbors French Mandate until 2010
Afrin Architecture
Afrin during the Muslim Conquest
Assyrian Influence in the Afrin Region
Defining Kurd Dagh
The Economic History of Afrin
El Tico - the Kurdish Story Teller from Afrin
Events that Led to the Migrations to Afrin from Ottoman Times until 2010
Events that Led to the Migrations to Afrin until Ottoman Times
Historic Moments in the History of Afrin
The History of Afrin
Hurrian and Hittite Afrin Remnants
Kurdish Depopulation Policies in Afrin Pre-2010
Mrwan Brakat - Jebel al-Akrad History and Geography
The Regional Ties of Afrin before the French Mandate Period
Tribes of Afrin
Unique Aspects of Afrini Kurds
Villages of Afrin
Why so many Villages are Abandoned in Afrin

Peoples of Afrin

Afrin Alevis Before 2010
Afrin-Aleppo Relations
Armenians of Afrin
Minorities of Afrin
Sufism in Afrin

Ottoman Afrin

Afrin and the Surrounding Region in Ottoman Times
The Arameans in Afrin
Life in Ottoman Afrin

Places of Afrin

Afrin's Historic Sites
Ain Dara Temple
Dead Cities of Afrin
The History Nebi Hori
The History of Mount Lelun

Explorers

Early Accounts and Explorers of the Kurd Dagh
Explorers who passed through the Afrin region before the French Mandate Period
Gertrude Bell
What Gertrude Bell Wrote about Afrin and the Surrounding Area

French Mandate Period

Afrin in the French Mandate Period

Kilis

Afrin - Kilis Relations
The History of Kilis

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Circassians of Afrin
Armenian Accounts of Afrin
How did the Baath regime in Syria Bring Arabs to Afrin and Displace Others
Geology of Afrin
The History of Smuggling in Afrin
The Hurrians in Afrin
Hyper-local Cultural Practices in Afrin

Geography of Afrin

Dederiyeh Cave
Geography of Afrin
Geography of Afrin and Connection with its History
The Geography, Lifeways, and Culture of Afrin
How Limestone affects Civilizations around it
The Importance of Limestone in Culture
Limestone and Ancient Architecture

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Culture

Anthropological Studies of Kurdish Peoples and their Findings
How do Kurds Remember and Retain their History
How have Mountains affected the lifeways of the Kurds
How have Mountains affected the Peoples of the Middle East
Kurdish Culture before Modern Times
Kurdish Shamanism
Kurdish Tattoos
Mountain Kurds and Plains Kurds
Kurdish Food
Kurdish Gender Relations
Pre-Modern Kurdish Village Life
Traditions of the Kurds

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Kurdish Clothes
Kurdish Dabke
History of Kurdish Nowruz
Kurdish Dance
Kurdish Female Traditions
Kurdish Jewelry Traditions
Kurdish Male Traditions
Kurdish Oral Traditions
Kurdish Traditions before Modern Times
Kurdish Traditions shared by other Cultures
Nomadic Kurdish Life before Modern Times
Traditions of Kurdish Nowruz Past and Present

Dengbêj

Ayşe Şan
Kurdish Dengbej

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Zarbêj
Stanbej

Kurdish History

Dimdim Castle
Famines of the 19th and 20th century in Kurdistan
Famous Kurdish Places
Famous Kurdish Tribes in History
Famous Kurds in History
The History of the Ayyubid Dynasty
The History of the Sassanids
The Kurdish Jews
Kurdish Oral History
The Origins of the Kurds
The Qamishli Uprising
Tanzimat Reforms
Why do Kurds say theyre Descendants of the Medes

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The Hurrians
The History of the Arameans
History of Kurdish Nationalism
The Kurdish Epic of Dimdim Castle

Kurdish Relations

Armenian-Kurdish Relations
Jewish Life in Pre-1948 Kurdistan
Kurdish Relationship with Assyrians: Past and Present
Kurdish Relationship with Turkmen - Past and Present
Kurds and Ottoman Relations (Political Focus)
The Kurds Relationship with Greeks Past and Present
The Kurds Relationship with the Soviet Union
Minorities in Kurdistan
The Relationship between Yazidis and non-Yazidi Kurds before 2013

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Kurdish Relationship with Circassians
The Kurdish Relationship with the Middle East
The Kurds Relationship with Arabs in Kurdistan Past and Present
The Kurds Relationship with Iranians Past and Present
The Kurds Relationship with Minorities in Kurdistan Past and Present
The Kurds Relationship with Turks in Kurdistan Past and Present

Linguistics

The Native and Second Languages Spoken by Kurds throughout History
The Origins and Influences of Kurmanji Kurdish
Themes and Etymologies of Kurdish Proverbs

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Literature

Famous Kurdish Literature
Kurdish Relationship with Literature
The Sherefname

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Famous Kurdish literary Figures
Kurdish relationship with Poetry

Mythology and Legends of the Kurds

Connections of Kurdish Myths and Legends with the Myths and Legends of other Cultures and Peoples
Famous Kurdish Epics
Kurdish Legends
Kurdish Mythology
The Kurds and Djin
Mem u Zin
Shahmaran

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Famous Dengbej of Afrin
Famous Stories Epics and Legends of Afrin
Kawa the Blacksmith

Research

Archives Most Likely to Contain Information about the History of Afrin
Famous Studies using Micohistory Methodology
Gaps in Kurdish Oral History Research
How Micohistory Methodology can be used when Researching the Oral History of Afrin
Kurdish Institute of Paris
The Most Important Kurdish Archives in Germany
Researching Afrin or Kurd Dagh at the Archives Kurdish Institute of Paris
Significant Gaps in the Academic Record Concerning Afrin Syria
Significant Gaps in the Academic Record in Kurdish Oral History
What can be found in the Archives Kurdish Institute of Paris
What Research has Already been done on the Kurdish Oral History
What Research has Already been done on the Oral History of Afrin

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How to do Archival Research

Religion

Alevi Kurds
Alevism
Kurdish or Proto-Kurdish Relationship with Mithraism
Kurdish Relationship with Gnosticism
Kurdistan Before Islam: A Religious History
Kurds and Christianity
Kurds and Islam
Kurds and Islam, Alternate Version
Kurds and Sufism
Manichaeism
The Medes and Christianity
Minority and Niche Religions of the Kurds
Non-Abrahamic Religions of the Kurds
The Roman Mysteries of Mithras
Sufism
What is Gnosticism
Yarsanism

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Yezidi

Yezidi Oral Tradition and Late Antique Religious Motifs, by Eszter Spät
Yezidis of Afrin

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