Gendered Experiences of Genocide

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Focusing on the harrowing experiences of Kurdish women during the Anfal campaign, this book delves into their encounters with violence, loss, and incarceration. It emphasizes their resilience and survival strategies in the aftermath of genocide, using personal testimonies to reconstruct a nuanced narrative. Choman Hardi challenges the politicized and simplified accounts of history, while also confronting the societal silences surrounding sexual abuse and the victim-blaming culture that persists in a patriarchal society.