Jîl Şwanî @thejilswani Twitter profile

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Jîl Şwanî

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A great lineup of Kurdish authors for the upcoming Kurdistan+100 book from @commapress . But who’s that last name in the lineup?

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

Is this okay with you? @masrour_barzani @qubadjt @jensstoltenberg this is my brother playing with my nephew when a Turkish bomb drops 20 meters away from them in Kuna Masi. #TwitterKurds

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Is my 3-year-old nephew a PKK member? @jensstoltenberg

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@thejilswani

4 years

Is this okay with you? @masrour_barzani @qubadjt @jensstoltenberg this is my brother playing with my nephew when a Turkish bomb drops 20 meters away from them in Kuna Masi. #TwitterKurds

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4 years

My dad was arrested in Istanbul for speaking Kurdish. Literally not doing anything else, just speaking Kurdish. Erdogan apologists and Kemalist Turks are trying to change the narrative. Fix your country, then we'll get along. #TurkeyInvadesKurdistan

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@thejilswani

4 years

To the racist fascist dogs thinking is faked:

The Citadel

@thecitadel_co

4 years

#Updated : Two killed, six others wounded in Turkish airstrike on Sulaimani’s Kuna Masi town #NRTnews #Kurdistan #Turkey #PKK #TwitterKurds

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4 years

Turks are sending me threats in private messages 🙃

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@thejilswani

4 years

@frankoshean @masrour_barzani @qubadjt @jensstoltenberg Luckily they’re safe and back at home now. But if you slow down the video you see a large boulder narrowly miss my nephew’s head (left side of the screen).

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@thejilswani

4 years

If I see one more news outlet refer to my family as Iraqi, instead of Kurds or Iraqi Kurd, I’ll lose my shit #TurkeyIsBombingKurds

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@thejilswani

4 years

My sister-in-law’s sister, who was there at the bombardments of Kuna Masi, is now working on a podcast to talk about #Kurdish history in Kurdish. This girl was never patriotic, but experiencing the attacks by the #Turkish state made her so. You silence one, ten will rise up.

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@thejilswani

5 years

#Istanbul has risen! #Rojava #KurdishGenocide #Kurds

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 months

Doing the hand sign of a terrorist group to celebrate a football match. Every institution of the Turkish state is built on a foundation of racism. From the football team to the highest ministry, they all are expressions of a foundation myth of Turkish racial superiority.

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@Merihdemiral

4 months

🇹🇷 Ne mutlu Türküm diyene!

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@thejilswani

1 year

Apple finally added the Kurdistan flag as an emoji 🇬🇭 🇬🇭 🇬🇭

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@thejilswani

4 years

Lol #TurkeyIsBombingKurds

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@thejilswani

4 years

I love France24. The only media outlet to accurately report on what happened and not omit that we are Kurdish and that it was a Turkish airstrike. I’m very grateful for @France24 for reaching out to us.

FRANCE 24

@FRANCE24

4 years

Family films moment Turkish air strike hits Iraq's Kurdish population

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4 years

Luckily my family got out okay, but there are many who weren’t as fortunate. People have died and are injured. Please use your voice for them. #TwitterKurds #TurkeyBombingKurds

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@thejilswani

4 years

You’re not being “neutral” you’re holding your hands over your eyes as Turkey kills Kurds #TurkeyInvadesKurdistan

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

Thank you all for your messages and comments. They’re all physically okay, so that’s very lucky. But please spread this video as much as you can.

Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

Is this okay with you? @masrour_barzani @qubadjt @jensstoltenberg this is my brother playing with my nephew when a Turkish bomb drops 20 meters away from them in Kuna Masi. #TwitterKurds

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2 years

Guys I don’t think Google Translate is fluent in Soranî yet

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

You know what’s emotionally jarring? Supporting Palestine as a Kurd when I know Palestinians supported Saddam’s genocide and Arabization campaigns against Kurds, and knowing that Palestinians still have statues of Saddam in some of their villages.

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@thejilswani

4 years

Zara Mohammadi, a Kurdish teacher in east Kurdistan (Iran) has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Iranian regime. Her crime? Teaching children Kurdish. #FreeZara

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@thejilswani

5 years

@outofluckk @rfqxox because you've already heard the most beautiful voice and nothing can ever beat it, so why bother having ears?

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@thejilswani

4 years

ئەو کوردانەی باشوور کە تا ئێستا تێنەگەیشتوون، پێویستە ئێستا تێبگەن کە تورکیا نەک تەنها دوژمنی باکوور و ڕۆژاوایە، بەڵکو گشت گەلی کورد. لە کوونەماسی ڕانەوەستن، سبەی سلێمانی و کەرکووک و هەولێر و دهۆکیش بۆمبڕێژ ئەکەن. پێویستە یەک بگرین بەرەمبەر تورکیای داگیرکەر.

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

3 years

Turkey won’t play in the World Cup. Thank you, Portugal

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

@RT_com This is my family and the video is mine. This was a TURKISH airstrike against KURDISH civilians in Kuna Masi. Also, @rt_com doesn’t my approval to use my video and is currently in violation of copyright law. Unless you wanna get sued, correct your caption and say we’re Kurds.

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@thejilswani

4 years

So, the Turks are killing Kurdish civilians outside their borders... is that cool with you guys or...? @jensstoltenberg oh right, I forgot your European humanitarian values only apply when your interests are threatened.

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@thejilswani

4 years

Why is the hashtag called #TurkeyInvadesKurdistan ? Because #TurkeyInvadesKurdistan and they’re killing us Kurds in the process

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

My family almost died because of Turkish airstrikes, while they were playing with their children. #TurkeyInvadesKurdistan

Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

Is this okay with you? @masrour_barzani @qubadjt @jensstoltenberg this is my brother playing with my nephew when a Turkish bomb drops 20 meters away from them in Kuna Masi. #TwitterKurds

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2 years

@AlinejadMasih Might as well mention what they’re singing and dancing to. It’s a song that says “I’m a Kurd, my language is Kurdish, and I’m from Kurdistan.” Would it kill you all to mention that these people are Kurds?

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

I know this is definitely not because of me and the video, I know that for certain. But I still take credit. I did this.

BBC News Türkçe

@bbcturkce

4 years

Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan: 'Niçin Youtube, Twitter, Netflix gibi sosyal medyalara karşı olduğumuzu anlıyor musunuz? Bu millete bu tür mecralar yakışmıyor. Bir an önce parlamentomuza getirip tamamen kaldırılmasını, kontrol edilmesini istiyoruz.'

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@thejilswani

5 years

If one more Turk says this shit I’m gonna lose my mind. We’re not brothers and sisters, we are not the same as you, we are not your compatriots, we are not one of you. You kill us and commit genocide and ethnocide against us. We do not want to live with you. Leave us alone.

ailin

@kerimeaylin

5 years

1. RELATIONSHIP TURKS AND KURDS: In order to understand the problem you’ve to know that unlike the way it is displayed Turks and Kurds DO get along. They live in peace together and if you visit Turkey you’ll see that there’s no such thing as a seperation between Kurds and Turks.

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@thejilswani

4 years

I’m Kurdish we have a saying, “No friends but the mountains.” Prove us wrong by amplifying our voice and standing with us #TurkeyInvadesKurdistan

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@thejilswani

4 years

My friend who’s currently in Mawat, close to the village of Draey, just sent me this. Turkish bombs falling in civilian areas, in touristic areas, and around houses. @Kurdistan @qubadjt @masrour_barzani @IKRPresident @NATO @jensstoltenberg

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

2 years

The Dutch with their mothers

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@arblauvelt

2 years

That’s gotta be the worst take of the day…

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@thejilswani

3 years

Unpopular opinion: Kurdish food is better without meat

Vintage Kurd📻📿

@vintagekurd

3 years

Kurdish food Which one is your favorite?

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@thejilswani

4 years

Racist Turkish Grey Wolves are now wreaking havoc in #Vienna . @NATO This is what happens when you let Turkey get away with everything: they’ll bring their fascist mentality to your streets in Europe.

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@thejilswani

4 years

@SkyNews This video is mine. Not only have you misrepresented my family and what we have experienced, you have also infringed on my ownership of the video and our copyright claim. We can sue you. Contact me if you want use the video.

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@thejilswani

2 years

I love Masih Alinejad and have a lot of respect for her. She’s lived a whole lifetime with the dangerous disease of being allergic to the word “Kurd”. I don’t know how you do it, but you have my admiration.

Masih Alinejad 🏳️

@AlinejadMasih

2 years

#VoriaGhafouri is a former member of Iran’s national team. Today, he was kidnapped by the regime for supporting protesters. His whereabouts is unknown. But we know one thing: he put his life in danger for protesters. I call on international football federation to take action

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4 years

I’M A KURD. TURKEY WANTS TO ERASE MY IDENTITY. TURKEY IS BOMBING ME. PASS IT ON #TurkeyInvadesKurdistan

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@thejilswani

1 year

For years I’ve heard people tell me about the hugely increased influence of islamists in Kurdistan, but I never would’ve imagined it’s on this level. This is ugly. So very ugly. Support Yezidi people however you can

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@thejilswani

4 years

The fact that Rudaw even gives a platform to this is the final straw. Rudaw is jash. We’ve always known it. Rudaw is jash. Rudaw is jash.

Rudaw English

@RudawEnglish

4 years

Kurdish families in Turkey are free to choose whether to send their children to Kurdish lessons or not. "But no one is interested in attending Kurdish lessons because it is not so useful in Turkey or globally," AKP MP Rizgin Birlik tells @KarwanFaidhiDri

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@thejilswani

1 year

If anyone is a contributor on Twitter, leave a community note to correct this misinformation. This is a scene from a movie shot in Hawler in Kurdistan, not an ISIS slave market. Also isn’t misinformation a violation? @TwitterSafety @CommunityNotes

Darya Safai MP

@SafaiDarya

1 year

These images make me sick, angry and sad. This is a market where IS (Daesh) sells sex slaves. Completely covered from head to toe with the hijab and only the owner to whom they belong is allowed to see them. That there are still people in the 21st century who treat women like

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@thejilswani

4 years

And supporting Palestine isn’t made easier when it’s a fact that so many Palestinians support Erdogan and his anti-Kurdish campaigns. And to add to that, it’s a miracle if I ever see Palestinians stand up with Kurds during difficult times.

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

Every time I see another headline about more Kurds murdered by Turkey my heart breaks further. Tonight it’s shattered, and all we can do is write about it. This is how you radicalize entire nations. #Duhok

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

5 years

@Mlkmbl After reading your thread and gaining this valuable knowledge, I, as a Kurd, looked at my hand and realized it was disappearing. I have only half a body left and that’s disappearing too! You made me realize my own lack of existence.

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@thejilswani

5 years

It’s a shame you didn’t ask her if the ads she does for Turkish tourism pay for her tuition.

AUIS Voice

@TheAUISVoice

5 years

Have you read our interview with @banuuuly_ yet?

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@thejilswani

4 years

The republic of Turkey is built on genocide and bloodshed of Kurds, Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, Alevis, and Yazidis. They’re still doing it. They’re bombarding Kurds. #TurkeyInvadesKurdistan

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

1 year

This guy has done more for KRG soft power than the KRG themselves

netya

@Netya_ylm

1 year

Amerikan ailemiz 💚☀️❤️♾️🇺🇸

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@thejilswani

2 years

I appreciate the work done to bring attention to this, but why is it that so many Persians are forgetting to mention that Mahsa was Kurdish? When Kurds suffer in Iran they’re invisible, unless we fit into their agenda, then they talk about us but won’t mention that we’re Kurdish.

Nazanin Boniadi

@NazaninBoniadi

2 years

To anyone normalizing forced hijab as a "cultural" dress code: There's nothing cultural about something that is widely opposed by the people of that culture to the point where some even risk being imprisoned, tortured or killed for protesting against it. #MahsaAmini

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5 years

Unpopular opinion: kfta is better than yaprax/dolma

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@thejilswani

4 years

And even with all that, I still support Palestine. I support them because we Kurds understand their struggle more than most people, and their people deserve freedom and peace just like our people. But it isn’t easy to support them, because they always support our oppressors.

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@thejilswani

4 years

We're not terrorists. We want to live freely, but Turkey is killing us #TurkeyInvadesKurdistan

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

1 year

For all that Kurds suffer in Turkey time and time again they push democracy forward. Even now Kurdistan votes are pushing Kilicdaroglu toward a win, while nationalist Turks have voted for a president that has brought only destruction to the country and the region.

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@thejilswani

5 months

I’ve been working on a research project focusing on the discourse of Iranian feminists throughout the protests and the data shows that Masih Alinejad erases Kurds from the protests in much the same way as the Shah and the Regime have done. She borrows from colonial discourse.

Masih Alinejad 🏳️

@AlinejadMasih

5 months

Just a few months ago, Ebrahim Raisi executed her son, Now, she’s dancing over his death in a helicopter crash. I told you Iranian women are wounded, but unbowed to their oppressors. My social media is flooded with videos of the family members of those killed by the President of

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4 years

In Soranî Kurdish there are two different words for moonlight and sunlight which are independent from the words moon (mang) and sun (xor/roj). Moonlight is trîfe(تریفە). Sunlight is hetaw(هەتاو). Your language could never.

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@thejilswani

1 year

Why did @Twitter remove the translate function? It was literally one of the best things about this app

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@thejilswani

4 years

They forgot to add the ISIS flag

NATO

@NATO

4 years

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@thejilswani

5 years

The American president was aware of this before it had happened. They supplied Saddam with his weapons, and they did nothing to stop it. Also: it was a part of the Anfal campaign, which was a genocide, not a massacre.

U.S. Consulate General Erbil

@USCGERBIL

5 years

Today marks 32nd annivers. of the massacre of 5,000 innocent civilians in #Halabja , with another 10,000 people injured during chemical weapons attack. On this solemn day, we honor the memories of the husbands, wives, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters who perished in Halabja.

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@thejilswani

4 years

We work through the political system, they send us to jail. We protest, they shoot at us. We pickup arms to stoping them from killing us, they call us terrorists. #TurkeyInvadesKurdistan

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@thejilswani

1 year

Imagine seeing the numbers that Kurds gave to Kilicdaroglu and coming out with this nonsense. This country’s pastime is blaming Kurds for their own shortcomings. Kurds chose change and hope, Turks chose racism and authoritarianism.

Soner Cagaptay

@SonerCagaptay

1 year

7. On balance, Kilicdaroglu's electoral alliance with pro-Kurdish HDP hurt him: some HDP voters in Kurdish-majority provinces stayed home on election day, while -and simultaneously- some Turkish nationalist voters abandoned Kilicdaroglu, admonishing him for allying with the HDP

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@thejilswani

4 years

#TurkeyIsBombingKurdistan

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@thejilswani

4 years

Is this okay with you? @masrour_barzani @qubadjt @jensstoltenberg this is my brother playing with my nephew when a Turkish bomb drops 20 meters away from them in Kuna Masi. #TwitterKurds

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9 months

At this point Nazanin and the rest of the Shah worshipping Persians must realize they are only strengthening the Islamic regime and weakening their own hand by consistently erasing the Kurdish identity of victims. You’ll never see a free Iran if you continue alienating Kurds.

Nazanin Boniadi

@NazaninBoniadi

9 months

An Iranian hero: #RoyaHeshmati received 74 lashes after being convicted for refusing to abide by the Islamic Republic’s draconian hijab law. “I won’t cover up” she pronounced even as they executed her barbaric punishment in what she described as “a medieval torture chamber.”

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5 years

Turkey is forcing women to wear veils for new ID photos in Afrin (IDs written in Turkish and with the FSA flag) and they’re disallowing Kurdish names. This woman named Kurdistan was made to change to Gullistan. Familiar? This isn’t a war against YPG/J. It’s against Kurds.

Amina Hussein

@aminahekmet

5 years

Los ocupantes de #Afrin (Turquía e islamistas) obligan a poner velo en fotos de DNI y cambian nombres kurdos por otros. Esta chica se llama Kurdistán. Cambian su nombre a Gulstan.

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4 years

The KRG, where people are currently protesting for their basic rights, have been in power since 1992 and are yet to create a bus system or any sort of public transport. Rojava has done that, and so much more, in six years, while also fighting military and economic wars.

Rojava Information Center

@RojavaIC

4 years

Operating four routes, Qamishlo's new bus network is the first step in a new transport plan which will ultimately connect all of North and East Syria's major population centers, alongside urban redevelopment in Qamishlo. Learn more here:

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5 years

At some point you become tired, exhausted, and, quite frankly just burnt out, from talking about tragic events.

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@thejilswani

4 years

The way we stood together in October against Turkish fascism is what’s required again. Please continue posting, protesting safely, and boycotting everything Turkish. Turkey will not stop until every iota of Kurdishness is erased off the earth. They’re attacking our mountains now

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@thejilswani

4 years

If the writer, director, and cast aren’t Kurdish then no thanks. We don’t need fake representation.

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4 years

Unpopular opinion: mubarida > split

ATKurd

@atkurd

4 years

You vs the guy she told you not to worry about

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4 years

Just as protests are starting against Turkey, KRG implements a lockdown. Even though when numbers were soaring over the last two weeks, they did nothing. Suspicious?

Rudaw English

@RudawEnglish

4 years

Erbil province will be put under total lockdown for six days, announced the ministry of interior late Sunday.

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3 years

This is Assyrian clothing, not Kurdish. KRG affiliated Kurds do this too often where they try to convert or erase Assyrian identity

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@ixbaran

3 years

Kürt Hristiyanların kıyafetleri de çok güzel.

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4 years

Turkey is killing innocent Kurds and @NATO supports them #TurkeyInvadesKurdistan

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@thejilswani

5 years

Regarding donations and humanitarian aid for #Rojava Video is in both English and Kurdish (Kurdish from 00:46)

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

Oh my god! Shut the fuck up. You’re not only belittling a genocide that’s still fresh in the minds of my family, but you’re trying to weaponize our tragedy, when you don’t give a fuck that Kurds are being ethnically cleansed as we speak. Go fuck yourself, you fucking asshole.

Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈

@Amy_Siskind

4 years

Tear gas is banned in the Geneva Convention, but Trump is using it on Americans in Portland. This is what Saddam Hussein did to his people.

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I said only media outlet to accurately report on the incident about the France24 article. For a moment I had forgotten the great work done by @IrfaaSawtak as well regarding their reporting.

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@thejilswani

4 years

Başurî Kurds need to remember the last “peace-deal” that turkey negotiated with the PKK. After the deal was made and PKK retreated from many positions and disarmed, Turkey began a campaign of brituality against Kurds in Bakur.

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@thejilswani

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I'm at home, writing, editing, listening to Kurdish music, enjoying Kurdish poetry, and living my best life. Give me two extra weeks of isolation. I love it.

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

@RT_com Oh, and @rt_com I’m already in contact with a copyright lawyer, so be respectful of my family and I and correct your caption, so that you don’t misrepresent us. Otherwise I will sue and I have grounds for it.

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@thejilswani

5 years

#Kurds all over the world are standing together at this moment. No politics, no sectarianism. We’re Kurds. #NoFlyZone4Rojava #KurdsBetrayedByTrump #Rojava

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@thejilswani

5 years

America’s left is borderline-mourning #Soleimani and the right is basically cheering Trump on to start a war, while the center and non-political are making memes. America needs to get its shit together. So out of touch it’s a little funny/infuriating, depending how you see it.

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

Turkey is engaging in ethnic cleansing in Rojava and bombarding Kurds in Kurdistan Region of Iraq #TurkeyInvadesKurdistan

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@thejilswani

4 years

After that Trump speech, I believe it’s time for us in the Middle East to send our militaries to the oil fields of Texas and Alaska to sow the seeds of democracy in The United States of America. #Elections2020

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

I have heard more horror stories than I can count about Turkey's treatment of Kurds. They kill, torture, imprison, and rape Kurds for being Kurds and standing up for their rights #TurkeyInvadesKurdistan

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

5 years

I wish Ahmet Kaya was alive

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

2 years

These Iranian activists… talking about liberation of Iran on tv while simultaneously erasing the Kurds out of what’s happening.

Masih Alinejad 🏳️

@AlinejadMasih

2 years

Watch the awe-inspiring bravery of people of Sanandaj. Their city has been subjected to shelling by the regime since yesterday, but they went outside to dance, men and women. Dancing is also forbidden in Iran. #MahsaAmini

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@thejilswani

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To all my extroverted friends: the headache and annoyance you feel due to the isolation is similar to what we introverts feel every week when you make us hangout when we need time alone. Welcome to our world.

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

5 years

You ever just stalk your own Instagram account?

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@thejilswani

4 years

@YourAnonNews

Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

Is this okay with you? @masrour_barzani @qubadjt @jensstoltenberg this is my brother playing with my nephew when a Turkish bomb drops 20 meters away from them in Kuna Masi. #TwitterKurds

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@thejilswani

4 years

Twitter has been allowing Turkish accounts to send death threats to Kurds for years without suspending them, but they suspended an account which was dedicated to teaching Kurdish. And now they have the audacity to say this. @TwitterComms should shut up about their policies. :)

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@thejilswani

4 years

My sister read my coffee and she saw a heart and babies and now they’re asking me, “What’s her name?” 😩

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@thejilswani

4 years

گوو به‌ ڕیش باوك ئه‌ردۆغان. دوو سه‌عاته‌ بێ وه‌ستان توییت ئه‌نووسم سه‌رم دای له‌ ئێش #TurkeyInvadesKurdistan

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

5 years

Breakfast is a social construct and I refuse to adhere to the fascist ideology which only accepts certain types of food as breakfast food. Also, there’s leftovers from the dinner my mom cooked yesterday and her food is amazing and I wanna have my mom’s dinner food for breakfast

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@thejilswani

4 years

Turkey is killing people living peacefully in Kurdistan #TurkeyInvadesKurdistan 📸 @itskaiwan

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

I have the video in high quality. If any media outlets want to use the video, contact me directly. My messages are open.

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@thejilswani

4 years

Can we cancel white people?

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

5 years

PKK didn't exist until the late 70s, what's your excuse for your murderous ancestors?

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

This is unacceptable. This is erasure of Assyrian history and identity. Honestly, at this point there’s no excuse for this level of misinformation, this is downright malicious.

Nadine Maenza

@nadinemaenza

4 years

Honored to co-author this with @Lord_Alton , one of my heroes on #ReligiousFreedom from the UK. Kurdish Christians have a rich history in the region. Those in the areas Turkey invaded in NE Syria have gone from freedom to being targeted for their faith.

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

I support @Dashni_Morad in her fight against the sexism that exists in Kurdistan. Fighting for equal rights isn’t bringing in European traditions; strong women fighting to be equal with men is part of #Kurdistan ’s history:

E18: Six Kurdish Feminists You Must Know (History Series - ft. Sham Jaff)

What Happened Last Week in Kurdistan · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

Hope he remembers us now.

Joe Biden

@JoeBiden

5 years

The Kurds were integral in helping us defeat ISIS — and too many lost their lives. Now, President Trump has abandoned them. It's shameful.

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

5 years

#LGBT Kurds "We need to admit the faults in our society, only then can we become the wonderful nation we all already pretend to be." New article up on my blog. #TwitterKurds

LGBT+ Kurds

It’s hard starting an article like this. Not due to the subject matter’s gravity which attracts controversy, nor for any reasons that may affect personal reputation, but solely due to the fact that…

jilswani.wordpress.com

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 years

That’s the reality of Kurdistan right now. People with political connections rape a 7-year-old girl and then use their connections to make the father of the girl the guilty party. Honestly, after this, anything done to those with power in KRG is justifiable.

The Citadel

@thecitadel_co

4 years

Father of girl raped in Erbil last year arrested; family says it is pressure to drop the case against perpetrators Rape occurred last year when victim was seven-years-old #NRTnews #TwitterKurds #Erbil

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

5 years

You know them European Kurds whose kids won’t even say hi to guests and are just fucking disrespectful in the way they behave when they come to your house. Yeah, fuck those Kurds. Stop being such lousy parents, teach your kids some fucking manners.

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Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 months

It’s funny to see Turkish fascists comment under every foreign language post “the wolf is just a symbol of Turkey, it’s not political”, while under Turkish posts they write racist comments With the wolf/hand emoji. Do these idiots not realize twitter has a translate function?

Jîl Şwanî

@thejilswani

4 months

Doing the hand sign of a terrorist group to celebrate a football match. Every institution of the Turkish state is built on a foundation of racism. From the football team to the highest ministry, they all are expressions of a foundation myth of Turkish racial superiority.

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