2015 : my own notebook

[Anthea]

The publisher sent the contract for the Bayazidi's translation. Things are serious, now.

CONGRATULATIONS

With a bit of luck and the wind in the right direction you might make enough money to move to Kurdistan

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What is that ? for curious people, funny and interesting debate on facebook about the French man who promote in 1920s his chicory with a handsome sexy Kurd while no one today can find the relevent Kurdish name for root chicory :

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... tif_t=like

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I ching of February : INNOCENCE

The disaster of innocence. Someone binds his cow, road-people's gain, town people's disaster.


becomes : MANKIND

Hiding away arms in the thickets. Ascending a high mound. Three years not rising (up again).


In short : prepare yourself to a Series OF Unfortunate EVENTS

[Anthea]

I ching of February : INNOCENCE

The disaster of innocence. Someone binds his cow, road-people's gain, town people's disaster.


becomes : MANKIND

Hiding away arms in the thickets. Ascending a high mound. Three years not rising (up again).


In short : prepare yourself to a Series OF Unfortunate EVENTS

Not exactly cheerful is it

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X-Files, Season 1, episode 17 : a UFO attack against an Iraqi military plane, somewhere in the sky between Mosul and Hakkari.


I remembered to have watched it the first time with Kurds and we were dying of laughing by imagining the poor un-human visitors, crashing on earth and discovering the Turkish hospitality in Kurdistan mountains…

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[Anthea]

In the UK pancake day is 17 February this year

Chocolate egg day (Easter Sunday) is 5 April

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17 February is Mardi Gras : the last day before the Great Lent of Ashes Wednesday. We do not eat pancakes but donuts, waffles, sausages, eggs, all the good things that Lent will forbide…

It is Carnival Day also.

[Anthea]

17 February is Mardi Gras : the last day before the Great Lent of Ashes Wednesday. We do not eat pancakes but donuts, waffles, sausages, eggs, all the good things that Lent will forbide…

It is Carnival Day also.

Sounds good to me especially the eating doughnuts part

[Anthea]

I found this and though of YOU

Depressed writers not allowed

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The Bayazidi's translation is already announced on amazon site :

http://www.amazon.fr/Us-et-coutumes-des ... des+kurdes

People have to wait to discover the cover, the topic, the translator team's names, but here you have a avant-première :

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In Munich, Barzani refused to do a press conference for international media because they didn't put the Kurdistan flag on the stage :

THAT IS A TRUE KURD : STUBBORN - HEADSTRONG - MULISH

[Anthea]

In Munich, Barzani refused to do a press conference for international media because they didn't put the Kurdistan flag on the stage :

THAT IS A TRUE KURD : STUBBORN - HEADSTRONG - MULISH

At least Barzani is PROUD of the Kurdish flag - unlike some other so-called Kurdish leaders who keep changing flags

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A book is born.

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Misty day, purée de pois (smashed peas).