Our next Book Club meeting will take place on Thursday, January 2. We will read The Kurdish Bike, a novel by Alesa Lightbourne. ind out more about the book here.
Join us to talk about it on January 2, at 7pm EDT via zoom.
At our Book Club meeting on November 6, via Zoom, we had the honor to be visited by Aysel Çürükkaya, a longtime Kurdish activist based in Hamburg, Germany, who discussed her experiences in the Turkish prison in Diyarbakir (Amed) in the 1980s. Check out her fascinating discussion!
For information about the Book Club, please write to bookclub@nykcc.org.
The New York Kurdish Cultural Center, established in 2017, seeks to nurture and showcase Kurdish contributions to the visual and performing arts, cinema, and literature. By creating venues for exhibitions and performances in the New York area, it further aims to foster community among Kurds and to build bridges with non-Kurdish communities.
The NYKCC creates spaces where Kurds and friends of Kurds may interact in safety. We do not tolerate discriminatory behavior based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age.
The New York Kurdish Cultural Center, Inc., is a 501(c)3 nonprofit registered in New York State.