Book Club
2026
Our next Book Club selection, June 2
March 13, 2026
Ata Nahai, Birds in a Gale: A Novel. Translated by Chiya Parvizpur and Hourieh Maleki Qouzloo, with an Introduction by Kawan Mohammadpur. A kaleidoscopic novel of politics, identity, and dislocation

Sener Ozmen, “The Competition of Unfinished Stories”
March 5, 2026
Sener Ozmen, The Competition of Unfinished Stories. Translated by Nicholas Glastonbury. Sandorf Passage, 2025. 240 pages. At the March 7, 2026, meeting of the Kurdish Book Club, we’ll discuss The

“Lingering Faith” by Alisha Walat
January 8, 2026
On January 6, 2026, the NYKCC’s Book Club met to discuss Lingering Faith by Aisha Walat. The novel follows a Kurdish woman, Beritan, and her friends as they form a