Kurdish Book Club

Kurdish literature is rich, compelling, and diverse, and it should be better known.  In our Book Club we read novels as well as nonfiction, then meet to discuss them (in English).

We meet on the first Tuesday of each month, at 7pm ET via Zoom. Come join us—share your thoughts, expand your understanding, and build bonds.

To find out more or to register, write to bookclub@nykcc.org.

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The Book Club will meet next in January. Between now and that meeting, we’ll be reading The Kurdish Bike, a 2016 novel by Alexa Lightbourne.

Synopsis: Theresa, a single Western mother, embarks on a teaching job at a school in Başur (Iraqi Kurdistan). She purchases a bicycle and, in her off hours, sets out to explore the nearby villages. The Kurdish villagers she meets, who were brutalized under the Saddam Hussein regime, help her understand that women all over the world suffer from similar problems, and she vows to make a difference in their lives.

The novel has won several international book awards. You can purchase it here. 

Kurd Connection, a TV show produced by Voice of America, featured an interview of Alesa Lightbourne by the acclaimed Kurdish author Ava Homa, dubbed in Sorani Kurdish.

Lightbourne was also interviewed by the Bosphorus Review of Books, here. 

Date: Thursday, January 2, 2025

Time: 7-8pm EDT

Place: Zoom

Info: bookclub@nykcc.org.