Nelida Fuccaro
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Nelida Fuccaro is a historian of the Modern Middle East
at the School of Oriental and African Studies
, University of London
. She has worked and published extensively on the History of the Modern Iraqi State, with a particular focus on the Yazidi
, and Kurdish
populations of the country. Fuccaro has also published on the History of Modern Bahrain
.
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
at the School of Oriental and African Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies
The School of Oriental and African Studies is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London...
, University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
. She has worked and published extensively on the History of the Modern Iraqi State, with a particular focus on the Yazidi
Yazidi
The Yazidi are members of a Kurdish religion with ancient Indo-Iranian roots. They are primarily a Kurdish-speaking people living in the Mosul region of northern Iraq, with additional communities in Transcaucasia, Armenia, Turkey, and Syria in decline since the 1990s – their members emigrating to...
, and Kurdish
Kurdish people
The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...
populations of the country. Fuccaro has also published on the History of Modern Bahrain
Bahrain
' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...
.
Books
- Fuccaro, Nelida (2011) Öteki Kürtler. Sömürge Irak’inda Yazidiler (Turkish translation of The Other Kurds: Yazidis in Colonial Iraq). Istanbul: Boğaziçi Gösteri Sanatları Topluluğu.
- Fuccaro, Nelida (2009) Histories of City and State in the Persian Gulf: Manama since 1800. Cambridge: Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
. (Cambridge Middle East Studies) - Fuccaro, Nelida (1999) The Other Kurds: Yazidis in Colonial Iraq. London: IB Tauris.
External links
- http://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff30962.php
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYqWtHwGbj0
- http://vimeo.com/24176957
- http://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff30962.php
- http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-47872705.html
- http://www.aku.edu/ismc/ismc-discuscities-feb.shtml
- http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?q=taxonomy/term/592
- http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2009/02/middle-eastern-urban-frontiers-migrants-and-states/