Women of a Non-State Nation: The Kurds, ed. by Shahrzad Mojab. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, Inc., 2001. xi + 263 pages. Contribs. to p. 266. $24.95 paper. Reviewed by Diane E. King
This volume is a collection of 11 articles by authors representing a variety of disciplines and perspectives. Robert Olson, editor of the Kurdish Studies Series in which this book is the third to appear, opens it with a brief preface. This is followed by an introduction by editor Sharzad Mojab. Both make a case for the importance of this book in light of the Kurds' predicament of being spread across four main states. Each of these states has marginalized them and repressed their nationalist …