num_pages: 494
description: This poignant tale follows the lives of three friends Ahmad, Kadir, and Raza growing up in Halabja, Iraq, as they struggle to survive in the tumultuous region also known as Kurdistan. Narrated by members of Kadir's family, this intimate portrait details the boys move from a carefree childhood in a Kurdish community in the 1960s to a period of domestic unrest and fear, first with the onset of the Peshmerga war, and later with the rise of Saddam Hussein. As the years pass, these boyhood friends are forced to face the tragedies of war and are eventually drawn into the conflict that, by virtue of their birth, they cannot escape.
language: English
title: Black Wind from the Kurdish Hills
titlecomplete: Black Wind from the Kurdish Hills
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Janus Publishing Company