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INTERVIEW WITH BADIRXAN SINDÎ
The interview was held in Sindî’s home in the Fall of 2009. It was conducted entirely in
English.
EM: First, Doctor, thank you for all your help thus far and the opportunity to ask
you some questions?
BS: Yes. You’re welcome, anytime.
EM: First, can I ask you to state your full name?
BS: My name is Badirxan Abdula Sindî
EM: Thanks. And regarding these questions I’m going to ask, and your answers,
is it your understanding then that, is it OK for me to use them for my linguistics study, for
my paper.
BS: Yes, I agree with you to use all of this information.
EM: And you understand that these things could be published in a journal.
BS: Yes.
begin?
EM: Thank you. First, can you tell me how did your interest in writing poetry
BS: In the beginning, yes. When I was in secondary school, I remember that I
was really interested in reading poetry. But at that time it was forbidden for us in
Kurdistan, especially in Dohuk and Zaxo, to talk about Kurdish literature or Kurdish
poems. So at that time, most of the people here in Dohuk didn’t know that there was
Kurdish literature or Kurdish poets. They didn’t know. But I had heard when I was in
college―after that stage―I heard that there were two famous poets. One was Ahmed
Cezîrî and the other was Ahmed Xanî. Ahmed Cezîrî is usually called Melaye Cezîrî. I
tried to get their literature work, their poems. It was so difficult to get them, but finally I
got one, a hand written copy of Melaye Cezîrî and really liked it. That was in 1966 or
‘67. And after one year, I got some of Ahmed Xanî’s work, and since that time I started
to study Kurdish literature and to look for Kurdish literature, and I tried to get some