I hope you know that deceptions like that are not part of Kurdish culture. In fact, it’s usually the opposite: We’re straightforward to a fault. What bothers me is that you barely acknowledge the prejudice at the heart of your story and in the dilemma you now face. Would you have hesitated to declare it to the world if you had discovered you were half German or English, despite their histories with Nazism and colonialism? You know that embracing your Kurdishness comes at a price, a huge price.”
