Thursday, August 30, 2007

Transfer of Kurdish identity to cyberspace

Thursday, 30 August 2007


Khalid Khayati
The Internet has enabled diasporic populations not only to "maintain links with their homelands of origin, but also to challenge the media conglomerates and the potentially homogenizing effects of Western media," says political commentator Khalid Khayati.
Cyberspace materializes as a new devise in nation-building
The contemporary process of globalization, which has been accelerating strongly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the end of the bipolar international political system, has not diminished the importance of national struggle among marginalized ethno-national populations for achieving their national rights and political sovereignty. As part of the social, cultural, and political arrangements in a globalized world, the Kurds have become conscious about the significance of print media, satellite radios and televisions, and also the Internet. In this respect, the Kurdish Diaspora in the West plays a considerable role. full text

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