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Tengezar Marini: 'Writing in the Kurdish language is a national duty'

poet Tengezar Marini

Poet and intellectual Tengezar Marini has written hundreds of poems. Mr Marini tells us in this interview about the importance of writing in ones "mother tongue", especially for the Kurds. Mr Marini's older brother had a big influence on him to study and write poems.


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By Mayada Kordy Khalil

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Poet and intellectual Tengezar Marini has written hundreds of poems. Mr Marini tells us in this interview about the importance of writing in ones "mother tongue", especially for the Kurds. Mr Marini's older brother had a big influence on him to study and write poems.



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