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The single largest community in the United States of ethnic Kurds exists in Nashville, Tennessee. [2] This enclave is often called "Little Kurdistan" and is located in South Nashville. [ 3 ] The majority of Nashville's "Little Kurdistan" comes from Iraqi Kurdistan , however there are sizeable communities of Kurds from Syria, Iran, and Turkey. [ 3 ]
This is the largest population of Kurds in the United States. However, the U.S. Census data shows there are approximately 4,000 Kurds in Davidson County, and 5,000 in Tennessee, much lower than what Kurdish community officials estimate.
Established on May 23, 2008 by US Congressmen Lincoln Davis (D-Tennessee) and Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina), the Kurdish American Congressional Caucus is a bipartisan Congressional committee focusing on US-Kurdish relations, understanding Kurdish culture, and addressing overarching issues important to Kurdish-Americans in the U.S. and elsewhere.
NASHVILLE/NEW YORK, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Like many Kurds living in the United States, Lava Antar has had a hard time sleeping this week, waking often to check reports of Turkish jets and artillery ...
The Kurdish community centre and groups of young people have been gathering supplies and monetary donations to send to the affected areas. Donate to our Turkey and Syria earthquake appeal here.
Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) Democratic Union Party (Syria) (PYD) Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) People's Protection Units (YPG) Women's Protection Units (YPJ) Asayish; Kurdish National Council (ENKS) Kurdish Islamic Front; Movement of Salah al-Din the Kurd; Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria (KDP-S) Kurdish Supreme Committee
Dozens of Head Start programs, which provide child care and preschool education to low-income children, have been unable to access previously approved federal funding, putting some programs at ...
Members of the Kurdistan National Congress with Kurdish Democratic Progressive Party representatives in January 2019.. The Kurdistan National Congress (Kurdish: Kongreya Neteweyî ya Kurdistanê, KNC or KNK؛ (Sorani Kurdish: کۆنگرەی نەتەوەییی کوردستان)) is a multi-national platform of Kurdish groups and parties of all tendencies, which aims for the independence of ...