I WAS born into a Kurdish family in a city in the southern part of what is now Kazakhstan, which at the time formed one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union.
SÜNDISIN kurdide perre praeguse Kasahstani ühes lõunapoolses linnas. Tollal oli Kasahstan üks 15 - st Nõukogude Liidu vabariigist.