Kurds from Iraq (Dohuk and Erbil Area, North Iraq) have been analyzed for HLA genes. Their HLA genetic profile has been compared with that of other Kurd groups from Iran and Tbilisi (Georgia, Caucasus) and also Worldwide populations. A total of 7,746 HLA chromosomes have been used. Genetic distances, NJ dendrograms and correspondence analyses have been carried out. Haplotype HLA-B*52-DRB1*15 is...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have revealed significant differences between populations for genotypic frequencies of glutathione S-transferase T1 (GSTT1) and M1 (GSTM1) polymorphisms. In order to find the frequency of the null genotypes of GSTM1 and GSTT1 in Iranian populations, the present study was carried out. METHODS The total study subjects consisted of 1340 unrelated healthy Muslims/Irani...

The Kurds’ experience with modern mass violence is long and complex. Whereas Kurds lived under the Kurdish Emirates for centuries in pre-national conditions Ottoman Persian empires, advent of nationalism colonialism Middle East radically changed situation. World War I was a watershed most ethnic groups Empire, such as Kurds, some political minorities Armenians Assyrians suffered genocide – incl...

This qualitative study aims to contribute our understanding of how second-generation immigrants negotiate their multiple identities, and construct feelings belonging. We focus on ethnic Kurds, a stateless group with complex political social history, who have seldom been investigated in UK context. Drawing data from interviews 14 Kurds living the UK, this paper outlines tensions Kurds' lived exp...

BACKGROUND Research has demonstrated a bidirectional relationship between physical function and depression, but studies on their association in migrant populations are scarce. We examined the association between mental health symptoms and mobility limitation in Russian, Somali and Kurdish migrants in Finland. METHODS We used data from the Finnish Migrant Health and Wellbeing Study (Maamu). Th...

The United States' new foreign policy, which includes abandoning America's Kurdish friends and a strategy on how the US should execute military interventions, as well "America First" ethos, has triggered humanitarian catastrophe for Syrian Kurds. Despite prevalence of study American in Syria towards Kurds, there is noticeable lack comprehensive research explaining evaluating growing connections...