Jiyana Rewsenbireki Kurd: CasimĂȘ CelĂźl(2021)
CasimĂȘ CelĂźl was born into a Yezidi Kurdish family in 1908, in a village called Kızılkule, located in Digor, Kars. The village and family life, which he longed to remember throughout his life, ends with the massacre they endured in 1918. During his long road to Erivan, Armenia, he lost all his family members. Left all alone, Casim was placed into an orphanage and was forced to change his name. To remember who he was and where he came from, every morning he repeated the mantra âNavĂȘ min Casim e, Ez kurĂȘ CelĂźlim, Ez ji gundĂȘ QizilquleyĂȘ DĂźgorĂȘ me, Ez Kurdim, KurdĂȘ ĂzĂźdĂź meâ, which translates to: âMy name is Casim, I am the son of CelĂźl, I come from the village of Kızılkule in Digor, I am a Kurd, and I am Yezidiâ. He clings to every piece of his culture he can find, reads, and saves whatever Kurdish literature or art he comes across. As the yearâs pass, Casim finds himself with an impressive collection of Kurdish culture and history.
