No Friend But The Mountains

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Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.7 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Over the decades the Kurds have been inspired by, allied with, relied upon and betrayed by the United States. This week we explore who the Kurds are, who they are to the United States and what, if anything, we owe to them.

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0:00.0	Hello.
0:01.0	Hello.
0:02.0	There we go.
0:03.0	Okay, excellent.
0:04.0	Thanks for taking the time to talk to us.
0:07.0	Before we go further, can you just tell us how to pronounce your name?
0:18.0	We just want to make sure we're pronouncing it correctly.
0:20.8	It's pronounced swan duty.
0:23.2	And is that Arabic or Kurdish or Farsi?
0:27.6	It means shepherd and Kurdish.
0:29.6	Kurdish.
0:30.6	Okay.
0:31.6	All right.
0:32.6	Wow.
0:33.6	And where are you?
0:34.6	Where are you based?
0:35.6	What do you do if I can ask?
0:36.6	I live in San Francisco and I'm an architect.
0:39.6	Cool.
0:40.6	Oh, cool.
0:41.6	You mentioned that your name is Kurdish.
0:43.6	And the pitch that you sent in is really to the Kurds.
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