Kurdish Language at a Crossroads: An Interview with Jaffer Sheyholislami
In a recent interview with The Markaz Review, Jaffer Sheyholislami talks about Kurdish as a heritage and minoritized language, the dominance of English, and the challenges minority languages face in the age of AI.
Sheyholislami is co-editor of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Kurdish Linguistics, the first-ever comprehensive resource on the Kurdish language. His work was recently featured in the 2026 Arts and Social Sciences Research Review.
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