Amini's first name and the devaluing of Kurdish lives - opinion
When Amini’s Kurdish name, Jina, is ignored intentionally or unintentionally, it is an acceptance of the cultural genocide that Kurds have been facing for decades in Iran.
A demonstrator displays an image of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, at a protest following her death, outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, US, September 22, 2022(photo credit: REUTERS/BING GUAN)ByHALMAT PALANIUpdated:
