After the glorious uprising of 1991...

The title of this post is a line that appears in perhaps 80% (no exaggeration) of the essays I receive from students, no matter what the topic -- gender relations, globalization and migration, technology, education... even advertising! But despite the fact that almost all students (for obvious reasons) frequently refer to the uprising of 1991 and wear their nationalism on clear display , of course they vary greatly with regards to their optimism or lack thereof for the future of Kurdistan and their opinions concerning US involvement in Iraq. Having just completed reading the final round of essays from this year's lot, I decided to remind myself of this by posting links to stories referencing the uprising by the WASHINGTON POST and NOW TORONTO.