The Amargi’s interview with Kamran Matin on Iran, Kurdistan, the state and non-Western colonialisms

In this wide-ranging interview with The Amargi’s Elif Sarican, Kamran Matin reflects on the international dimension of the Iranian revolution, of the so-called Kurdish question, state formation, nationalism, and non-Western colonialisms.

Elif Sarican
Elif Sarican is a writer, editor, and translator who works with cultural and educational institutions globally. As an independent researcher, she has contributed to parliamentary inquiries and curated artists’ archives. She is an author of the edited volume She Who Struggles: Revolutionary Women Who Shaped The World, guest edited Barnard College’s special issue ‘Rage, Struggle, Freedom: Politics of Hope and Love’, and a translator of The Purple Colour of Kurdish Politics: Women Politicians Write from Prison. Based in London, she serves as Education Manager at a historic publisher established in 1936.