Co-Existence through Democratic Autonomy and Self-Governance: The Kurdish Case

WASHINGTON, April 21, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Opening Remarks by Deniz Ekici, Executive Director, Kurdish Policy Research Center (KPRC)

The Crucial Role of Kurds in the Fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria 
9:30am – 10:45am

Moderator: 
Yousif Ismail, Director of Media and Policy at the Washington Kurdish Institute WKI

Speakers:

• Omar Saeed Hasan Saeed, Commander of the Sengal Resistance Units (YBS)
• *Redur Xelil, Spokesperson for People's Protection Units (YPG)
• *Polar Jangi, Commander of the Pesmerga's Counter Terrorism Group (CTG)
• *Kino Gabriel, Spokesperson of Syriac Military Council

Question & Answer Session

Ezidi's and decentralization in Iraq
11:00am – 12:00pm

Moderator: 
Kirmanj Gundi, Prof. at Department of Educational Administration and Leadership, Tennessee State University

Speakers:                                                                                     

• David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-Building and Rights at Columbia University's Institute for the Study of Human Rights in New York
• Khalaf Salih Faris Ali, Representative of Shingal Assembly

Question & Answer Session

The Kurdish Challenge in Syria: Building Democracy in the Shadow of War 
1:00pm –02:30pm

Moderator: Deniz Ekici, Executive Director, Kurdish Policy Research Center (KPRC)

Speakers:

• *Salih Muslim, Co-Chairman of Democratic Union Party
• Amberin Zaman, Journalist, Columnist for portal Diken, and for Al Monitor Pulse of The Middle East.
• Mehmet Gurses, Associate Professor of Political Science, Florida Atlantic University 

Question & Answer Session

Keynote Speaker: The Kurds of Turkey: Civil War, Self-Administration, and the Peace Process 2:45pm – 3:45pm           

Moderator: Omer Taspinar, National Security Strategist at National War College

• Selahattin Demirtas, Co-Chair of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) 

Please RSVP at [email protected] to confirm your participation

* Through Video Conference

CONTACT: KPRC: 202-701-3175

SOURCE Peoples' Democratic Party; Kurdish Policy Research Center