Paul Maubec, known by his pen name Chris Kutschera (13 May 1938 – 31 July 2017[note 1]), was a French journalist, researcher, writer and specialist on the Middle East, with particular interest focused on Kurdish national movements.[1][2] During his career he interviewed and photographed leading Kurdish figures, many of whom later took senior government positions, including: Mustafa Barzani, Dara Tawfiq, Masoud Barzani, Jalal Talabani, Nechirvan Barzani, Hoshyar Zibari and Barham Saleh.[3]

Bibliography

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  • Le Mouvement national kurde, Flammarion, 1979
  • Le Défi kurde ou le Rêve fou d'indépendance, Bayard Éditions, 1997
  • Le Kurdistan, Guide littéraire, Éditions Favre, 1998
  • Le Livre noir de Saddam Hussein, Oh ! Éditions, 2005
  • Stories Kurdistan Histoires, 2007
  • La Longue Marche des Kurdes 40 ans de reportage au Kurdistan, JePublie, 2011

Notes

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  1. ^ Sources disagree on his exact date of death (31 July or 1 August)

References

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  1. ^ "Le lundi 31 juillet 2017, Chris Kutschera est décédé d'une crise cardiaque". www.rojikurd.net (in French). RojiKurd, France. Archived from the original on 2018-04-15. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  2. ^ Kaval, Allan (2017-08-08). "Paul Maubec, spécialiste de la question kurde, est mort". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  3. ^ "The Apostrophe: Kurdistan Stories by Chris Kutschera". The Kurdish Globe (Erbil, Iraq). 30 June 2008. Archived from the original on 2013-06-12. Retrieved 2020-03-16 – via www.thefreelibrary.com.
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