Monday, March 10, 2008

Nashville: Little Kurdistan

So apparently Nashville is known as, among other nicknames, Little Kurdistan. Since Kurdistan isn't an official country and Turkey and Iraq constantly fight over the borders (just like Kashmir and Tibet, though no fighting involved with Tibet), there are many Kurdish refugees. Because of this influence, Kurds recently protested the war in northern Iraq. And, apparently, there are four mosques in Nashville. I wonder if this will be obvious when we're actually there.

1 comment:

Alexis said...

Wow, that's really interesting. See? I've been to Nashville a couple times and was completely oblivious to one of its more interesting aspects. I admire your account of the south-by-road, by the way...