Shackled (Song for Nudem Durak)

This song was written for Nûdem Durak, a Kurdish musician sentenced to nineteen years’ imprisonment in Turkey for teaching young people traditional song and dance. The song also references the feminist Kurdish female fighters of the Yekîneyên Parastina Jin (YPJ) who play a fundamental role in military operations in the region.

Durak is just one of many Kurdish artists who have been imprisoned in recent years, and this song is my contribution to the Song for Nûdem Durak campaign.