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Local Kurdish residents highlight history, Nowruz and Halabja remembrance in Moorhead
Summary
Siham Mehdi, project lead with Creating Community Consulting, outlined Kurdish history, the significance of March observances including Nowruz and Halabja, and a local historical-society exhibit that features Kurdish community stories.
Siham Mehdi, project lead with Creating Community Consulting, spoke to the Moorhead Human Rights Commission on March 18 about Kurdish heritage in Moorhead, the community’s history of resettlement and the significance of March observances including Nowruz and the Halabja remembrance.
Mehdi said a substantial Kurdish population has resettled in Moorhead in waves since the 1970s and 1990s, with additional arrivals tied to conflicts in Syria. She described Kurdish identity as transnational — spanning parts of Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria — and noted historic…
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