As a Kurd who studied Kurdish history for many years and understand both sorany and kurmanji i.e. the major dialects of Kurdish language and spend a considerable time among Kurds of Iran, Iraq and Turkey and met many Kurds from Syrian..and met many Kurdish politicians.After reading this book. I can confidently say that this book does not tells about the facts on the ground but presents Denise Natali's pre-concluded ideas and uses sources written by occupiers of Kurdistan (turks, arabs, persian or those who used these sources) to justify her predefined conclusion. Denise Natali is analysing Kurdish issue in the eyes of the occupiers of Kurdistan. so this book is a weak piece of work not worth reading.