Identity Construction of the Kurdish Right: The 'Two Saids' Myth of Hezbollah and the Zehra Foundation

Irat A. M.

NATIONAL IDENTITIES, 2025 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Publication Date: 2025
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/14608944.2024.2442084
  • Journal Name: NATIONAL IDENTITIES
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, American History and Life, Historical Abstracts, Index Islamicus, Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Political Science Complete, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The article demonstrates how Hezbollah and the Zehra Foundation, both of which can be described as major components of the Kurdish Right involved in the process of forming the identity of the Kurdish nation, established historical figures such as Sheikh Said and Said-i Nursi in the founding myth of Kurdish identity.