Marouf Cabi received his PhD in History from the University of St Andrews, UK, and is a social and cultural historian of modern Iran. He has published in academic journals, including articles for Middle East Studies, Middle East Critique, and Contemporary Review of the Middle East. He is author of The Formation of Modern Kurdish Society in Iran: Modernity, Modernization, and Social Change 1921-1979, (2022). He taught Middle Eastern history at the University of St Andrews for several years. Currently, he is a visiting fellow at Middle East Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

This book provides a rich and accessible account of Kurdish politics and society in Iran over the last century or so. It carefully charts the course, dynamics, and consequences of the evolution of Kurdish national democratic movement in Iran. It benefits students, researchers and practitioners alike.

• List of Map List of TablesPreface Acknowledgements Translation and Transliteration Introduction Twentieth century: Modernizing Kurdistan Revolution and the coming of the Islamic RepublicKurdistan defying the new regime 49 4 1980–90: A decade of war and armed struggleThe 1990s: A decade of ideological and organizational transformationTwenty-first century: The rise of civil societyThe uprising of woman, life, freedom Conclusion: Writing Kurdish history in Iran Appendix 1: 26-Article plan for the autonomy of Kurdistan Appendix 2: Ketab-e Jom'e warns 'black days ahead' BibliographyIndex