Kendal Nezan is a French-

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...

nuclear physicist and president of the

Kurdish Institute of Paris The Kurdish Institute of Paris (french: Institut kurde de Paris), founded in February 1983 by (amongst others) film producer Yılmaz Güney and poet Cigerxwîn, is an organization focused on the Kurdish language, culture, and history. It is one ...

. He was born in Turkey. He is also a board member of the

Washington Kurdish Institute Washington Kurdish Institute is an educational and research organization focused on Kurds. It was established in Washington DC in September 1996 by Dr. Najmaldin Karim, Its objectives are raising awareness of Kurdish issues, promoting human rights ...

. In 1975, Nezan established the France-Kurdistan Society, which included the leading French intellectual

Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and lit ...

. Nezan maintains close relations with numerous European governments and the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

External links

The Kurdish Institute of Paris
Kurdish language, history, books and latest news articles.
Archive
Reportages, entretiens et articles faites avec Dr. Kendal NEZAN.
Kendal Nezan Biography

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Living people French nuclear physicists Turkish scientists Kurdish physicists Year of birth missing (living people) {{france-physicist-stub