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{{short description|Kurdish short story anthology of futuristic fiction}}
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{{Infobox book
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| name              = Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State
| image             = File:Kurdistan_+100,_Stories_from_a_Future_State.jpeg
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| author            =
| editor            = [[Orsola Casagrande]], [[Mustafa Gündoğdu]]
| language          = English
| subject           = Kurdish future, Kurdish political fiction
| genre             = [[Near future in fiction|Futuristic fiction]], [[Science fiction]], [[Kurdish literature]]
| publisher         = [[Comma Press]]
| pub_date          = 2023
| pages             = 240
| isbn              = 978-1646052806
| website           = [https://commapress.co.uk/books/kurdistan-100 Comman Press book page]
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'''''Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State''''' is a book edited by [[Orsola Casagrande]] and [[Mustafa Gündoğdu]] published in 2023 by [[Comma Press]].{{efn|ebook was released in 2024.}} The work is an anthology of short stories by thirteen contemporary Kurdish writers, envisioning a possible Kurdish future in 2046, the 100 year anniversary of the [[Kurdish Republic of Mahabad]]. The book has been described as ''the first anthology of Kurdish science fiction''<ref>{{Citation | vauthors=((Broomfield, M.)) | date=28 November 2023 | title=First Kurdish Sci-Fi Collection is Rooted in the Past | website=The Markaz Report | url=https://themarkaz.org/first-kurdish-sci-fi-collection-is-rooted-in-the-past/ | access-date=1 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | year=2023 | title="Kurdistan + 100", edited by Orsola Casagrande and Mustafa Gündoğdu | website=Asian Review of Books | url=https://asianreviewofbooks.com/content/new-book-announcement-kurdistan-100-edited-by-orsola-casagrande-and-mustafa-gundogdu/ | access-date=1 May 2024}}</ref> and as a collection of ''futuristic fiction''.<ref>{{Citation | vauthors=((Lynx Qualey, M.)) | date=13 November 2023 | title=Kurdistan + 100: Futuristic fiction anthology focuses on Kurdistan | website=Qantara.de | url=https://qantara.de/en/article/kurdistan-100-stories-future-republic | access-date=1 May 2024}}</ref>
==Structure==
The work opens with an introduction by book editors [[Orsola Casagrande]], [[Mustafa Gündoğdu]], followed by the stories:
* ''Waiting for the Leapard'' by [[Sema Kaygusuz]]; translated from the Turkish by Nicholos Glastonbury.
* ''The wishing star'' by [[Jîl Şwanî]].
* ''Friends beyond the mountains'' by [[Ava Homa]].
* ''My Handsome One'' by [[Selahattin Demirtaş]] (author); translated from the [[Turkish language|Turkish]] by Amy Spangler.
* ''The letter'' by [[Nariman Evdike]]; translated from the [[Kurmanji]] by [[Rojin Shekh-Hamo]].
* ''The story must continue'' by [[Muharrem Erbey]]; translated from the Turkish by Andrew Penny.
* ''I have seen many houses in my time'' by [[Karzan Kardozi]].
* ''Arzela'' by [[Meral Şimşek]]; translated from the Turkish by Andrew Penny.
* ''The last hope'' by [[Qadir Agi]]d; translated from the Kurmanji by Kate Ferguson and Dibar Çelik
* ''The snuffed-out candle'' by [[Jahangir Mahmoudveysi]]; translated from the [[Sorani]] by Darya Najim and Khazan Jangiz.
* ''Cleaners of the world'' by [[Hüseyin Karabey]]; translated from the Turkish by Mustafa Gündoğdu
* ''Rising like water'' by [[Omer Dilsoz]]; translated from the Kurmanji by Rojin Shekh-Hamo.
* ''The age of the iron locusts'' by [[Yıldız Caker]]; translated from the Kurmanji by Harriet Paintin.
The work concludes with an afterword by the editors followed by brief biographies of the authors and translators.
==Reviews==
* {{Citation |vauthors=((Salih, S.)) |date=3 April 2024 |title=Kurdistan+100: Futuristic anthology reimagines Kurdish state |publisher=The New Arab |url=https://www.newarab.com/features/kurdistan100-futuristic-anthology-reimagines-kurdish-state |access-date=1 May 2024}}
* {{Citation | vauthors=((Broomfield, M.)) | date=28 November 2023 | title=First Kurdish Sci-Fi Collection is Rooted in the Past | website=The Markaz Report | url=https://themarkaz.org/first-kurdish-sci-fi-collection-is-rooted-in-the-past/ | access-date=1 May 2024}}
* {{Citation | website=ANF News | date=2 November 2023 | title=Kurdistan+100: Thirteen stories for a possible future | url=https://anfenglishmobile.com/culture/kurdistan-100-70105 | access-date=1 May 2024}}
* {{Citation | vauthors=((Lynx Qualey, M.)) | date=13 November 2023 | title=Kurdistan + 100: Futuristic fiction anthology focuses on Kurdistan | website=Qantara.de | url=https://qantara.de/en/article/kurdistan-100-stories-future-republic | access-date=1 May 2024}}
==Publication history==
* 2023, hardcover
* 2024, ebook
==See also==
* [[Kurdish literature]]
==References==
===Notes===
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===Citations===
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==External links==
* {{cite book | vauthors=((Casagrande, O.)), ((Gündoğdu, M.)) | date=6 August 2024 | title=Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State | publisher=Deep Vellum Publishing | isbn=978-1-64605-280-6}}
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