Dr. Henry Astarjian

Dr. Henry Astarjian was born in Kirkuk, Iraq. In 1958, he graduated from the Royal College of Medicine and went on to serve as an army medical officer in Iraqi Kurdistan. He continued his medical education in Scotland and England. In 1966, he emigrated to the U.S. In 1992, he served as a New Hampshire delegate to the Republication National Convention in Houston, Texas. For three years Astarjian addressed the Kurdish Parliament in Exile in Brussels, defending Armenian rights to Western Armenia. For three consecutive years, he addressed the American Kurds in California and Maryland. He is the author of The Struggle for Kirkuk, published by Preager and Preager International Securities.
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Astarjian: A Festival of Robbers and Crooks

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Astarjian: Yes We Can! (Part II)

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Astarjian: Yes We Can! (Part I)

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Astarjian: Our Friends, Our Foes: The Kurds

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Astarjian: ‘Tamamiyle Yalandir’

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Astarjian: Tales of Winter

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Astarjian: ‘Esheg Oghlu Esheg’

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Astarjian: ‘Yalanci Dolma’ Diplomacy

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Astarjian: ‘Bazaar’ and ‘Kef’: Is our language dead?

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Astarjian: Ya Vur Kurtul, Ya Ver Kurtul

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