Washington Kurdish Institute

The Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI) "is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, research and educational organization, established in September 1996, whose motto is "For Kurdish People Worldwide"." 


 * President, Najmaldin O. Karim
 * Executive Director 1996-2005 - Mike Amitay

Directors
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 * Najmaldin Karim (Silver Spring, MD) - President
 * Omar Halmat (Gaithersburg, MD) - Treasurer
 * Birusk Tugan (New York, NY) - Secretary
 * Osman Baban (Oxen Hill, MD)
 * Kendal Nezan (Paris, France)
 * Mohammad Khoshnaw (New York, NY)

Advisory Committee (as of July 2005)
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 * Mike Amitay
 * Morris Amitay
 * Dara Attar
 * Eric Avebury
 * Chahin Baker
 * Jim Bilbray
 * Joyce Blau
 * Martin van Bruinessen
 * Michael Chyet
 * Ahmed Ferhadi
 * Michael Gunter
 * Mary Sue Hafner
 * Amir Hassanpour
 * Raymond Helmick
 * Fuad Hussein
 * Ismet Imset
 * Akram Jaff
 * John Jamshid
 * Max Kampelman
 * Asad Khailany
 * David Korn
 * Joe Marogen
 * Lindsey Mattison
 * Charles McDonald
 * Laurie Mylroie
 * Denise Natali
 * Robert Olson
 * Mahmood Osman
 * Lionel Rosenblatt
 * Omar Sheikhmous
 * Asfandiar Shukri
 * Gareth Stansfield
 * Abbas Vali
 * Paul Joseph White

Contact

 * Web: http://www.kurd.org