Kaziwa Salih: Interdisciplinary scholar, socio-cultural theorist, holds a Ph.D. in Social Science from Queen’s University in Canada. She is the author of 15 books. Her latest: The Palgrave Handbook of Kurdish Genocides (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025); Genocide Culture: Cultural Habits, Ethnic Engineering and Religious Doxa (2024, Routledge); Poor Dad, Rich Daughter: Gender Regimes, Citizenship, and Women’s Entrepreneurship in Post-ISIS Kurdistan (2026 forthcoming).
Dr. Salih has received several international awards for her work and has worked in international organizations, including the United Nations Association in Canada and Amnesty International.
Her research interests encompass genocide studies, sociology of crimes, gender and women’s studies, Bourdieu’s sociological theories, genocide and violence studies, immigration and forced displacement, Kurdish studies, Middle Eastern politics, minority affairs, ethnic conflicts, and Indigenous governance and sovereignty.
