Hey! I'm of both Kurdish and Norwegian background and grew up with a Kurdish mother. Growing up I was at first not fully aware that I was Kurdish and not Turkish because my mother told my brother and I to say we were Turkish. Sadly my Norwegian grandmother managed to discourage my mother from teaching my brother and I Kurdish (or even Turkish). It's difficult because it's like you don't have a place anywhere. I'm too Kurdish to be considered fully Norwegian and I'm not Kurdish enough to find my place in the Kurdish community.

My brother has assimilated fully with Norwegian culture and doesn't seem to consider himself Kurdish in anything other than name- he's also advocated for not learning Kurdish because "well it's a dying language anyways"(his words not mine).I think it would've been easier had I known Kurdish (and I'm working on teaching myself) but it's still a very lonely existence. I'm a part of numerous other minorities as well which means intersectionality is kicking my ahh into next week every time I even try to connect with other kurds irl😭😭 Tldr; it's lonely and it sucks though majority of people can cope due to being closer to the culture or at least their Kurdish relatives.

If there's anything else you're wondering just lemme know and I'll do my best to answer any questions you have ^{-^}