Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State

Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State is a book edited by Orsola Casagrande and Mustafa Gündoğdu published in 2023 by Comma Press. 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 and as a collection of futuristic fiction.

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]; translated from the 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 Agid; translated from the Kurmanji by Kate Ferguson and Dibar Çelik
 * The snuffed-out candle by Jahangir Mahmoudveysi; translated from the Soroni 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.

Publication history

 * 2023, hardcover
 * 2024, ebook