Twenty-eight young men bathe by the shore,Twenty-eight young men and all so friendly

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Twenty-eight young men bathe by the shore,Twenty-eight young men and all so friendly;Twenty-eight years of womanly life and all so lonesome.She owns the fine house by the rise of the bank,She hides handsome and richly drest aft the blinds of the window.Which of the young men does she like the best?Ah the homeliest of them is beautiful to her.Where are you off to, lady? for I see you,You splash in the water there, yet stay stock still in your room.Dancing and laughing along the beach came the twenty-ninth bather,The rest did not see her, but she saw them and loved them.The beards of the young men glisten’d with wet, it ran from their long hair,Little streams pass’d over their bodies.An unseen hand also pass’d over their bodies,It descended trembling from their temples and ribs.The young men float on their backs, their white bellies bulge to the sun, they do not ask who seizes fast to them,They do not know who puffs and declines with the pendant and bending arch,They do not think whom they souse with spray
What does this episode imply about the sexual differences between men and women?Do you think these implications are valid?
How can the woman splash in the water and also “”stay stock still”” in her room?
What is the sexual implication of the phrase “”souse with spray””? What other sexually charged language is there in these lines?
Why does the woman hide “”handsome and richly drest”” behind the window blinds? What sort of life do you think she leads?”

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Following the Iranian Constitutional Revolution as well as the First World War, the Pahlavi regime led by Reza Shah attempted to consolidate the Kurdish tribal by stripping tribal leaders of their position and replacing them with governors. This led to a strong opposition by multiple Kurdish tribes (Ahmadzadeh and Stansfield, pg. 12). One of the main Kurdish leaders that opposed the centralization was Ismal Agha Simko of the Shakak tribe. He was very successful in uniting multiple Kurdish tribes and was eventually lured and assassinated by Iranian authorities. Simko’s success inspired the development of Kurdish nationalism (Ahmadzadeh and Stansfield, pg. 13). Eventually the British, sensing the Kurds’ restlessness as a result of this change as well as the Soviets agenda, stepped in. They advised the Iranian central government to appease the Kurds by restoring tribal leaders land and title. Unsuccessful compromises led to more Kurdish attacks and raids in Iran. Eventually, the Iranian authorities released the tribal leaders, however, the transition was not as smooth since chief authority lost its relevancy (Price, pg. 186).

Due to the beginning of World War II, British and Soviet influence over the government grew a stronger foothold over Reza Shah’s. Their presence led to the development of the Society for the Revival of the Kurds, or more commonly known as JK, in 1942. The JK’s goal was to form a Kurdish homeland but was held back by the ever-present tribal traditions. It was not until they joined with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), who were led by Qazi Mohammad, that the possibility of a Kurdish homeland gained footing (Ahmadzadeh and Stansfield, pg. 14). In 1946, the Mahabad Republic was established in northwestern Iran with assistance from the Soviets who were desperate to see a divided Iran (Purdy, pg. 3). However, no one except the Soviets recognized it as a country, so when the Soviets became weaker throughout World War II the Kurdish Republic was left vulnerable to the Iranian government who ended their rule in 1946 (Ahmadzadeh and Stansfield, pg. 15).

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