Paul Maubec, known by his pen name Chris Kutschera (13 May 1938 – 31 July 2017Sources disagree on his exact date of death (31 July or 1 August)), was a

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, with particular interest focused on Kurdish national movements. During his career he interviewed and photographed leading Kurdish figures, many of whom later took senior government positions, including:

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, Dara Tawfiq,

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and Barham Saleh.

Bibliography

* ''Le Mouvement national kurde'', Flammarion, 1979 * ''Le Défi kurde ou le Rêve fou d'indépendance'', Bayard Éditions, 1997 * ''Le Kurdistan, Guide littéraire'', Éditions Favre, 1998 * ''Le Livre noir de Saddam Hussein'', Oh ! Éditions, 2005 * ''Stories Kurdistan Histoires'', 2007 * ''La Longue Marche des Kurdes 40 ans de reportage au Kurdistan'', JePublie, 2011

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External links

Chris Kutschera's website
1938 births 2017 deaths French scholars French journalists Middle Eastern studies scholars French male non-fiction writers {{France-nonfiction-writer-stub