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British Kurds
Regions with significant populations
	London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow
Languages
	British English, Kurdish, Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Georgian, Armenian, Russian, Azeri
Religion
	Islam (majority Sunni, minority Alevi), Yazidi, , Zoroastrian, and a significant number of Yarsan, Shabak, Kurdish Jews and Kurdish Christians
Related ethnic groups
	Iranian people

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British Kurds may refer to people born in or residing in the United Kingdom of Kurdish origin.

Population and settlement

According to the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Kurdish community in the UK is about 50,000, among which Iraqi Kurds make up the largest group, exceeding the numbers from Turkey and Iran.^[1] They have settled across the country including in major cities such as London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow.^[2]^[3] The number of people who wrote in their ethnic group, language or national identity as Kurdish^[4] in the 2011 UK Census is not yet known.

Kurdish people first arrived to Britain in large numbers during the 1980s^[5] , mostly from the disputed territories of Kurdistan (Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Armenia and Syria), fleeing the suppression of their language and culture^[6]

Notable Britons of Kurdish descent

Laween Al-Atroshi, British-Born Kurdish UK Health Informatician & Ambassador For Peace
Caucher Birkar, mathematician and professor at University of Cambridge
Dlawer Ala'Aldeen, professor of Clinical Microbiology and head of the Molecular Bacteriology and Immunology Group at University of Nottingham
Tara Jaff,a prominent contemporary Kurdish musician specializing in harp
Nadhim Zahawi, the first British-Kurdish Member of the British Parliament
Dr Janroj Keles, scholar
Shwan Jalal, footballer
Saad Eskander, academic and researcher
Houzan Mahmoud, women rights activist

References

^ Communities and Local Government (2009), The Iraqi Muslim Community in England: Understanding Muslim Ethnic Communities, Communities and Local Government, p. 35, ISBN 978-1-4098-1263-0
^ "Kurdish culture in the UK". Kurdish Human Rights Project. January 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2009. ^{[dead link]}
^ Dissanayake, Samanthi (9 December 2008). "UK Kurds fight separate battles". BBC News. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
^ "Make yourself visible as Kurdish".
^ "To whom do I turn when I am invisible?: The experience of Kurdish workers who have problems at work?" (PDF). London Metropolitan University. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
^ "Recording Kurdish history in London". Untold London. 9 March 2006. Retrieved 29 December 2008.

External links

[1] Communities and Local Government (2009), The Iraqi Muslim Community in England: Understanding Muslim Ethnic Communities, Communities and Local Government, p. 35, ISBN 978-1-4098-1263-0

[khrp.org-2] "Kurdish culture in the UK". Kurdish Human Rights Project. January 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2009. ^{[dead link]}

[BBC-3] Dissanayake, Samanthi (9 December 2008). "UK Kurds fight separate battles". BBC News. Retrieved 29 December 2008.

[4] "Make yourself visible as Kurdish".

[London_Metropolitan_University-5] "To whom do I turn when I am invisible?: The experience of Kurdish workers who have problems at work?" (PDF). London Metropolitan University. Retrieved 4 December 2009.

[History-6] "Recording Kurdish history in London". Untold London. 9 March 2006. Retrieved 29 December 2008.

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 ==Population and settlement==
-According to the [[Department for Communities and Local Government]], the Kurdish community in the UK is about 50,000, among which [[Iraqi Kurds]] make up the largest group, exceeding the numbers from [[Turkey]] and [[Iran]].<ref>{{citation|last=Communities and Local Government|first=|year=2009|title=The Iraqi Muslim Community in England: Understanding Muslim Ethnic Communities|url=http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/1210510.pdf|place=|publisher=Communities and Local Government|isbn=978-1-4098-1263-0|page=35}}</ref> They have settled across the country including in major cities such as [[London]], [[Birmingham]], [[Manchester]], [[Leeds]] and [[Glasgow]].<ref name="khrp.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.khrp.org/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,208/|title=Kurdish culture in the UK|publisher=Kurdish Human Rights Project|date=January 2006|accessdate=17 December 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7746969.stm|title=UK Kurds fight separate battles|last=Dissanayake|first=Samanthi|date=2008-12-09|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2008-12-29}}</ref> The number of people who wrote in their ethnic group, language or national identity as Kurdish<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksso.org.uk/2011/02/22/census-2011-make-yourself-visible-as-kurdish/|title=Make yourself visible as Kurdish}}</ref>  in the [[2011 UK Census]] is not yet known.
+According to the [[Department for Communities and Local Government]], the Kurdish community in the UK is about 50,000, among which [[Iraqi Kurds]] make up the largest group, exceeding the numbers from [[Turkey]] and [[Iran]].<ref>{{citation|last=Communities and Local Government|first=|year=2009|title=The Iraqi Muslim Community in England: Understanding Muslim Ethnic Communities|url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120919132719/http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/communities/iraqicommunity|place=|publisher=Communities and Local Government|isbn=978-1-4098-1263-0|page=35}}</ref> They have settled across the country including in major cities such as [[London]], [[Birmingham]], [[Manchester]], [[Leeds]] and [[Glasgow]].<ref name="khrp.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.khrp.org/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,208/|title=Kurdish culture in the UK|publisher=Kurdish Human Rights Project|date=January 2006|accessdate=17 December 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7746969.stm|title=UK Kurds fight separate battles|last=Dissanayake|first=Samanthi|date=2008-12-09|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2008-12-29}}</ref> The number of people who wrote in their ethnic group, language or national identity as Kurdish<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksso.org.uk/2011/02/22/census-2011-make-yourself-visible-as-kurdish/|title=Make yourself visible as Kurdish}}</ref>  in the [[2011 UK Census]] is not yet known.
 [[Kurdish people]] first arrived to Britain in large numbers during the 1980s<ref name="London Metropolitan University">{{cite web|url=http://www.workinglives.org/londonmet/fms/MRSite/Research/wlri/Working%20Papers/WLRI%20Working%20Paper%20No%206.pdf|title=To whom do I turn when I am invisible?: The experience of Kurdish workers who have problems at work?|publisher=London Metropolitan University |accessdate=4 December 2009}}</ref>

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Population and settlement

Notable Britons of Kurdish descent

See also

References

External links