| Description | Folders of correspondence both to and from Omar Sheikhmous, as well as between leading figures in Kurdish politics and culture. Some of the letters are handwritten and personal, others are formal printed communications to various PUK and other political bodies. Correspondents include Jalal Talabani, Kemel Fuad, Fuad Masoum, Qubad Talabani, Amir Hassanpour, Ismat Sharif Vanly, Abdul-Rahman Ghassemlou, Salah Badruddin, Nureddin Zaza, Abd al-Hamid Darwish, Jamal Abdul and Nawshirwan Mustafa, as well as Kurdish writers and poets including Serho Bekes and Cegerxwin, western politicians, such as British MPs and senior figures in the Swedish government, and journalists and researchers in both Europe and America. |