Kurdo Baksi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Kurdo Baksi

Swedish writer and journalist

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1965

Place of Birth: Batman, Turkey

Profession: writer, journalist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Kurdo Baksi

  • Necip Kurdo Sirka Baksi, (born 5 June 1965) is a Swedish social commentator and author.
  • Baksi was born in Batman, Turkey, of Kurdish descent.
  • He is the brother of Nalin Pekgul and the nephew of Mahmut Baksi.
  • He came to Sweden in 1980 along with his parents and four siblings. Kurdo Baksi founded the anti-racist magazine Svartvitt in 1987.
  • During a five-year period between 1998 and 2002, he helped Svartvitt and the anti-racist magazine Expo to survive by a co-operation between the magazines which merged and became Svartvitt med Expo.
  • Svarvitt was cancelled in 2002/2003 and the magazine changed name to Expo again.In 1992, he organized a big anti-racist manifestation in Sweden under the name "Utan invandrare stannar Sverige" (meaning "Without immigrants Sweden stops"), with the purpose of marking immigrants' importance in the Swedish society.
  • Baksi is also an active debater, and lecturer in questions about immigration, racism, and opinion-making for the creation of a Kurdish state.

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