100 Years of Statelessness: Kurdish Activist Walks 300 Miles from D.C. to U.N. to Demand Kurdish Rights

Kurdish peace activist Kani Xulam is in New York City after his solo 300-mile, 24-day walk from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., to the United Nations headquarters. His arrival Monday coincided with the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne, which partitioned Kurdistan into four parts - British Iraq, French Syria, Turkey and Iran - which left the Kurdish people without a recognized sovereign state. We have been struggling ever since to have a say," declares Xulam. Kurds have experienced decades of conflict, cultural genocide and a protracted struggle for independence.