The Country in our Hearts, Ep. 1: The Enemy Within

This Is Nashville · Jun 30, 2025 · 54m

We dive headlong into one family’s migration odyssey from Iraqi Kurdistan to Nashville.

To really understand what this family — and so many others — were fleeing from, we need to go back to one terrible, pivotal day in 1988. And to do that, we need to go to Kurdistan.

The Country in our Hearts is the story of how Nashville became home to the largest Kurdish diaspora in America is an epic one. A tale of bloody genocide, of freedom fighters, of stunning perseverance.

But the story of the Kurdish people, no matter where they are, is a story about a country that only exists in the hearts of its…