Impoverished Lebanese Kurds lack political voice

Although an estimated 100,000 Kurdish people live in Lebanon, they have only one political organization to represent them, the Razkari (Liberation) Party.

The Razkari Party, which has close ties to Hezbollah, is allegedly suffering from financial problems and some believe it will not be able to survive much longer. The prospect of this is disheartening to the many Kurds who feel marginalized in the country. 

"Here, Kurds are not recognized. Not in the Army, not in the workplace, not in the municipality, not in the parliament. We have no rights, you are not recognized. They only ask you to come and vote and fight in the war," a Lebanese Kurd told Rudaw.

Rudaw's Bahroz Faraydun reports from Beirut.