Quickfire Dialogue with Jehrmar

If you write a letter to God, what would you say?

Hey God, please take away the evils in the world, give peace to the human’s heart so that they don’t hurt the feelings of each other, take away the war and all things related with war so that we don’t kill each other. And please spread Kurdish music to the world.  

Who is the person that you love most? 

I haven’t met someone who affected me. 

What would you not want to happen if you built a world for yourself?

I wouldn’t want death in it. 

What is your favourite book?

The Fixer by Bernard Malamud.

When you are dead, who would you most like to visit your grave? (It does not matter if s/he is dead or alive)

Egîdê Cimo, so that he can play his pipe and I can listen to it in my grave, after time has passed, the flowers would grow on my grave with this feeling…

What worries you the most?

Be not understood. 

If you scratch one name to Diyarbakir’s walls, whose name would it be?

The names of the authors of the ancient countries. 

Which period do you want to live in?

The period of Şakîro lived in. 

If you were born one more time, what would you do again?

If I was born again, I would make music again but in a different genre. 

What would you most like to do before you die?

I want to be a person who can pioneer some thoughts and ideas. 

What do you most dream about?

My dream is to have all my songs be accepted and loved by my audience and to sing them on a big stage.

What is the pain in your heart in this life?

My grandfather sang, he was important to me. I never recorded his voice, unfortunately he passed away.  

If you wanted to change something about yourself, what would it be?

I want to change just one thing; Postponement/delay. Everything is beautiful in its own time.

What is your biggest achievement?

My greatest achievement is to touch the hearts of my listeners, it means the world to me.

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This news was translated by Betül Demir

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