Hristo Kyuchukov
Autor von My Name Was Hussein
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Kyuchukov, Hristo Slavov
Кючуков, Христо Славов - Andere Namen
- Kyuchukov, Christo
- Geburtstag
- 1962-07-19
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- Bulgaria
- Geburtsort
- Provadia, Varna, Bulgaria
- Ausbildung
- University of Amsterdam (Ph.D.) (general linguistics (psycholinguistics) (1995)
- Berufe
- professor of social psychology and applied linguistics
Professor of General Linguistics (Psycholinguistics) - Organisationen
- University of Shumen
University of Veliko Tarnovo
Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra
St. Elizabeth University, Bratislava
University of Silesia
Matej Bel University, Banska Bystrica (Zeige alle 8)
"Diversity" Balkan Foundation for Cross-cultural education and understanding
Institute of Educational Policy at Open Society Institute-Budapest - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Academician of the International Academy of Sciences for Teacher Training, Moscow (MANPO) (2014)
- Kurzbiographie
- Prof. Kyuchukov is a Bulgarian Rom. His research interests are in the field of bilingualism, education of Roma and Turkish children in Europe, language acquisition, psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics, languages in contact, Roma Holocaust and Antigypsyism in Europe. His linguistic research are on Romani, Balkan Turkish, Gagauz and Tatar languages in Bulgaria, and on Bulgarian, Slovak, Russian and German languages.
Kyuchukov introduced the Romani language education in Bulgaria to primary and secondary school children at the beginning of the 1990s, and also introduced new University programs connected to Romani language education at University level. He was responsible for development of educational strategies for Roma and minority children education in Central and East European countries.
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This story made me feel every emotion - both heartwarming and heartbreaking. We meet Hussein, a little boy who is of the Muslim faith and very proud of his religion and culture. He shares many traditions with his family and explains the celebration of Ramadan through his eyes as a child. However, after WW2 when communist ruling took over and made life extremely difficult for minorities in other countries, he also showed all the ways he suffered because of his faith. He and his father were no longer allowed to pray at the mosque, to visit their grandparents for Ramadan, and he felt the fear through his parents. He and his family were forced to change their names to Christian names. Hussein became Harry, but did feel like Harry and did not know him. At home, his parents still called him by his childhood nickname. This story stuck with me, I wish it had been longer so that there could have been a happier ending. However, I do not believe that was the purpose it was written for.… (mehr)
This book provides details of the Romani people. The Romani people have gone by many names, but had most commonly been refereed to as Gypsy which unfortunately had a negative connotation. The book touches briefly on the struggles and discrimination that Romani had to face. These hardships became a main reason why many of the Romani continuously traveled, never settling in one place too long. Through this book, I learned more about their language, beliefs, law, and occupations. I really enjoyed the layout of this book. Each page felt unique, had its own theme, and was visually inviting. The text was written in short, but informational pieces. All of the pictures and maps in the book helped me further to understand more on the Romani history. I think elementary readers would like this book especially due to its format and layout.… (mehr)
In his book Hristo Kyuchukov tells a story about a little boy who had to deal with very strange phenomenon ( forced to change his religion and identity) .The story talks bout a little Muslim boy Hussein , who like to celebrates Ramadan with his family and relatives and live buying the new cloth for the occasion. Later on in the story military personals flooded the city and prevented people from practicing their religious freedom and forced them to change their identities. Even though they had no choice but to do so ,little Harry ( formerly Hussein) wants to keep his name , but is lost in this frantic world.… (mehr)
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Hussein would be considered a dynamic character in this story due to his name change. In the beginning, Hussein talked about how much he loved his family traditions. However, towards the end, Hussein's family was no longer able to participate in those family traditions due to the army's orders. The army even went as far as demanding the family change their names to more Christian traditional names. All of this upset Hussein and changed his life because everywhere he went, he was now called by his new name, Harry. I think this definitely changed Hussein's outlook on life, as it would anyone else. You can tell he's bothered by the change due to the question he poses towards readers at the end following him talking about how everyone else now calls him Harry while his family still calls him Hughsy.
This book was definitely an emotional read. It breaks my heart that Hussein's family was forced to conform to Christian values, especially in his own hometown, Bulgaria. It's extremely unfair in so many ways. I appreciated the outlook this book gave me, however, I think this book should be saved for a history lesson to start a discussion and also give the students a glimpse into how these people's lives changed.… (mehr)