Jaan Pennar, The Arabs, Marxism and Moscow. Middle East Journal, 1968. “...It is from that date on that Khalid Bakdash (although Kurdish by birth) began his meteoric rise to become the foremost Communist leader in the Arab world.”[1]
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Salim Tamari, Najati Sadqi (1906-79): The Enigmatic Jerusalem Bolshevik. 2003, Journal of Palestine Studies. “Khalid Bakdash, the Kurdish leader of the Syrian Communist Party with whom Sidqi had chronic and bitter disputes over the nature of Islam and Arab nationalism.”[2]
