Titel: Freyja Edited by: Graham Pheby Page: 343 Published: 2025 Content: Freyja is a fun fantasy vehicle reflection on social...

Nagihan Akarsel (Zîlan) was born in 1976 in the town of Gölyazı in Cihanbeyli district of Konya, North Kurdistan. The Kurdish name of the village is Xelîkan. It is a Kurdish village, of people who call themselves “Kurmanc”. Here it is considered a sin to get up after sunrise. Water is never poured on ashes. Nagihan later researched the source of these traditions. Even though it is a Hanafi village, she established a connection with Yazidism and Alevism; she traced her village back to the Malatya-Dersim region. She attributed her love for Dersim and Shengal to this.
