DOI: https://doi.org/10.7160/KS.2023.210201en Author: Jordi Tejel Address: University of Neuchâtel, History Department, Espace Tilo-Frey 1, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland E-mail: jordi.tejel@unine.ch Language: English Issue: 2/2023 (21) Page Range: 3–17 No. of Pages: 15 Keywords: Borderlands, Contraband, Borders, Kurds, WWII, Periphery. Abstract: Scholars generally argue that during the Second World War the Middle East, and the Kurdish areas in particular, was a…