SHAFAQ/ Yassir Imad

Zuhair Abdul-Malik said that "Successive policies, which ruled Iraq weakened the customs and traditions of the Faily Kurds...

But in spite of their sufferings Faily Kurds protected these customs and traditions and remained adhering to them."
"The open democratic thought should be provided for the purpose of understanding the specificity of the Faily Kurds in their customs and traditions." He added
He stressed that "The Faily Kurds in the Diaspora have changed their habits and traditions to some extent, but the Faily woman was the safety valve to maintain the tradition of social and national legacy since thousands of years."
And about the loss of the mother tongue by successive generations of the sons of Faily Kurds Abdul Malik explained that :"The former regime attempted to blur the identity of the Faily Kurds emphasizing on their mother tongue. Accordingly he  forced many of them not to reveal their identity. So tyranny  had  a great  negative effect on the identity and language. For instance the Arabic families in the time of the Turks rule were speaking Turkish language for fear of power, as well as Faily Kurds were forced to speak Arabic for fear of authority, but they also have not forgotten their language, thanks to Faily woman. "
He asserted that "The only solution to regain the language which was lost by successive generations of the sons of the Faily Kurds is to revive the language heritage for popular songs, folklore and stories by means of modern development information of the of popular culture."
He stressed that "The customs and traditions of the Faily Kurds can not be driven to extinction. For if that was possible they would become extinct a long time ago. That is why Faily Kurds are still clinging to them in spite of the deportation and displacement campaigns against them".