Joyce Blau

Joyce Blau (18 March 1932 – 24 October 2024) was an Egyptian-born French linguist who specialised in Kurdish language and literature.

Joyce Blau, editor-in-chief of Kurdish Studies, taught at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO). She was a member of the research team "Monde Iranien" of CNRS, author of numerous studies on the language, literature and civilization of the Kurds.

Blau was a close associate of the left-wing activist Henri Curiel and shared in much of his activities, starting when both were living in Egypt and continuing during many years of shared French exile. Following Curiel's assassination in 1978, Joyce Blau founded and headed the ''Comité Palestine et Israël Vivront'', which throughout the 1980s continued Curiel's work in promoting dialogue between the PLO and Israeli Peace Movement.

Blau died in France on 24 October 2024, at the age of 92. Provided by Wikipedia