An insightful personal tale from Kae Bahar, a Kurdish asylum seeker who explains how many wars and the ever-growing refugee migration from the Middle East are powering the call for an independent Kurdistan. Kae endured torture under the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and was forced into exile in 1980. Several brothers and their families followed in 1996. Today, 20 years later, the refugee exodus is even more dramatic.