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Starting from the first of April, the students from the University of Sulaimany in the Department of Agriculture have staged a strike demanding seven key points both from the administration of the college and the governmentmore >>
Jeremiah Small, an American teacher who had volunteered six years of his life to serve the people in Kurdistan, was shot in the head today by one of his students in 11th grade.more >>
Walking into any Internet café in town you will not fail to see that the majority of the customers who use the web are browsing on one website: Facebook. more >>
On December 29, 2011 a Turkish air raid killed 35 Kurdish smugglers on the Iraqi-Turkey border. Mistaken for PKK rebels, the Kurdish civilians paid the price of an ignorant “mistake.” more >>
On Friday, November 2nd, devout Muslims throughout Kurdistan attended local mosques for their routine Friday prayers. But this Friday was far from ordinary, as chaos and wreckage broke out soon after prayer time was over more >>
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Kurdish city of Van and its neighboring areas on October 23, 2011 at 13:41 local time. Due to the earthquake’s shallow depth and great intensity, many regions across more >>
Morning of October 20, 2011 – on the main road of Sulaimany-Dukan – two automobiles crashed. Seven passengers died from the impact, two of which were Lebanese. The crash occurred between a taxicab and a more >>
On October 16th, the Green Kurdistan Association (GKA)held its 19th anniversaryat the Arts Chamber Hall, during which the causes of environmental issues were discussed.The president of the association revealed that according to a survey most citizens know about the issues facing ournatural environment, they just more >>
On October 11th, two women committed suicide in the city of Erbil (Hewler); one by hanging herself, and the other by overdosing on pills. Investigation is still ongoing. The rate of suicide in Kurdistan is increasing, especially among the young. Abdul KhaliqTalaat, Erbil’s police chief more >>
The American University of Iraq-Sulaimani (AUI-S) has been working on a new campus for its students since 2007. The new campus, located near the Sulaimany International Airport and covering 430 acres of land, will open its doors for the first time in March, 2012 more >>
Iraq’s weather keeps getting warmer through the summer. People are demanding more electricity than what is currently being provided. Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity spokesman, Musab Al-Mudarres, stated that 400 million liters of oil are burned every day to provide household needs more >>
The Iraqi Kurdistan parliament unanimously passed a new legislation against female genital mutilation (FGM) on June 22nd. The new law criminalizes the practice of FGM in Kurdistan. The legislation came after extensive awareness campaigns by several civil organizations and is seen as a milestone in the effort to eliminate FGM in Kurdistan more >>
Starting from the first of April, the students from the University of Sulaimany in the Department of Agriculture have staged a strike demanding seven key points both from the administration of the college and the governmentmore >>
Jeremiah Small, an American teacher who had volunteered six years of his life to serve the people in Kurdistan, was shot in the head today by one of his students in 11th grade.more >>
Walking into any Internet café in town you will not fail to see that the majority of the customers who use the web are browsing on one website: Facebook. more >>
On December 29, 2011 a Turkish air raid killed 35 Kurdish smugglers on the Iraqi-Turkey border. Mistaken for PKK rebels, the Kurdish civilians paid the price of an ignorant “mistake.” more >>
On Friday, November 2nd, devout Muslims throughout Kurdistan attended local mosques for their routine Friday prayers. But this Friday was far from ordinary, as chaos and wreckage broke out soon after prayer time was over more >>
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Kurdish city of Van and its neighboring areas on October 23, 2011 at 13:41 local time. Due to the earthquake’s shallow depth and great intensity, many regions across more >>
Morning of October 20, 2011 – on the main road of Sulaimany-Dukan – two automobiles crashed. Seven passengers died from the impact, two of which were Lebanese. The crash occurred between a taxicab and a more >>
On October 16th, the Green Kurdistan Association (GKA)held its 19th anniversaryat the Arts Chamber Hall, during which the causes of environmental issues were discussed.The president of the association revealed that according to a survey most citizens know about the issues facing ournatural environment, they just more >>
On October 11th, two women committed suicide in the city of Erbil (Hewler); one by hanging herself, and the other by overdosing on pills. Investigation is still ongoing. The rate of suicide in Kurdistan is increasing, especially among the young. Abdul KhaliqTalaat, Erbil’s police chief more >>
The American University of Iraq-Sulaimani (AUI-S) has been working on a new campus for its students since 2007. The new campus, located near the Sulaimany International Airport and covering 430 acres of land, will open its doors for the first time in March, 2012 more >>
Iraq’s weather keeps getting warmer through the summer. People are demanding more electricity than what is currently being provided. Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity spokesman, Musab Al-Mudarres, stated that 400 million liters of oil are burned every day to provide household needs more >>
The Iraqi Kurdistan parliament unanimously passed a new legislation against female genital mutilation (FGM) on June 22nd. The new law criminalizes the practice of FGM in Kurdistan. The legislation came after extensive awareness campaigns by several civil organizations and is seen as a milestone in the effort to eliminate FGM in Kurdistan more >>
