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Yearly Archives: 2013
Dictators don’t speak diplomacy!
By Sharif Behruz: US President, Barack Obama, gave in to another unintelligent diplomacy to deal with another Mid-East crisis, which – given the nature of the issues and regimes involved – in essence require a non-diplomatic solution, or at least the threat of the use of force to deal with them. The West’s politics of…
The paradox of Kurdistan’s oil: a curse or a boon?
By Kamal Chomani: Twitter: @KamalChomani With oil reserves of about 45 billion barrels, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has become a production hub for giant oil companies. These reserves play a vital role in shaping the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) domestic, regional and international politics. KRG officials claim that oil has shown its potential to…
‘If you pursue your present course, you will leave a history of cruelty, shame and absolute immorality’
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: In a new letter to British PM Mr David Cameron, Kurdish writer Kamal Mirawdeli calls for immediate peace and political solution of the Syrian civil war and warns the British PM of the risks of genocide facing Christians, Kurds, Alawites and other minorities and enslavement of women resulting of the West’s…
London’s first Kurdish Pop Up Cinema
London Kurdish Film Festival & Portobello Pop Up Cinema Present: For decades, working beyond the control of the governments of Syria, Iran, Iraq and Turkey, Kurdish filmmakers have made many remarkable films under incredible conditions. In today’s critical times, we’ve put together a snap ‘pop-up’ season – with Kurdish film-makers in attendance – to bring urgent attention to the Kurdish people,…
Statement on Syria by the Kurdistan National Congress
By Dr. Jawad Mella: To all organisations, governments and the media: I would like to draw your attention to the plight of the Syrian people and especially the Syrian Kurds’ situation as a result of around three years of uprising. I would like to tell you our opinions regarding the Syrian crisis in the following…
A glimpse into the 2nd Annual Kurdistan Careers Conference
By Aras Ahmed Mhamad: At the opening of the 2nd Annual Kurdistan Careers Conference on September 4, 2013, there was a huge wave of job seekers, estimated at around 1,000, marching towards the exhibition and the sponsors. Employers keenly explained their company’s requirements and profiles to these job seekers. Nearly 45 national and international companies…
Kurdistan’s water goes to waste
By Mohammed Hussein: Iraqi Kurdistan is considered a rich region in the Middle East in terms of its water resources, but it does not have enough fish and local fresh food, due to a lack of investment in water and strategic agricultural projects. Kurdistan’s water has been wasted in many ways. The lack of strategic…
PUK leader complains of harassment of supporters by KDP in Erbil
KT News: Sadi Ahmed Pira, a PUK politburo member, has told the SNN new agency that his supporters are under a lot of pressure in Erbil during the current parliamentary election campaign. He claimed that their posters are being destroyed everywhere and, moreover, that PUK campaigners are facing threats and intimidation from the authorities. “We…
The PKK-KDP row steadily evaporates Kurdish hope in Syria
By Abdulla Hawez: The fierce competition between the proxies of the two mainstream Kurdish factions in Syria’s Kurdish areas, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) may sabotage Kurds’ best opportunity to achieve self-rule within Syria in a century. The Democratic Union Party more commonly known by its Kurdish-language acronym (P.Y.D.), a…
On Education
Interview with Sara K. Othman, PhD: Interviewed By Aras Ahmed Mhamad AA: What are the most important things that you first teach your students? How do you prepare them for the year psychologically? SO: This is a very good question ‘What to teach first?’ Before teaching any item, students should be prepared psychologically that the…
‘Red lines’ are on the US flag, not Syrian soil
By Osamah Golpy: It is as if Syria has changed the colours, if not on ground, then at least in diplomatic games. The red line, unlike for conventional weapons, and as President Obama puts it, is for a weapon that kills, but does not make its victims bleed that red colour of blood. That very…
Assad’s chemical attack is reminiscent of Saddam
By Mufid Abdulla: When Saddam gassed Halabja in 1988, he killed 5000 people and injured thousands and the human consequences are still being felt today. Assad’s regime in Syria is led by the Baathist Party which is the sister party to Saddam’s Baathist Party. The founder of this nationalist party was Michael Aflaq who was…
