By Sayran Hadi: I am a link between job seekers and employers in the Kurdistan Region. I receive hundreds of CVs every day and so many people want to change their job. They mostly want to join the oil sector… Life is not easy nowadays, especially in a country like Kurdistan – where business is…
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Yearly Archives: 2013
Turkey: KESK strikes in solidarity with Taksim protests
KT News: KESK (Confederation of Public Workers’ Unions) is holding a two-day general strike across Turkey in solidarity with the Taksim protestors. “We will hold a strike, making a statement to the press to condemn the violence of those disregarding the freedom of expression and right to hold demonstration … We will collectively take to…
Threats to KRG democracy
By Kamal Chomani: Twitter: @KamalChomani The economic development of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region has been overestimated by partisan and some foreign media outlets to the extent that only a few talk about issues of having an established democracy, freedom of speech and human rights. However, many argue about transferring the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG’s) model…
Kurdish Islamic parties: Coalition list or independent lists?
By Momen Zellmi: In July, the Kurdistan region is due to start campaigns for the presidential and parliamentary elections, due to be held on 21st September. The Independent Higher Commission for Elections in Iraq announced this on 23rd May and the recording of the names on the lists will continue until 4th July. There are…
Istanbul liberty and environmental protests hijacked by Kemalists
By Cinorek Dogan: Some months ago, as I explained on my blog, a big destruction project got underway in Istanbul. A part of this process is to cut down trees in Istanbul’s Gezi Parkı area. The aim is to re-build a version of the Taxim Topçu Military Barrack (Taksim Topçu Kışlası), which was completely demolished…
Kurdistan of Iran: From upcoming presidential election to post-elections
By Ramyar Hassani: In a few days’ time, on June 14, the eleventh presidential election in Iran will be held and millions of people will come in front of ballot boxes, mostly by force and intimidation so as not to lose their jobs and positions. This scenario has been repeated for the previous 10 presidential elections…
Can the law protect journalists from unknown gunmen?
By Mohammed Hussein: On April 26, 2013, about 60 lawyers and journalists gathered to create a Net of Volunteer Lawyers to advocate journalism in Kurdistan and the rest of Iraq. This Net has been formed to assist journalists who plan to go to court to complain against people who attacked them, said Rahman Gharib, general…
The Kurds and Peace: Kurds tend to forget the past easily
By Dr Aland Mizell: Throughout history, the Kurdish people have faced one incontrovertible fact of real politics. Kurds have no real predictable or long-term allies in the Middle East. Because of disunity among Kurdish people, they have often sought alliances with international powers, and most of the time these friendly allies decided it was in…
Arab Spring – Reintegration or further disintegration of the region?
By Mohammad Pervez Bilgrami: The Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Levant, Iraq and Iran are the regions that were mostly conquered by Muslim armies at the time of the Rashidun Caliphs. They converted the whole swath of land to the religion of Islam. After conversion to Islam, the people of the region lived under…
US State Department is wrong: the PKK is NOT terrorist
KT News and Comment: The US State Department has branded the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) as the deadliest terrorist organisation in Europe, arguing that it continued its violent campaign throughout the year in 2012, according to Today’s Zaman. We would like to ask the US State Department: What did the giant nation of the USA…
Death of Taha Karimi, giant of Kurdish film
KT News and Comment: Renowned Kurdish film director Taha Karimi died in a tragic accident on Wednesday 29th May. Taha directed several films, including ‘Storm’, ‘Border Life’ and ‘White Mountains’ and his contribution to the nascent Kurdish film industry was outstanding. Taha’s films were screened at international festivals in India, Dubai, Germany and Italy. Bookmark…
The Syrian people are victims of what?
By Aziz Sheikhani: Syria has for decades been ruled by Hafiz and Bashar al-Assad, father and son. Both were willing to take control of power and pursue a self-interested foreign policy. During the decades of their leadership, the freedom of people, freedom of speech and pluralism of political parties and opinion were strongly limited. Eventually,…
10 years on – is Suli’s 400-bed hospital finally open?
KT News and Comment: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) prime minister Nechirvan Barzani came to Suli yesterday to officially open a new hospital. But ‘new’ is probably not the best adjective because, although this project has taken ten years, it is still unclear when the hospital will be fully functioning. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook…
Mem û Zîn Analytical Study*: IV – 2 (3): Newroz celebration of tradition, beauty, universal love
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: Love and Existence: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn’ Part IV, Chapter Two (Part 3): Analytical reading of Mem û Zîn as a tragic drama The setting, and atmosphere: Newroz celebration of tradition, beauty, universal love The actual drama starts with the scene of Newroz (471 ff) when, in…
Mem û Zîn Analytical Study*: IV – 2 (2): Principles of necessity and probability
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli: Love and Existence: Analytical Study of Ahmadi Khani’s Tragedy of Mem û Zîn’ Part IV, Chapter Two (Part 2): Analytical reading of Mem û Zîn as a tragic drama Khani on the Principles of Necessity and Probability The next parts of the drama will move to scenes of description and action. As Khani…
