By Mufid Abdulla: How can this party get back in the game following the 21st September election debacle, with the loss of so many of its parliamentary MPs? That is the question posed by so many followers of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) I have spoken to. The PUK is living through an unprecedentedly…
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Yearly Archives: 2013
Kurdish community shocked by Erbil terror attack
By Shivan Fazil Kurdi: Six people were killed and more than 60 others injured in Erbil yesterday after suicide bombers tried to storm the main security headquarters. “A minibus driven by a suicide bomber tried to storm the security office in Erbil, but he was fired upon and killed by the guards, and as a…
Syria needs peace and war criminals must be prosecuted
By Solin Hacador: International moral hypocrisy became obvious in the Syrian Civil War. Powerful countries advocate one kind of morality for human rights at home. This raises a question mark in my mind! If their policies of solidarity are morally good for them, why should they not be morally good for the international victims of…
Kurdish Women’s Labour
By Solin Hacador: ‘Kurdish Women’s Labour’ (‘Keda Jinê’ in Kurdish) was set up to support poor women in Amed. The little shop of Kurdish women in Derîyê Mêrdînê (The Mardin Door) of Amed, Northern Kurdistan, next to the Kervan Saray Hotel, is selling its handmade products. The shop was opened in May 2013 with the…
Nawshirwan Mustafa hails ‘new era’ in south Kurdistan
By Mufid Abdulla: Gorran leader Nawshirwan Mustafa today hailed the start of a “new era” in south Kurdistan’s politics, after the electoral high commission confirmed on TV 95% of the parliamentary election results, showing that Nawshirwan’s opposition party has made a stunning leap forward. Gorran is now the second biggest political force, with 446,000 votes compared to…
The Very Real Us
By Beyan Farshi: It is in human nature to create problems and make them difficult to solve, and how ironic that we call them the essence of life. No element of nature amazes me like humans do. Although animals and plants are amazingly interesting and follow a natural instinct that makes it logical for us…
GTA game series: facing and shaping reality
By Ausama Anwar: I remember reading Don Quixote and the clash between reality and imagination within it. There was only imagination that could face reality, creating a free world for humans, finding that which they couldn’t find in reality, and merging their imagination with it. Then, when I read about dreams, I thought they could…
On Human Development
Interview with Ihsan Ali, Human Development Trainer: Interviewed by Aras Ahmed Mhamad AAM: What’s your definition of Human Development? What is the importance of Human Development for the overall physical and psychological well-being of a person? Ihsan Ali: “Human Development” as a term or concept can be used for any activity or effort aiming at…
Poems by Middle Ages Erbil Historian: Ibn Mstawfi
Introduced By Yasin Aziz: Ibn Fateh Ahmad Mubarak Mauhub Ibn Ghunaim Al Laqmi (known as Ibn Mstawfi ‘Erbilli’) was born in Erbil in 1169 AD. He was one of the high-ranking officials of the city and therefore called ‘Raies’ or ‘Leader’. He often looked after well-known visitors to the city who came on official visits, especially scientists, poets…
Kurdish lawyers on trial in Turkey: A travesty of justice
Lawyers’ Press Statement: Six UK lawyers* formed part of the 30-strong delegation of European human rights lawyers, from several countries, that, on the 17th September, observed, at the Silivri prison court, the 6th hearing of the trial of 45 Kurdish lawyers, who face criminal charges under Turkey’s anti-terror laws. It has been 22 months since…
PUK supporters fire their guns, but Barham Salih tells them to accept defeat
KT Report: Following the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s (PUK) electoral defeat on Saturday, a dangerous atmosphere has developed in the city of Suli. Last night PUK supporters came onto Salm Street in the city centre and started firing into the air. As a result 12 bystanders were injured and taken to hospital. The leader of…
Syria’s secret sources and suppliers of chemical weapons
By Dr. M. Koohzad: A few retired and retarded American generals tell us, mainly on the 24-hour news channels, that possessing chemical weapons is illegal. This is true, according to the Geneva Convention of 1925. But, countries that have not signed this document are not obligated to follow the law. The US did not sign…
Dana Saeed blames vote rigging and corruption for PUK poll defeat
KT News: A prominent Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) member has blamed a combination of ballot fraud in areas controlled by the Kurdistan Democractic Party (KDP) and “bad practice” by his own party leaders for the PUK’s poor showing in Saturday’s parliamentary election. In an article for ‘Awene’ entitled ‘Election and PUK’, former MP Dana Saeed Sofi writes:…
The impact of culture on language: Kurdish culture as an example
By Aras Ahmed Mhamad: It is widely believed that culture is created but language is partly innate and to a certain extent, instinctive. They are both developed through the journey of life and have different and open areas of study. Cultural differences and language variations also play a significant role in bringing about other meanings…
An untold story
By Beyan Farshi: It often occurs in a daily brainstorming, digging deep into the thoughts to distinguish the original ideas from the influenced and the newly-developed ones (the so-called new age products). Throughout our life span, we are reminded of a story. The story of human progress: a story of hardship and resistance, suffering and…
