KT News: Kurdistan Tribune columnist Kamal Chomani has been shortlisted in the 2013 International Media Awards. Kamal has been nominated for the Breakaway Award which “encourages new talent, in mainstream journalism as well as in the fields of internet news and citizen journalism”.
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‘Let Kurdistan Elections Be Held According To Applicable Laws And On Time’
Statement supported by 200 organisations and individuals: To: Kurdistan Parliament Presidency All parliamentary blocs Head of Council of Ministers All political parties Independent High Electoral and Referendum Commission Consular representatives of all countries in KRG Your Excellencies: it is the duty of all sides we should select a date for the election; please stop this…
Turkish Incursion Not for Liberating Mosul, But for Deepening Sectarian Conflicts & Further Damaging Turkish-Kurdish Peace Process
Open Letter: Mr. Martin Schulz, President, European Parliament Honorable President Schulz: In retrospect, since the early 1990s, Turkey has, occasionally, tried to cross the Turkish-Iraqi border, and enter the (KR) Kurdistan Region’s territory. First, they were against the newly established Kurdish administration in Kurdistan-Iraq, and now they are using the euphemism of liberating Mosul from Da’esh….
The KRG Bond: A Double-Edged Sword
By Harem Karem and Kamal Chomani: In an article entitled ‘The KRG Economy: Booming or Dooming’, published March 2015, we explained how the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) had stumbled into financial crisis. Since then, things have only worsened. The KRG debt has surpassed $22 billion – 190% of its GDP; this includes $2 billion owed to…
Barzani Meets Obama and There Are Lots of Questions
By a Correspondent: Kurdistan Region President Massud Barzani is in Washington for a week-long visit which includes a meeting, expected to take place today, with US President Barrack Obama. This is Barzani’s first visit to Washington since April 2012 and the first meeting between the two leaders since ISIS captured Mosul and threatened the Kurdistan…
The Crisis of Leadership: Qubad Talabani as an Example
By Kamal Chomani: In a recent interview televised by NRT, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani listed four items as main issues facing his government: Being at war with Daesh (IS), Financial Crisis, Internally Displaced People (IDP), and disunity among political parties. What he failed to acknowledge is, of course, the…
The KRG Economy: Booming or Dooming?
By Harem Karem and Kamal Chomani: ‘Kurdistan is booming’ was the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) oligarchy’s catchphrase – often echoed by short-sighted foreign businessmen – over the past decade. Undoubtedly, there has been development: hundreds of hotels and skyscrapers have mushroomed in the region, the standard of living has improved in comparison with the civil…
Regulating the Media in Kurdistan: Mission Impossible or Ignorable?
By Harem Karem & Kamal Chomani: In 1898 Miqdad Medhet Bedirxan launched the first Kurdish media outlet, a newspaper called Kurdistan. More than a century later the Kurdistan Region’s (KR) media is in chaos, lacking a clear structure, identity or mission while also being too parochial, politicised and subject to manipulation by political parties and businessmen. The…
The Manufacturer of Ignorance
By Dr Sherko Abdulla: Translated by Kamal Chomani Economist: In 53 years the earth will have no more oil. A Kurd: OMG, that means for the next 53 years Ashti Hawrami will remain as Minister.
Kurdish independence dream might turn against free press and democracy
By Kamal Chomani: This is the text of a speech today by independent journalist Kamal Chomani to a meeting held at the Swedish Parliament about human rights and press freedom, organised by Swedish MP Amine Kakabaveh, the 17th February Group and the NINA center: Thank you so much for this honor. I feel terribly humbled to address…
South Kurdistan journalist and a women’s activist to address rights meeting at Swedish parliament
KT News: Independent journalist Kamal Chomani and Kurdish women’s activist Halal Rafe are to address a meeting at the Swedish parliament next week to discuss freedom of expression and women’s rights in the Kurdistan Region. Officials from the Swedish foreign ministry and the foreign relations departments of five political parties are expected to attend the session.
An Anfal Survivor tells his story
Translated by Kamal Chomani: Twitter: @KamalChomani Today, 14-04, marks the 26th anniversary of the Anfal Campaign which was carried out by Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship and brought death to more than 100.000 innocent Kurds. Anfal is the cruellest atrocity in the modern history of the Middle East. Here is the story of a survivor, Hassan Ali,…
Nouri Al-Maliki’s new authoritarian theory: Blood for Blood
By Kamal Chomani: Twitter: @KamalChomani Since 2006 more than 250 journalists and academics have been killed in Iraq; their blood has gone for free. It was only a week ago that Iraq’s Premier, Nouri Al-Maliki, woke up and theorized an authoritarian theory for killing a journalist; blood for blood. Maliki has been making propaganda for…
5 Reasons why the KRG Cabinet has not yet been formed
By Kamal Chomani and Sarkawt Shams: As expected the Kurdistan Region Government (KRG) new cabinet formation is taking a long time. As of today, 172 days have passed since the election was held on September 21, 2103, yet no date has been appointed for parliament to resume its sessions. There are five main reasons behind…
