A Dictionary Of The Dialects Of Vernacular Syriac: As Spoken By The Eastern Syrians Of Kurdistan Northwest Persia And The Plain Of Mosul
TEN Gossip (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Colin Farrell is at the at the Seville Film Festival in Seville, Spain premiering his movie, Triage. Colin plays a photo-journalist trapped in the war in Kurdistan in the 90’s. It sounds amazing, and Colin is a great actor too. I loved these pictures of him at the Festival. Usually I see so many paparazzi shots [...]
Al Ahram Weekly (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The government's attempts to resolve the country's Kurdish problem have stalled, reports Gareth Jenkins
IraqPundit (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Because the politicians appear unable to reach an agreement, they are seriously talking about a vote delay . The elections are scheduled, at this time, for January 16. A delay might not be as bad as it sounds. They might be postponed a week or two without too big an impact. The Iraqi constitution requires that the election be held by January 31. The lawmakers are supposed to vote on an election law...
Pickled Politics (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
After the news that the state refuses to continue to fund the Honour Network helpline, comes other blow. Now the state is to stop funding The Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation (IKWRO). A £29,000 grant, which was allocated to pay for a full-time professional Kurdish outreach worker, will no longer be available. A specialist Kurdish worker was needed because 56% of IKWRO's cases involved...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
What keeps it afloat are sharp performances, together with a pungent, docu-style portrait of the dockyards, says Xan Brooks The migrants come with big goals and half-chances in this heartfelt tale set in modern-day Calais. Bilal (Firat Ayverdi) is a Kurdish teenager who wants to reach England and play in the Premier League, and only needs to swim the Channel to make these dreams come...
Warning Signs (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
By Alan Caruba On November 4, 1979, some Iranian “students” took 53 American diplomats hostage. This iconic act broke every international law ever set to page or parchment. As this is written thirty years later, the Iranians are holding three American tourists who wandered across a border between Iraq and allegedly into Iran’s Kurdistan province. They were seized in August. Taking...
PortableAppZ (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
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Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Drama about a young Kurdish immigrant detained by the authorities in Calais but determined to make it to the UK by any means possible. Rating:4
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
This week's edition ranges across the world, with a portrait of a West Yorkshire market town taking centre stage at Sheffield Doc/Fest, a report from the inaugural Doha Tribeca film festival, and a magic ride across the rooftops of London in Disney's A Christmas Carol . First up, Jason Solomons talks to documentary film-maker Jez Lewis, whose harrowing portrait of his West Yorkshire home town of Hebden...
Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Iraqi MP Fawzi Akram from the Sadrist movement claims that the Kurdish MPs have rejected 10 different proposals for solving the Kirkuk issue. [Curiously, the elections law was not scheduled on the parliament's agenda for its meeting ... November 4, 2009, 9:45 am
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
By Tatiana Pina Photo courtesy of Barbara Lakeberg Lucy at veterinarians in Sumel, Iraq in October 2009. SCITUATE, R.I. - - Barbara Lakeberg saw the puppy in the middle of the road when she was driving from Sheikhan to her office in Erbil, Iraq, where she worked as general director of a non-governmental Iraqi-Kurdish organization that promotes human rights education and protection. The puppy was dragging...
Not Ready for my Burqua (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
This Week's Post Was Written By Greta Col. Henry J. Cook Past National Commander, Military Order of the Purple Heart, after serving over fifteen years with MOPH, gaining invaluable experience while in the positions of National Aide-de-Camp, Chapter Commander, Region Commander, National Junior Vice Commander and National Senior Vice Commander. He was a career Special Forces (Green Beret) officer for...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The Turkish government on Tuesday presented a "democratic move" motion, which aims at solving the Kurdish issue, to the parliament. The motion, signed by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, foresees a general debate on all aspects of the "democratic initiative" process. "The government has launched a 'national unity and brotherhood project,' publicly known as the 'democratic...
KURDISH BLOG (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
EastKurd: More than 300 Kurdish prisoners in Adra prison in Damascus, because of the poor conditions in prison were to strike. According to Radio Nawa the prisoners asked the state authorities the justice they might encounter. Adra prison the biggest prison the city of Damascus that there are hundreds of Kurdish prisoners. Kurdish prisoners in Adra prison most basic human services are denied. Comments...
KURDISH BLOG (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
EastKurd: Basem Basmani a Kurdish folk singer died in Ilam province. Basem Basmani collecting songs Kurdish, Kurds service was great art. His body with the participation of more than a thousand people was buried region. According to Kurdistan Media, he was "horah" folk singer. Comments
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vokradio | 21/09/2008
Mr. Azad Moradian's speach on the KNCNA 20th Annual Conference May 2008 Azad Moradian Dear President of KNC, Dr. Saman Shali Distinguished guests Ladies and Gentlemen On behalf of the Kurdish American Committee for Democracy in Iran, I congratulate the board of advisers, board of directors, members, and the supporters of the KNCNA on the 20th anniversary of excellent work for the promotion of the Kurdish
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Mr. Moradian, I found your article "The complexities of human sexuality, and Islamic' laws and regulations in Iran" very intresting. I'm an American man...
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