by Mohamed Zangeneh | May 30, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The first-ever Erbil International Film Festival is set to kick off today, as part of the city’s celebrations for being named the Arab Tourism Capital for 2014. The festival will run from May 30 to June 4 and will showcase movies from across the...
by Mohamed Zangeneh | May 18, 2014 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The president of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Massoud Barzani, met with representatives of several Kurdish parties on Saturday in a bid to unify Kurdish ranks two days before Iraq’s general election results are set to be...
by Mohamed Zangeneh | Apr 22, 2014 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The governor of Kirkuk announced on Monday that Iraq’s president, Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani, would return to Iraqi Kurdistan soon, after spending two years in hospital in Germany. Najmiddin Karim, a member of Talabani’s party, the Patriotic...
by Mohamed Zangeneh | Mar 27, 2014 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has denied that there is any difference of opinion between Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani and Kurdish Prime Minister-elect Nechervan Barzani over the Interior Ministry...
by Mohamed Zangeneh | Mar 18, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanese singer Myriam Fares gave a concert on Sunday as part of the eighth “Erbil Freedom and Nowruz [the Turkish New Year]” festival, revisiting old songs and introducing a few new numbers to her large audience. The festival, which runs from...
