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Rebwar Saeed with his work.

Kurdish painter Rebwar Saeed on his colorful career

by Dalshad Abdullah | Jan 10, 2015 | Lifestyle & Culture

Suleimaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kurdish artist Rebwar Saeed has donated the profits from sales of his paintings at a recent exhibition in Suleimaniyah, Kurdistan, to Kurdish Syrians from Kobani—a Syrian town currently witnessing fierce battles between...

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Iraqi Kurdish electoral workers count votes at a polling station in the northern city of Erbil on September 21, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)

Iraqi Kurdistan: Elections promise KDP victory

by Ma'ad Fayad | Sep 22, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil/Suleimaniyah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The people of the Iraqi Kurdistan region went to the polls on Saturday to elect new representatives to the Parliament of Iraqi Kurdistan. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) prime minister, Nechervan Barzani, and his wife were...

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Massoud Barzani (R), president of the Kurdish regional government, and Iraq’s President Jalal Talabani talk while attending a gathering of their supporters before the regional parliament election in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad, June 24, 2009.
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War of Words Escalates Between Kurdish Political Camps

by Sherzad Shekhani | Mar 21, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—A war of words between different Kurdish political camps has escalated against the backdrop of a lack of cash flow into Kurdistan government banks, Asharq Al-Awsat has learnt. The leadership of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), led by...

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Iraqi Kurd residents visit the cemetery for victims of the 1988 chemical attack in the Kurdish town of Halabja, near Sulaimaniya, 260 km (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, March 16, 2013. Source: Reuters/Thaier al-Sudani

Remembering Halabja

by James Denselow | Mar 19, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

Flying into the city of Suleimaniyah with a hundred-strong international delegation of politicians, diplomats and academics one was greeted by a gentle breeze signalling the arrival of the Kurdish spring in this part of Iraq. The early morning haze rose gently from...