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Iraq participates in football championship for disabled people for first time
17/05/2012 10:42BAGHDAD, May 17 (AKnews) - The Iraqi Special Olympics Federation has received an official invitation from its international counterpart to participate in the first qualifying tournament for the...
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Kurdistan deputy PM meets British consul in Erbil
17/05/2012 10:33ERBIL, May 17 (AKnews) - Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Imad Ahmed met with UK consul general in Erbil Chris Power to discuss ways of developing relations between...
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Erbil announces masterplan for cleaning litter
17/05/2012 10:18ERBIL, May 17 (AKnews) - The Kurdistan Regional Government's Minister of Municipality and Tourism has announced a ratified masterplan for cleaning litter and waste until 2030 in Erbil.Dilshad...
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PKK-army clashes claimed 200 lives in four months
17/05/2012 09:58ERBIL, May 17 (AKnews)- Clashes between the Turkish army and the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the first four months of this year claimed the lives of 121 soldiers and 79...
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First energy conference aims to develop energy sector in Kurdistan
16/05/2012 18:54ERBIL, May 16 (AKnews) - The first energy conference in Erbil aims to develop the Kurdistan Region's energy sector.The one-day conference is set to kick off on Sunday in Erbil’s Sad Abdullah...
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Politics
Kurdistan deputy PM meets British consul in Erbil
17/05/2012 10:33ERBIL, May 17 (AKnews) - Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Imad Ahmed met with UK consul general in Erbil Chris Power to discuss ways of developing relations between the UK and the region. Both sides talked about the political situation in Iraq and suggested solving the country's issues in accordance...
Finance
First energy conference aims to develop energy sector in Kurdistan
16/05/2012 18:54ERBIL, May 16 (AKnews) - The first energy conference in Erbil aims to develop the Kurdistan Region's energy sector.The one-day conference is set to kick off on Sunday in Erbil’s Sad Abdullah Convention Hall.The conference is expected to be attended by representatives from dozens of foreign and local energy companies, among them 150 Turkish...
Culture
Galawezh Center to honor famous Kurdish singer, Khaleqi
17/05/2012 09:03SULAIMANIYA, May 17 (AKnews)- Galawezh Literary and Intellectual Center has chosen famous Kurdish singer Mazhar Khaleqi to receive the arts innovation award. The golden arts innovation award will be handed to Khaleqi in a ceremony in Tawar Hall, Sulaimaniya, at 17.00, said Nawzad Ahmed, chief of the literary center....
Sports
Iraq participates in football championship for disabled people for first time
17/05/2012 10:42BAGHDAD, May 17 (AKnews) - The Iraqi Special Olympics Federation has received an official invitation from its international counterpart to participate in the first qualifying tournament for the World Football Cup for disabled people.The vice chairman of the Iraqi federation Ali al-Sabti said the international federation decided to hold a world...
Opinions & Interviews
Syrian opposition rejects our legitimate right to self-determination, says member of Syrian Kurdish Council
10/05/2012 12:26CAIRO, May 10 (AKnews) - A member of the foreign relations committee of the Syrian Kurdish National Council Talal Ibrahim Basha said the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) does not interfere directly in supporting the Kurds in Syria, but it defends the rights of the Kurdish people in any place in which they are present.Basha told AKnews that...
Features & Analysis
Iraq’s Vice President Could Be Heading Towards Self-Imposed Exile
16/05/2012 17:02By Joel Wing* Iraq’s Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi left Iraq more than a month and a half ago, because of an arrest warrant and impending court date against him. He and his bodyguards have been accused of carrying out over one hundred attacks upon officials and members of the security forces. His stated reason for his departure...
News
Erbil announces masterplan for cleaning litter
17/05/2012 10:18ERBIL, May 17 (AKnews) - The Kurdistan Regional Government's Minister of Municipality and Tourism has announced a ratified masterplan for cleaning litter and waste until 2030 in Erbil.Dilshad Shahab said Egyptian company ECG prepared the plan. From now, in accordance with the plan, litter will be collected and recycled. "Beside...
Weather
| Erbil | 32° | 21° |  |
Sulaymaniyah | 34° | 27° | |
| Mosul | 33° | 22° | |
Baghdad | 38° | 28° | |
| Basrah | 42° | 32° | |
Diarbakir | 26° | 14° | |
| Sanandaj | 24° | 7° | |
The problem with the publication of Kurdish books is getting them out to the people who are yearning to read them. There are few methods of distribution to provide literature for the readers. Libraries, book shops and kiosks are present in some towns, but these don’t exist everywhere. Even in the big cities, the libraries are in the wrong place and there is a lack of proper halls for book fairs.
Despite many efforts, the books never find their way to the right people - books and right readers, like old stories of the lover and the one he longs for, are destined to remain estranged.
But this will not be so for much longer. Aras Publishers have finally found a solution to this perennial problem through launching a mobile bookshop to deliver books to the places where they have failed to reach before. The mobile bookshop is a 15-meter bus, the inside of which is an Aladdin’s cave for book-lovers, holding thousands of titles.
The book bus will strip away the old problems of getting literature to the masses. The Aras bus will come to wherever you are – truly it is a revolution of the Kurdish enlightenment.
