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Aras Publishers and Arab university discuss importance of non-violence in communities
21/05/2012 17:56ERBIL, May 21 (AKnews) - A delegation from the University for Non-Violence and Human Rights in the Arab World (AUNOHR) is meeting today at the Erbil-based headquarters of Aras Publishers.The...
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The issue of displaced people isn't over yet in Kurdistan, says displacement and migration department
21/05/2012 17:38ERBIL, May 21 (AKnews) - The issue of displaced people in the Kurdistan Region is not yet closed, said an official from the displacement and migration department in the Kurdistan Region today,...
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Speed up payments to families of press victims, says Finance Ministry
21/05/2012 17:14ERBIL, May 21 (AKnews) - The Iraqi Finance Minister Rafie al-Issawi today instructed the ministry's departments to speed up granting the families of victims of the Iraqi press and injured...
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Arab League prepares for holding Arab Ministerial Council water meeting in Baghdad
21/05/2012 16:14CAIRO, May 21 (AKnews) - The Arab League in cooperation with Iraq has started the final preparations for convening of the fourth session of the Arab Ministerial Council for Water in Baghdad on May...
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Tight security for Iranian nuclear talks in Baghdad
21/05/2012 15:37BAGHDAD, May 21 (AKnews) - Security measures are being taken in coordination with the Baghdad Operations Command to protect Wednesday's talks related to Iranian nuclear development.Head of the...
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Politics
Resolving political crisis can't be done through media, says Iraqiya
21/05/2012 14:09BAGHDAD, May 21 (AKnews) - Iraqiya List said today that resolving the current political crisis in the country cannot be done through the media, stressing the need for practical steps to be taken to return the lack of trust between political parties.Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said yesterday that the current crisis in the country has gone...
Finance
Erbil building and construction exhibition begins
21/05/2012 13:44ERBIL, May 21 (AKnews) - A four-day building and construction exhibition kicked off today at the Sami Abdulrahman Park Exhibition Center in Erbil. Some 220 companies from 20 countries are participating in the expo, including new members like Bulgaria, Australia and Sweden. The countries participating in the fair are: the...
Culture
Pre-Islam archeological site found in Garmian district
21/05/2012 13:32ERBIL, May 21 (AKnews) - A number of archeological artifacts have been unearthed in Garmian district dating back to before the rise of Islam.Media secretary of Garmian archeology directorate Mohammed Ali said a citizen from Berlut village to the east of Kalar discovered several artifacts buried in his land.Ali said many metal and circular...
Sports
Iraq to compete in India wrestling championship
20/05/2012 16:07BAGHDAD, May 20 (AKnews) - Seven Iraqi wrestlers will represent the national team in the India International Wrestling Tournament to be held in New Delhi on May 25.Head of the Iraqi Wrestling Federation Abdul Karim Hamid said today that the Iraqi wrestlers participating in the championship will be chosen in light of the matches held at Kadhimiya...
Opinions & Interviews
Keeping men away from the birth of their children
19/05/2012 10:19"I am not allowed to enter the maternity hospital and I do not want to wait outside for all those hours.’’ A young future father complains bitterly. His wife has gone into labour of their first child and he is not allowed at her side. He drives home to wait and keeps in contact by phone.Health care in Iraq, even in Iraqi...
Features & Analysis
The Failure Of Iraq’s Parliament To Oversee The Government: The Case Of Higher Education Minister Adeeb
20/05/2012 16:36By Joel Wing* For several months now the Iraqi parliament has been requesting that Minister of Higher Education Ali al-Adeeb appear before it over charges that he abused the law, and followed a sectarian policy while in office. The Minister has repeatedly refused, and his list, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s State of Law has...
News
Aras Publishers and Arab university discuss importance of non-violence in communities
21/05/2012 17:56ERBIL, May 21 (AKnews) - A delegation from the University for Non-Violence and Human Rights in the Arab World (AUNOHR) is meeting today at the Erbil-based headquarters of Aras Publishers.The delegation is meeting with intellectuals, journalists and jurists in the Kurdistan Region during a four-day visit to the region at the invitation of...
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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.
