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10-volume Erbil City Encyclopedia released

Saturday, February 6th 2010 6:22 PM
 


 
Erbil, Feb. 6 (AKnews) – At a ceremony held in Erbil today and attended by a number of Government and partisan officials, the Erbil Encyclopedia consisting of 10 volumes was released.
 
The ceremony started after the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)'s Deputy Secretary-General, Kosrat Rasul Ali, unveiled the Kurdistan Region's flag on the Erbil Encyclopedia.
 
In a speech, the Head of the High Commission for Preparing the Erbil Encyclopedia, Abdullah Aliyawayi, extended his gratitude to all of teachers and experts who have played a role in devising, printing, and funding the project.
 
"After one year of works on the Book, we encountered a financial crisis, but fortunately, as Mr. Ali provided financial aids, subsequently we regained power and managed to produce the Erbil Encyclopedia that took 5 years to finish", Aliyawayi said.
 
While briefing the attendees, Ali described publishing the Encyclopedia as a historic day for Kurdistan's people in general and Erbil city in particular.
 
He also commended the role of the intellectuals and teachers who took part in the project.
 
Erbil Encyclopedia is consisting of 10 volumes embracing the personalities, folklore, writers' works and their bibliographies, arts and bibliography of the artists, social civilization, neighborhoods, health, tourist guide and memory, civilization, modern and old history, archaeology and heritage, and Erbil in the world encyclopedias.
  
Sm/Sh (AKnews) 

 
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