Culture
Galawezh Center to honor famous Kurdish singer, Khaleqi
17/05/2012 09:03
SULAIMANIYA, 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....
Kurdish film rewarded as best in German festival
16/05/2012 11:55ERBIL, May 16 (AKnews)- A short film by a Kurdish filmmaker from Iran was awarded as the best in the 14th round of the Black International Cinema in Germany, May 2-6. The film dubbed "Sound of Rain" directed by Jalal Saedpanah was selected as the best among 54 European and Asian, Saedpanah's publicist said....
0ver 2,700-year-old artifacts discovered in Erbil
15/05/2012 17:37ERBIL, May 15 (AKnews) - More than 1,500 artifacts which date back more than 2,700 years have been discovered in Qasri Shamamk Hill, 30km to the west of Erbil.Erbil archeology director Haidar Hassan said in a press conference that there are 20 bricks with cuneiform writings on them, 1,414 broken pots and 25 cups.Other discovered objects include...
Erbil hosts national Kurdish poetry festival
15/05/2012 15:05ERBIL, May 15 (AKnews) - A three-day national Kurdish poetry festival kicked off in Erbil today.The festival is sponsored by Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and will be held in cooperation with the General Union of Writers in the Kurdistan Region.Abdul Rahman al-Naqshbandi from the Ministry of Culture and the committee in charge of the festival...
Syrian Kurdish artist sings for Syrian uprising
14/05/2012 12:13DAMASCUS, May 14 (AKnews) - A Kurdish Syrian artist in Germany has released a song in Kurdish and Arabic about the Syrian people and its peaceful "revolution".Fouad Hussein wrote, composed and directed Life (Hayat) and translated the song into English and German.Houssein said: "What's happening in Syria is a historic...
Cartoonist portrays political art on washing line
12/05/2012 11:03BAGHDAD, May 12 (AKnews) - An Iraqi cartoonist in Baghdad yesterday exhibited a collection of his work that was critical of the current political situation, unemployment rates and the lack of public services.Raed al-Hassan hung some 54 drawings on a clothes line against the wall of the Baghdad Cultural Center on Mutanabbi Street. ...
Kurdistan MPs to discuss bill for protecting religious sanctities
11/05/2012 10:08
ERBIL, May 11 (AKnews)- The bill for protection of religious sanctities has been completed and will see its first reading soon, said an MP.According to the bill any offense against the holy religions, verbally or in written, in media or any occasions like festivals, will be regarded as a "crime", said Bashir Khalil Haddad who heads the...
Kurdish playwrights honoured in Amed drama festival
09/05/2012 11:04
ERBIL, May 9 (AKnews) - 17 of Kurdistan's playwrights were celebrated during the first Kurdish drama festival to be held in Amed, the capital of North Kurdistan.The Kaval Institution for Media and Art production gave award certificates in tribute to all participants, from all four parts of Kurdistan, in the festival, which began on March 29 and...
Bashiqa hosts exhibition and concert to boost culture
07/05/2012 17:41
DUHOK, May 7 (AKnews) - Mosul's Kurdish Cultural Center today held an exhibition and Kurdish folk song concert in Nineveh province in a bid to revive Kurdish culture in the province.Head of the center Khaddida Sheikh Khalaf said the exhibition included 32 paintings in addition to Yezidi Kurdish folk songs."Reviving the Kurdish heritage in...
Iraq protects its artifacts via satellite
07/05/2012 10:43
KARBALA, May 7 (AKnews) - Iraq's archaeological sites are being protected through satellites to stop them being smuggled out of the country and to reduce their vulnerability to random exploration.The Tourism Authority will spend the next two years building walls around the archaeological sites and have developed a specialized department who will...
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