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30/09/2012 13:21
By Bedran Ahmed Habeeb* AKnews will stop broadcasting and at the time of writing these words it has already been shut down. I'm deeply sorry that due to heavy financial burden, we had to close down AKnews. During my carrier I have worked in many cultural foundations and established many by myself. Among all the foundations I established, I...
Muslim preacher killed in Kirkuk
29/09/2012 09:00KIRKUK, Sept.29 (AKnews)- Unidentified gunmen shot dead preacher of Tawhid Mosque in central Kirkuk yesterday evening, media reports said.Mahmoud Hussein Ahmed was killed at 08.00 p.m. when he stepped out of the mosque in Uruba neighborhood. LL/AKnews
Over 40 inmates arrested after Tikrit prison break
28/09/2012 10:23ERBIL, Sept.28 (AKnews)- More than 40 inmates who escaped from Tafsirat Prison in Saddam Hussein's birth town, Tikrit, yesterday evening, have been arrested, al-Sumaria news reported today. The prison hosts 350 inmates, most of them al-Qaeda related. Allegedly 116 inmates, including those sentenced to death, managed to escape and destroy...
Denmark orders four Kurdish TV channels cease broadcasting
28/09/2012 08:51ERBIL, Sept.28 (AKnews)- Four Kurdish TV channels, close to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), have been ordered by Danish authorities to stop broadcasting for two months, Kurdish Rudaw newspaper reported. Roj TV, Nuçe tv، Mîzopotami and mmc of Mezopotamiya Broadcasting Company have been ordered to suspend airing for two months as of...
Turkish military trying to capture PKK leaders
27/09/2012 19:03ERBIL, Sep. 27 (AKnews) – Turkish military has shifted focus from military attacks on the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels to capturing its leaders, Turkish Chief of General Staff Necdet Ozil has said. Turkish media reported Thursday that Ozil has said that 2012 will be the “final year” for the PKK as their efforts to...
More than 50% of Kurds have left Jalawla since 2003 due to attacks
27/09/2012 18:49DIYALA, Sep. 27 (AKnews) – More than half of the Kurds living in Jalawla district of Diyala province have left the area since 2003 because of continuous attacks by militant groups. Located in eastern Diyala province, Jalawla is part of the disputed areas with a mixed population of Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen. The disputed areas...
Two army officers killed in clashes with PKK
27/09/2012 11:01ERBIL, Sept.27 (AKnews)- At least two soldiers were killed and three more wounded in fresh clashes with the guerrillas of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Colemêrg, southeastern Turkey, today.Kurdish Firat news agency, linked with the rebels, said the dead army members were army officers. The agency did not report the damages of...
Two Turkish soldiers wounded in roadside bombing
27/09/2012 09:16ERBIL, Sept.27 (AKnews)- While crossing Sirnak district, southeast of Turkey, a military convoy hit a land mine and two soldiers were wounded in the explosion, Turkish media reported today. The bombing occurred at 10.00 p.m. yesterday when the convoy was crossing Bahceli neighborhood.Turkish media reported that the two Turkish officers,...
Two policemen killed in checkpoint bombing
26/09/2012 08:48ERBIL, Sept.26 (AKnews)- The explosion of an improvised explosive device in a checkpoint to the south of Tikrit (Salahaddin provincial capital) left two policemen dead, al-Sumaria news reported today. The agency cited an anonymous source saying the device which unidentified people had placed in the checkpoint in Yathrab area, south of Balad...
Three policemen killed in Fallujah attack
26/09/2012 04:57ANBAR, Sep. 25 (AKnews) – Three policemen were killed and seven others were injured on Tuesday in Iraq’s western Fllujah city in a car bomb attack. The car was driven by a suicide bomber who targeted a police compound in Amiriyah area, west of Falujah city – Anbar province. By Anwar Msarbst RY/AKnews
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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.
