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Syrian Kurdish delegation meets Annan's deputy in Cairo
17/05/2012 11:41CAIRO, May 17 (AKnews) - The Kurdish delegation participating in the Syrian opposition conference, which was scheduled to take place in Cairo on Wednesday, met the deputy of the UN joint envoy...
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Maliki vows to pursue militias involved in Iraqi killings
17/05/2012 11:18Baghdad, May 17 (AKnews) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki yesterday vowed to detect the Baath and al-Qaeda militias and elements involved in killing Iraqi civilians post-2003.Maliki said in a...
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MPs demand probe into American intelligence in Kurdish village bombardment
17/05/2012 11:11ERBIL, May 17 (AKnews)- Kurdish MPs to the Turkish Parliament demand the alleged role of the American intelligence in bombardment of a Kurdish village in Turkey be investigated and the...
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Genel Energy eyes up Bina Bawi oil field stake
17/05/2012 11:02ERBIL, May 17 (AKnews) - Genel Energy is expanding its operations in the Kurdistan Region and is trying to buy a 23-percent stake in the Bina Bawi concession by acquiring A&T Petroleum for...
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Gangs smuggling antiques outside Iraq through Wasit, says tourism ministry
17/05/2012 10:51WASIT, May 17 (AKnews) - The Minister of Tourism and Antiquities said it received information about gangs smuggling antiques outside the country through Wasit.The minister added that the province...
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Politics
Syrian Kurdish delegation meets Annan's deputy in Cairo
17/05/2012 11:41CAIRO, May 17 (AKnews) - The Kurdish delegation participating in the Syrian opposition conference, which was scheduled to take place in Cairo on Wednesday, met the deputy of the UN joint envoy between the Arab League and the UN Nasser al-Qodwa and adviser to the secretary general of the Arab League Talal al-Amin.Head of the delegation Abdul...
Finance
Genel Energy eyes up Bina Bawi oil field stake
17/05/2012 11:02ERBIL, May 17 (AKnews) - Genel Energy is expanding its operations in the Kurdistan Region and is trying to buy a 23-percent stake in the Bina Bawi concession by acquiring A&T Petroleum for $175m (203bn IQD), said former BP chief executive and head of Genel Energy Tony Hayward.Genel produces 40,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Kurdish crude in...
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
Kurdistan traffic police equipped with five helicopters
17/05/2012 11:24ERBIL, May 17 (AKnews)- Kurdistan Traffic Police has received five helicopters which will considerably help in reducing traffic jam. This is the first time traffic police is equipped with helicopters. Erbil and Sulaimaniya provinces have been provided with two helicopters each and one has gone to Duhok province, said Qader Sadiq,...
Weather
| Erbil | 31° | 21° |  |
Sulaymaniyah | 34° | 27° | |
| Mosul | 33° | 21° | |
Baghdad | 38° | 28° | |
| Basrah | 41° | 31° | |
Diarbakir | 26° | 13° | |
| 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.
