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...
Talabani continues efforts to resolve crisis and Iraqiya demands to replace Maliki
15/05/2012 17:32
ERBIL, May 15 (AKnews) - President Jalal Talabani is continuing meetings with all political blocs to end the political crisis, while Iraqiya has renewed its demand for the National Coalition (NC) to replace PM Maliki.After Talabani participated in a meeting with prominent leaders in Erbil, he returned to Baghdad on Thursday. Since that time he...
Hezbollah Commander About To Be Released From Iraqi Prison
15/05/2012 17:29By Joel Wing* In May 2012, it was announced that an Iraqi court ordered Lebanese Hezbollah commander Ali Mussa Daqduq to be released from prison. The reason was a lack of evidence against him. This could have been predicted long ago, as his case was based upon an investigation by the American military, not Iraqi judges. In the...
Analysis: Kurds agree on independence and disagree about its timing
12/05/2012 15:32ERBIL, May 12 (AKnews) - Many active writers and intellectuals in media and cultural arenas analyzed in the impact of the Arab spring revolutions on political events. They also analyzed the consequences that resulted amid the tendency of people towards freedom and their desire to achieve self-determination whether through federalism, as in the...
Controversy over negative impact of Erbil tensions on business
10/05/2012 11:33
ERBIL, May 10 (AKnews) - A number of business people believe the recent violent protest rally in Erbil and the strained relations between the Erbil and Baghdad governments have negatively affected business and trade exchange, while an official from the Kurdistan Region's Ministry of Trade refuted any decline in business. Two days ago angry...
Spanish football league creates social and psychological problems among Iraqis
02/05/2012 18:38
BAGHDAD, May 2 (AKnews) - The injuries of three people in Baghdad among Real Madrid and Barcelona football fans after the match between the two teams is one of the results of altercations that occur between groups that defend their favorite clubs.The division among Iraqis in their support for foreign clubs is remarkable and has become a...
National Conference To Resolve Iraq’s Political Disputes Dies A Slow Death
28/04/2012 16:06By Joel Wing* In December 2011, the Kurds came up with the idea of a national conference to be attended by all of Iraq’s ruling parties to resolve the country’s political problems. These disputes have been going on since the March 2010 elections, and have only gotten worse since then with various provinces calling for autonomy, a...
Exxon’s Banning From Iraq’s Fourth Energy Auction Will Not Stop Its Work In The Country
28/04/2012 15:34By Joel Wing* In April 2012, Iraq’s Oil Ministry banned Exxon Mobil from its fourth auction for oil and gas fields in the country. At the same time, the Iraqi government has allowed the company to continue working on its existing contract in southern Iraq. The oil giant is also moving ahead with a deal that it signed with the Kurds....
The Sadrists’ Double Game: Criticizing Iraq’s Prime Minister, While Supporting Him At The Same Time
25/04/2012 16:52By Joel Wing* Recently there were reports that the Sadrists were joining with other groups who opposed Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to unseat him in a no confidence vote. While it is true that Moqtada al-Sadr and his followers have increased their public criticisms of Maliki recently, the bloc remains loyal to the premier. Their...
Violating children's rights has led to drug addiction
25/04/2012 15:53
SALAHADDIN, April 24 (AKnews) - Four decades of wars, that have led to total destruction of infrastructure and social development and a decline in human rights, has had the worst impact on Iraq's children.In 1989, the world's leaders decided that children need a special agreement to give them the special care and protection that adults do not...
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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.
