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...
Tribute to journalist Sardasht Osman on second anniversary of his murder
05/05/2012 19:01ERBIL, May 5 (AKnews) - This week marks the second anniversary of Sardasht Osman’s murder. Two years have passed since the 23-year-old journalist was kidnapped by gunmen outside the foreign language department at Salahaddin University in Erbil on 4 May 2010 and was found dead four days later in Mosul with a gunshot wound to his head.Reporters...
Culture should not be subjected to political influence, says Kurdistan minister
01/05/2012 15:46
ERBIL, May 1 (AKnews) - The Minister of Culture and Youth in the Kurdistan Region Kawa Mahmoud said there is a problematic relationship between the nature of intellectuals and authority in the Middle East as a whole, because the authorities attract intellectuals for their favor in order to stay in power. He pointed out in the interview with...
Towards the development of prosecution service in Iraq
30/04/2012 16:40
By Munther al-Fadel*Introduction Originally the function of law in society was to keep the freedoms of individuals and achieve their interests in addition to the entity of the community and its safety and ensure its security and progress. This needs a way to be achieved because the law is a necessity in any society to regulate the relations...
Shia forces are supporting Damascus and Sunni forces are supporting the opposition, says Kurdish Syrian opposition leader
23/04/2012 18:45
CAIRO, April 23 (AKnews) - Serbst Nabi, an independent Syrian Kurdish dissident and professor at the University of Salahaddin in the Kurdistan Region, said that the position of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on the Syrian revolution is balanced and the same as its position on all of the issues inside and outside of Iraq. Nabi criticized...
Is Iraq turning to the abyss?
19/04/2012 13:54
By Shaker AnbariThings that are recently taking place not only make one feel anxious, but also a lot of anxiety over the fate of the ongoing political process that has taken place for years without reaching a reasonable degree of stability. MP Izzat Shabandar's remarks published on Monday by AKnews about the relationship between the Kurdistan...
No democracy in Syria without just solution for Kurdish issue, says secretary of Kurdish party
19/04/2012 09:52
ERBIL, April 19 (AKnews) - The secretary of the Syrian Kurdish Left Party Muhammad Musa said the formation of the National Syrian Kurdish Council and the belonging of the parties and organizations to it supported the Kurdish position in light of the events taking place in Syria for almost 13 months. In an exclusive interview with AKnews, Musa...
Dictator Nouri al-Maliki
18/04/2012 13:25
By Bedran Ahmed HabeebERBIL, April 18 (AKnews) - Any two people do not disagree that having issues with Baghdad is not good for the Kurdistan Region, in particular in these current risky circumstances that the Middle East is undergoing. And any two people do not disagree that for the first time in history the Kurdish issue in Iraq is heading...
The 24th anniversary of the Anfal crimes against the Kurds
15/04/2012 16:27
Punish those responsible and compensate those affected By Dr. Munther Al-Fadl*The Anfal crimes committed by the previous dictatorial regime are just a selection in a series of genocide crimes according to the law of international crimes that the Kurdish people suffered from. The whole world remained silent about these crimes despite the...
The earthquake that wiped out the old Iraq
14/04/2012 13:38
By Shaker Anbari If the ninth of April 2003 was an earthquake that hit Iraq, then its results, without a doubt, are still frequent. Unprecedented transformations that accompanied it, or resulted due to it, began to permeate in the society in a way that cannot be stopped or speculated on. All of this came after a period of time of more...
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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.
