Monthly Archives: June 2012

Kurdish Democracy Needs Free and Professional Media

Posted on June 30, 2012 by admin

Chris Bowers, the British consul general in Erbil, examines the role of the media in a free society. As a government representative, I am a little wary about commenting on the media in the Kurdistan Region.  But as a former … Continue reading →

KRG Representative: We expect trade with UK to continue to grow

Posted on June 28, 2012 by admin

The Kurdistan Regional Government’s High Representative to the UK today told British companies that Kurdistan’s economy is booming and there are many opportunities to do business there. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman was speaking at a lunch hosted in her honour … Continue reading →

Health co-operation between the UK and the Kurdistan Region

Posted on June 26, 2012 by admin

Professor Deiary Kader, the founder of the Newcastle/Gateshead Medical Volunteers group and an Iraqi Kurd himself, recently addressed the APPG on his work. Over the last two years, the charity has recruited more than a hundred health professionals of whom … Continue reading →

Rudaw column on women’s rights

Posted on June 18, 2012 by admin

This week’s column by Gary Kent A paradox I have found in travelling around Kurdistan is that I often learn as much about Britain as about Kurdistan. Exposure to a different culture and thinking forces me to re-examine what I … Continue reading →

Two events on the Jews of Kurdistan

Posted on June 12, 2012 by admin

The Jews of Kurdistan Lecture by Professor Yona Sabar, Professor of Hebrew and Aramaic, UCLA and Ariel Sabar, author of My Father’s Paradise Royal Geographical Society, London Thursday 28th June 2012 Lecture by Professor Yona Sabar, Professor of Hebrew and … Continue reading →

Hanzala Malik: Iraqi Kurds want the Scots’ support. And they deserve to get it

Posted on June 7, 2012 by admin

DISCUSSING the nature of national identity and its complex links to political power doesn’t apply just in Scotland. The Kurdistan region in Iraq is also such a place; it has about five million people, a strong historic identity and is … Continue reading →

An enthusiasm of engineers

Posted on June 5, 2012 by admin

Westminster is in recess, the focus is on the Queen’s 60th anniversary and I have been back to Kurdistan for my ninth visit which prompts me to offer a view from Westminster rather than about the UK Parliament. To paraphrase … Continue reading →