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	German school opened in Erbil	Read more
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 3:27 PM

Erbil, Sept. 2 (AKnews) – The first German school in Kurdistan was opened today in Erbil, and will accept students for this academic year. The school is supported by both German and Kurdish governments. Speaking to reporters during the inaugural ceremony, Stefan Bantle, the German Consul general in Erbil, said the school fees will be...

	Iraq wants investments in culture sector	Read more
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 11:07 AM

Wasit, Sept. 2 (AKnews) - Iraq’s culture ministry called on local and foreign investors on Thursday to invest in the coutnry's cultural sector, through the establishment of a cultural center near the shrine of the famous Iraqi poet Abu al-Tayyib Mutanabi in Numaniya district in Wasit province."The ministry informed the Culture House...

	Painting exhibition for World Peace day in Turkey	Read more
Thursday, September 2nd 2010 10:48 AM

Van, Sept. 2 (AKnews) - A Kurdish artist in Turkey’s Kurdish-dominated Van city opened  a painting exhibition on Wednesday to celebrate the World Peace Day. Hassan Bagdash expressed hope that his exhibition will contribute to establishing a culture of peace and that all obstacles in the way of peace in the country will be overcome.Senior...

	Iraqi poet: I am from the generation who breathed the ashes of war	Read more
Wednesday, September 1st 2010 12:29 PM

Cairo, Sept. 1 (AKnews) - Iraqi poet Haidar Abdul Khodor spoke to AKnews correspondent Sara Ali about his work and a whole poetic scene in Iraq rising like a phoenix from the flames of war and sanctions.  Sara Ali: Tell us about your beginnings?  Haidar Abdul Khodor: The actual beginnings were in the early nineties of the...

	AKnews resumes broadcasting in Kurdish Kurmanji dialect	Read more
Wednesday, September 1st 2010 11:36 AM

Erbil, Sept. 1 (AKnews) – Kurdistan News Agency (AKnews) decided on Tuesday to reopen the Kurdish Kurmanji section after the agency closed down its Turkish, Farsi, Kurmanij, and German sections last Sunday.   The decision came in response to a pressing demand by many Kurdish citizens in Turkey.Most Iraqi Kurds speak a different...

	Iraqi filmmaker calls for “cinema revolution”	Read more
Wednesday, September 1st 2010 10:51 AM

Basra, Sept. 1 (AKnews) - An Iraqi filmmaker called for a “cinema revolution” in the country saying filmmakers and artists in Iraq’s southern and central regions are not active. Speaking to AKnews, Faez Kanani said “Iraq is considered one of the poor countries in film and cinema production which requires the start of a cinema revolution...

	Iraqi official says protecting antiques is “difficult”	Read more
Tuesday, August 31st 2010 10:28 AM

Erbil, Aug. 31 (AKnews) - Iraq’s ministry of tourism and archeology says preventing Iraq’s antiques from being smuggled out of the country is “difficult.” Speaking to AKnews, Abdul-Zuhra Talqani, the spokesman of the ministry, said stopping the smuggling of Iraq’s antiques and archeological pieces is a “difficult task” especially...

	Iraqi Writers Union demands govt to pay attention to culture	Read more
Monday, August 30th 2010 5:37 PM

Baghdad, Aug. 30 (AKnews) – A member of the Writers and Authors Union in Iraq, said on Monday that Iraqi intellectuals are shocked by the negligence of government institutions."The Iraqi culture is witnessing an accumulating crisis because none of the successive governments since 2003 support any cultural programs in the country to...

	Iraq calls on Israel to return ancient Torah	Read more
Monday, August 30th 2010 10:37 AM

Erbil, Aug. 30 (AKnews) - The spokesman of Iraq’s ministry of tourism said his country is working with Interpol to return an ancient copy of the Torah that was illegally transferred from Iraq to Israel. Thousands of pieces of antiques were smuggled out of Iraq in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion of the country in 2003 and the subsequent...

	Kurdish channels have large viewer rates in Basra	Read more
Sunday, August 29th 2010 5:15 PM

Basra, Aug. 29(AKnews) – The head of the Office of Kurdistan channel in Basra said on Sunday that the Kurdish channels have a good viewers rate in the country's southern cities, particularly in Basra, indicating that canceling the Arabic section of Kurdistan TV impacted the percentage of the viewers.  Abdul-Sattar Mansoori told AKnews...