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30/09/2012 13:54
By Bedran Ahmed Habeeb* AKnews will stop broadcasting and at the time of writing these words it has already been shut down. I'm deeply sorry that due to heavy financial burden, we had to close down AKnews. During my carrier I have worked in many cultural foundations and established many by myself. Among all the foundations I established, I...
Iraqi karate team expected in two international tournaments
29/09/2012 09:03
BAGHDAD, Sept. 29 (AKnews)- Iraqi Karate Team will participate in two international tournaments for advanced level due in Qatar and Turkey.The Antalya championships in Turkey will run for three days, beginning Oct. 15, said Abbas Mahdi, head of the Iraqi Karate Federation (IKF). Mahdi added Doha championships will also kick off early November....
Karrar Jassem expelled from national team
27/09/2012 10:09
ERBIL, Sept.27 (AKnews)- Brazilian coach of Iraqi national football team, Zico (Arthur Antunes Coimbra) expelled famous player Karrar Jassem from the team, Kurdish Xendan news agency reported today. "Technical" issues were reported as the reason for expelling the player.In July Zico also ordered Kurdish Hawar Mala Mohammed...
Iraqi tennis players qualifies for quarterfinals in West Asian tournamentv
27/09/2012 02:18BAGHDAD, Sep. 26 (AKnews) – Iraqi tennis player Mohammed Salam from Kirkuk city has qualified for the quarterfinals of the West Asian Tournament that’s currently being held in Jordan. Saalam moved to the quarterfinals after beating Saudi player Zaid Ahmed 6-4 and 6-3 in his first match. Slam will face Bahraini tenis player...
Historic opportunity before Erbil FC in AFC Cup
27/09/2012 02:12ERBIL, Sep. 26 (AKnews) – Iraq’s four times champion Erbil FC has a historic opportunity to get to the AFC Cup finals after bating Malaysia’s Kelantan. Erbil beat Kelantan 5-1 in the first leg of the quarterfinals last week and tied 1-1 in the second leg of the match earlier this week in Malaysia qualifying for the semi-finals....
Clubs' rowing race begins Thursday
25/09/2012 09:18
BAGHDAD, Sept.25 (AKnews)- Iraqi Rowing Federation has decided to hold a rowing race for clubs in Baghdad Thursday, federation's chairman said today. Abdul-Salam Khalaf said the races of 2,000m, 1,000m and 500m, for the advanced, youth and junior categories will run on Tigris River for two days. By Amir DaghestaniLL/AKnews
Suli strengths handball team ranks with two Iranian players
24/09/2012 11:28ERBIL, Sep. 24 (AKnews) – Suli Sports Club has brought in two Iranian Kurdish players to strengthen its ranks ahead of the new Iraqi handball season. Suli SC is in talks with Mohammed Irfan Saeed and Madih Rahimi in order to sign contarcts with them ahead of the new Iraqi and regional handball league seasons....
Egyptian tennis player joins Suli Club
23/09/2012 13:39ERBIL, September 23 (AKnews) – Suli Club has brought in an Egyptian tennis player to in order to strengthen its ranks in the Iraqi tennis tournament, the club media coordinator said Sunday.Beway Ahmed stated "For the purpose of strengthening Suli's tennis team and achieving good result in the last stage of the Iraqi tennis clubs...
Kurdish sports official released after being kidnapped in Baghdad
22/09/2012 14:18
ERBIL, Sept.22 (AKnews)- Bashar Mustafa, deputy for chairman of Iraqi Olympics Committee, was released today, almost 12 hours after he was abducted by an armed group. An armed force introducing itself as the force of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki abducted Mustafa from his house in Baghdad at 01.00 a.m. today, said Saeed Khoshnaw, a...
Erbil FC seeks FIFA's help to end player's issue
22/09/2012 13:02
ERBIL, Sept. 22 (AKnews) – Erbil Football Club has filed a complaint against Iranian Zob Ahan to resolve Hawar Mala Mohammed's issue with the club, said Erbil FC's media coordinator. Rebin Ramzi stated Erbil FC sought help of International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) to release Mohammed from his contract with former club....
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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.
