Culture
SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region – Most historic residences in Sulaimani are being erased, other by a lack of care or demolition to make way for services such as car repair shops or high-rise buildings.
Salar Khwaram, a Sulaimani resident, has dedicated over 20 years to volunteering efforts aimed at safeguarding the city’s historic cultural landmarks and residences. He claims that those who are in charge of these houses are intentionally ruining them to turn them into garages and multi-story buildings.
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A young man from Duhok who owns a publishing house and opened a library in the city three years ago, displayed 70 book titles from his publishing house at Duhok’s book fair, saying he exclusively supports local writers.
“Because the writers who bring their books to us are Kurds, we only want to support them and their works at the exhibitions. The market is full of other works, but we only support local writers to make their works more visible,” Karzan Dewali, owner of Parez Library, told Rudaw.