Iraq News

The First International Scientific Conference of Mawlawinasi (the Study of Mawlawi) was held in Slemani on 11-12/12/2024, with the attendance of Slemani Deputy Governor, the

On November 28, 2024, under the supervision and attendance of the esteemed Minister of Culture and Youth of the Kurdistan Regional Government, along with the

Slemani UNESCO Creative City of Literature extends heartfelt congratulations to the distinguished Kurdish writer Bachtyar Ali and to all writers of Slemani, Kurdistan, and the

Upon a formal invitation from Mr. Eric Falt, the UNESCO Representative for the Maghreb, the coordinator of the Slemani UNESCO City of Literature Office participated

From October 21 to 25, 2024, Edinburgh, Scotland hosted the annual UNESCO Cities of Literature Network conference, bringing together the office coordinator of Slemani UNESCO

Mariwan Hasan – writer, scholar, and instructor at University of Sulaimani – is selected to participate in 2024 Nanjing Residency with five other writers from

On 27.09.2024, in a 45 minute webinar hosted by Melbourne City of Literature, Mr. Mariwan Hasan who is a prolific author and an instructor at

Slemani City of Literature, with support from Slemani Governorate, is excited to launch the Data Collection Platform for the upcoming UNESCO Cities of Literature Online

On July 1st, 2024, Slemani Governor Dr. Haval Abubakir, in accompany with Engineer Shamal Abubakir, volunteer Office Coordinator of Slemani UNESCO Creative City of Literature,

Bakhtiyar Ali, Kurdish author and novelist, was awarded the German Hilde-Domin-Prize for 2023, yesterday in Germany. The prize is specific to writers who live in

The fifth Slemani International Book Fair will be held from 23/11/2023 to 02/12/2023 in the capital of culture. Atlas Publishing House is organizing the largest

Sirwan Kamal Barzanji, a prominent calligrapher from Slemani, has won the first prize in Naskh in a world competition in the UAE.

Pick a book, bring a cool drink, and turn off your phone for a well-deserved detox read in the beautiful surroundings of Slemani UNESCO City

Today; 18/11/2021 was the grand opening of the 3rd Sulaymaniyah international book fair, this year more than 15 different countries participated, and thousands of topics

Zheen Archive’s visit to Slemani’s Culture Factory

To all Sulaimanywriters; Melbourne City calls for an electronic stay in May from poetry to Shannonusan, this stay online is a unique opportunity to know

Tomorrow 28-7-2021, no one will listen to the cultural factory. Visiting and watching this project about Yazidi genocide and using this advanced technology is a

The second prize of morality for the writers of Tarawga will be held.Buchion’s literature award began in 2020 to honor and honor the best novel

Our panel is now available on TikTok platform during the Shubak Festival in London. https://shubbakfestival.ticketco.events/uk/en/e/bringing_images_home__a_new_generation_of_poets_from_slemani

An Introduction:Throughout the twenty-four years since it was first founded, despite the political, economic,social crisis and all the other obstacles our culture has come up

Slemani City of Literature’s Poetry Selection Committee Meets to Select its Poets for World Translation Day.On Thursday, April 1st 2021, in a meeting arranged by

Join us for the University of Central Florida’s first virtual event of the Spring 2021 semester, on Friday, 26 March, 6:00-7:30 pm Sulaimani Time.“Old Fire

This film features specially commissioned poems from Manchester City of Literature and Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University, plus sister UNESCO Creative Cities, Granada

Bucheon City of Literature is delighted to announce an open call for the Bucheon Residency Program to offer two residencies for writers, translators and cartoonists

“The History of Taboo in Kurdish Literature,” is the fourth online panel of our AUISxExeter Talks series; “Curating Kurdishness: Arts, Culture, and the Archive in

The British Council is pleased to announce an open call for applications for the Masarat: Grants for Artists and Cultural Initiatives programme.  The deadline for

The French translation of Considering the Women arrived today. Thanks to Kontr Editions and my translator Victor Martinez. The image on the cover is by

A new programme sharing expertise in poetry translation between Manchester and Slemani in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has received funding from the British Council

A new angle on the conventional end-of-year “best of” lists sees the UNESCO Cities of Literature, led by Iowa City, take to Twitter from Monday

Today marks the 23rd annual Galawej International festival. The center was founded in 1996, in Slemani.- The organization promotes literary, cultural and enlightenment perspectives.- The

Despite the restrictions that the pandemic imposed on our city, we managed to continue working. 1. ‘You Will Remain’ Anthology was disseminated at the 3rd

The Slemani Culture Factory Project, which was previously an old abandoned Cigarette Factory, aims to convert this landmark into an economically viable center for culture

This article is dedicated to a few special people who made my initial trip to Kurdistan, Iraq, a memorable time, especially to Sirwan, the most

Kashkul, the center for arts and culture, based at AUIS is one of our major partners and the main applicant on our bid. Thank you

Today, the Consulate of France visited the Slemani UNESCO City of Literature section of the Slemani International Exhibition.