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The Story of Mahabad Lives On

January 21, 2013

For the younger generation of readers, whose history books may not have been very tempting, 67 years ago the first Kurdish republic was established in Mahabad in eastern Kurdistan under the leadership of Qazi Muhammad. On December 15th of the same year, Iranian forces entered Mahabad. They closed down the printing press, banned the...
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Institutions Should Rule in Iraq, Not Personalities

December 24, 2012

The events of the last week were a testament to the fragility of Iraq, the instability of its government and the immaturity of its political process. When Mam Jalal (Iraqi President Jalal Talabani) brokered the initial steps of the settlement process between Erbil and Baghdad by stopping the media war, everyone breathed a sigh...
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