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Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief
9.1.2007
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January 9, 2007 - Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region (Iraq)
First Kurdish woman dramatist awarded doctoral
degree
A Kurdish screenwriter based in Austria has obtained
a doctoral degree in drama.
Nigar Hasib Gharadaghi, a female researcher, was
awarded a doctoral degree for her works in Drama and
Culture-anthropology from the University of Vienna.
Gharadaghi's supervisor, Birgita Marshal, praised
her work within drama and said that she had taken
genuine steps to interweave the two important
sciences of theatre and Culture-anthropology.
"What I find important in Mrs. Nigar Gharadaghi's
research is that she has not been applying the known
and common methodologies in her search for the
origins and progress of theatre of rituals, but puts
her focus on the origins of ritual and in the
context of motive and event-structure; beyond the
familiar connotations, she is researching in the
works and drama of the performance," Professor
Marshal said as part of her assessment of
Gharadaghi's dissertation named "Theatre and Ritual
Performance".
Nigar Hasib Gharadaghi was born in the Kurdish city
of Sulaimaniya but moved to Austria in 1991.
Gharadaghi and her husband, Shamal Omar, also an
artist, have been engaged in drama since the early
1980s...
As snowfall hits the Region high fuel prices
point to a frosty winter
Large parts of the Kurdistan Region were covered
with snow last week amid a new national fuel crisis.
Globe's correspondent, Himin Mamand says though the
government has promised to assist households with
fuel, high prices of oil has created a black market
for oil dealers who have made a fortune out of the
conditions.
So far this has been a tough winter for people like
Zainab Rasoul, mother of four, who says she has not
been able to keep her home warm enough this year.
"It's not fair to buy a barrel of oil for 300000
Dinars in an oil rich country like Iraq," Zainab
sighs as she tells her story on how she and her five
children, the youngest 8 months, have been wisely
trying to use the one oil heater they own. "We can
only use one heater since we cannot afford much
oil."
Zainab is not the only one feeling unusually wintry
this year. Since the US invasion of Iraq, prices of
oil have constantly gone up to the extent it has
become a major issue for the government.
The crisis has hit the whole of Iraq but the
shortage of fuel has been particularly felt in the
northern regions of the country where there are no
refineries. Oil is instead transported by fuel
tankers to the northern provinces including Iraq's
Kurdistan Region...
Skipping lectures becomes the new trend at
Salahaddin University
Since the government officially announced the
holidays, Salahaddin University's hours of
operation, similar to other governmental bodies, are
canceled.
Nonetheless, the University has had its own unique
phenomenon; students stop coming to classes and
attending lectures three days - or sometimes even a
week - before the official holidays start.
This skipping of the lectures continues even several
days after the holidays - a fact that is mostly
observed during the New Year and religious holidays.
Frankly, many students believe this trend is one of
the results of a weak education system.
Kamil Habeeb, a History student at the university's
Faculty of Arts, prefers being absent to attending
classes. He thinks that there has been no big
difference between a student who regularly attends
the lectures and one who rarely does so.
When it comes exam time, students mostly rely on
their books and course materials as their means of
studying. He says the books are easily accessible
students can simply review them and still receive
very high marks.
Dr. Qadir Mohammed, Dean of the Faculty of Arts,
does not consider the outdated education system as a
mere reason, but as one among many other reasons. He
believes the students themselves are also to be held
responsible for that.
"A few students do try, very hard, to learn," he
says, "but all that many of them want is just to get
their degrees." He added that these individuals who
do not attend regular classes are those who do not
really care to gain any knowledge."
Kurdistan parties warn about fears for Kurdistan
Five Kurdish political parties warn of fears that
Kurds should take into consideration in order to
rescue national achievements and to prevent the loss
of achievements already made in under-the-table
meetings.
The parties, who met on January 2 in Erbil, were the
Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU), Kurdistan Tailors
Party, Islamic Group in Kurdistan, Kurdistan
Socialist Party, and the Kurdistan Communist Party.
"In the meeting, we tried to study the current
situations of Kurdistan and Iraq and also show and
remark on the fears that may face the Kurdish
people," said Hiwa Mirza Sabir, secretary of KIU
politburo.
The parties discussed U.S. neglect toward the
Kurdish people and their national issue, said Sabir.
He mentioned that they regard the demands of Iraqi
Shiite and Sunni sectarians as a reason to fear the
loss of Kurdish achievements, but he gave no further
detail on this.
They also discussed obstacles to the implementation
of the Kirkuk situation.
Sabir remarked that there are both local and
external fears to the Kurdish issue.
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