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6 results for Sulaymaniyah

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Looking on the bright side

23 May 2013

Identifying positives in the wake of the Iraq war is a difficult task at best. Yet the music, journalism, art and television shows emerging from the Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah suggest that optimism can be found if you…

Film

Cultural Kurdistan

24 May 2013

Our foreign editor, Steve Bloomfield, and photographer Sebastian Meyer visit Sulaymaniyah, the cultural capital of Iraqi Kurdistan to meet the artists, journalists and musicians putting the city on the map.

Radio

The Monocle Daily, episode 380

12 April 2013

Irene Caselli discusses the Venezuelan presidential elections, we review the Asia newspapers with Aidan Foster Carter and spend a Friday night in Sulaymaniyah with Steve Bloomfield.

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Sisters in arms

21 September 2023

Stateless Kurds have endured centuries of persecution across the Middle East. Now, Iran’s strict application of sharia law is driving Kurdish women to fight for their freedom.

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Africa/Middle East

25 April 2013

We turn the spotlight on the flight route from London to Baghdad, the ambitions of Nairobi's new senator, and the latest from Bamako.

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The living is easy

17 October 2009

Sweden’s second city is fertile soil for small businesses thanks to its history of maritime adventure, the population’s can-do attitude and its intimate size, which helps keep the co-operative spirit alive and well.