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Kurdistan The heart of “Mesopotamia”

Kurdistan The heart of “Mesopotamia” . Spring 2012. ESL 156 Culture Studies Presenter : Akam Instructor : Prof. Lyra Riabov. WELCOME Bakherben. Outline. 1. Great Kurdistan 2 . Kurdistan Flag 3 . Iraqi Kurdistan( Kurdistan Region) 4 . Kurdistan Regional government

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Kurdistan The heart of “Mesopotamia”

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  1. KurdistanThe heart of “Mesopotamia” Spring 2012 ESL 156 Culture Studies Presenter : Akam Instructor: Prof. Lyra Riabov

  2. WELCOMEBakherben

  3. Outline 1. Great Kurdistan 2. Kurdistan Flag 3. Iraqi Kurdistan( Kurdistan Region) 4. Kurdistan Regional government 5. Major cities in Kurdistan 6. Culture

  4. Map Of Great Kurdistan

  5. Great Kurdistan * Once was a unified Land. * Second was Divided over two Empires, Ottoman Empire and Safavid Empire. *Third the Division happened after WWI into five parts: 1.Turkey 2. Iran 3. Iraq 4. Syria 5. Armenia

  6. The Flag of Kurdistan *Red at the top *White in the middle *Green at the bottom * There is a Sun on the middle

  7. Iraqi Kurdistan *Location: north Iraq *Population: More than 6,000,000 *Ethnics: Kurdish, Turkmens, Arabs, Assyrians and a few other minorities. *Religion: Islam, Christian, Yazidies *Weather: four season (Spring, summer, autumn, winter)

  8. *Kurdistan Region is now a part from Iraq*The Kurdistan Regional Government”(KRG) exercises executive power according to the Kurdistan Parliament assembly.* Iraq’s Constitution recognizes the Kurdistan Regional Government, the Kurdistan National Assembly and the ‘Peshmerga’ guard as a legitimate army. Kurdistan Region

  9. Major cities and my home town Duhok kirkuk Erbil, the capital city Slemani Rania, my home town

  10. Culture Dance “(Kurdish: Haliperkê) *A group of hand-holding mixed gender dancers *A round dancing with a single or couple of figure dancers often added to the geometrical centre. *Kurdish Haliperke takes place in most of festivals, birthdays, New years, Newroz, Marriage and other ceremonies.

  11. FoodKurdish Foods are really delicious but difficult to prepare! Kofta

  12. Yaprakh(Dolma)

  13. Geepa(sarwpe)

  14. References: 1.http://www.flickriver.com 2 .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan 3.http://www.theotheriraq.com/images/FactSheet.pdf 4.http://www.google.com/imgres?q=kurdistan 5.http://whitneysamusebouche.blogspot.co m/2010/09/heck-yes-to-kurdistan.html 6. www.facebook.com/pages/Kurdish-Food

  15. Thank youSupas…

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