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

2. WELCOME Bakherben

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 Major cities and my home town Duhok Slemani Erbil, the capital city kirkuk 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. Food Kurdish 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/Fact Sheet.pdf 4.http://www.google.com/imgres?q=kurdista n 5.http://whitneysamusebouche.blogspot.co m/2010/09/heck-yes-to-kurdistan.html 6. www.facebook.com/pages/Kurdish-Food

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