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
5. Major cities in Kurdistan
6. Culture
Map Of Great Kurdistan
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
The Flag of Kurdistan
*Red at the top
*White in the middle
*Green at the bottom
* There is a Sun on the middle
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)
Kurdistan Region
*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.
Major cities and my home town
Erbil, the capital city
Slemani
kirkuk
Duhok
Rania, my home town
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.
Food
Kurdish Foods are really delicious but difficult to
prepare!
Kofta
Yaprakh(Dolma)
Geepa(sarwpe)
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
Thank you
Supas…