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Noah’s Ark Initiative: Toward the creation of a new entrepreneur generation in Iraq. By Aziz Alnassiri *

On 3rd August 2017, Noah’s Ark was launched. This is an initiative aimed at solving Iraq’s most pressing problem, youth unemployment. The Ark is an organized Launchpad for small entrepreneurial business startups. The concept is based on this approach: Finding all Iraqi university graduates who have entrepreneurial tendency (12% of graduates), Educating, training, supportin

The emergence of an independent Kurdish state will continue to face serious hurdles and obstacles. Sheikh Ubaydullah al-Nahri, a prominent religious and tribal leader who is known as the grandfather of Kurdish nationalism, in 1880 established the Kurdish League, an alliance of 200 tribes, and launched a revolt in the Ottoman-Persian border area. He wrote letters to the tsar

Kurds wave Israeli flags at a Kurdish independence rally. Israel is the only country in the region to support the referendum. Iraqi Kurdish leaders plan to hold a controversial independence referendum on Monday. Kurds are expected to overwhelmingly vote in favor of separating from Iraq. The United States and other allies have warned them not to go ahead. Here's what

Aras Fatah Aras Fatah is a writer and intellectual. Mariwan Kanie Mariwan Kanie is a writer and university professor. Asos Hardi Asos Hardi is a writer and journalist. Khaled Sulaiman Khaled Sulaiman is a writer and journalist based in Canada and originally from Kurdistan, Iraq. Since the decision to hold a referendum on the future of Iraqi Kurdistan, there has been a