On Friday May 31, Kirkuk Now was given the opportunity for an exclusive interview with Martin Kobler, the representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Iraq and the head of UNAMI. The following questions were compiled by the Kirkuk Now staff and the interview was done by P. S. Williams, English Editor [...]
The important projects for this year are the increase in the electrical power supply and the security trench around the city, according to the head of the projects committee of the Kirkuk Provincial Council. In an exclusive interview with Kirkuk Now, the head of the committee, Dlshad Pirot discussed the proposed projects this year in [...]
The deputy of the Kirkuk Investment Board has stated that more than nine residential and industrial complexes and resorts will be built this year in Kirkuk, as they have reached agreements with a number of domestic and foreign companies. In an exclusive interview with Kirkuk Now, Asaad Fazil Wasfi, the deputy of the Kirkuk Investment [...]
Pura Gullstan is well known outside of Kirkuk city due to her profession, as she performs female genital mutilation and according to her statement, she has so many stories about FGM to tell but she does not want to let people know about them. Female genital mutilation is a stain on reputation of the Kurds [...]
“My body will be in Baghdad but my soul and heart in Kirkuk,” said Patriarch Luis Sako as he moved to Baghdad after he was elected as the Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon. The high-ranking clergyman stated during an interview with Kirkuk Now that he is against the act of forcing all the people into a [...]
In an interview with (KirkukNow), Christiane Seehausen, a dialogue facilitator from Norway says the United Nations, in many places where ethnic dispute exists, often works only from top down. They work with the top and never reach the people on the grass roots. Meanwhile, she says “if you have schools that are divided according to [...]
Jamal Shan, the honorary leader of the Turkmen Patriotic Party says they will follow in the footsteps of the Sunni Arabs in protesting against the central government as they refuse to remain silent for their rights. During an exclusive interview with Kirkuk Now, Jamal Shan stated “We are busy with communications between ourselves to defend [...]
“The oil reserve of Kirkuk is estimated to be 10 billion barrels and nearly 150 cubic meters of natural gas is burned for no good reason and wasted,” according to Farhad Hamza Muhammad, a geologist with the North Oil Company while also addressing theft of the oil products in the oil companies. Farhad Hamza graduated [...]
Falah Muradkhan, lawyer and coordinator of the German-based wadi e.V. organization describes the domestic violence and social awareness against it in Kirkuk in an exclusive interview with Kirkuk Now. Kirkuk Now: What does violence mean to you? Falah Muradkhan: Violence is the use of physical force or words to hurt others, either causing physical or [...]
“The provincial election is essential, but after the voters’ registration is renewed,” according to Hassan Toran, head of the Kirkuk Provincial Council in an interview with Kirkuk Now. Toran also gave statements regarding the lackluster services in the city and describing the problem to be overwhelming as the companies in charge are not professional while [...]
