Tag Archives: Erbil

Erbil Citadel

more…. published in December 2012, in “Current World Archaeology”

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Erbil – The Enduring City of Ishtar

more…. Published Popular Archaeology Volume 8 September 2012

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Summer strategies in hot climates

If it is 31 oC at 3:15 am at Erbil airport when my plane landed, it is never going to be cool during the day.   By noon the land was baking, and so am I,  and no rain is forecast … Continue reading

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Spring Traveling in Kurdistan

More Published in The Chronicle on the 1st May 2012.

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Kurdish Nowruz

Yesterday evening at 6 o’clock, the hills and mountains surrounding Erbil, and outside the Main Gate of the Citadel itself, went on fire. It is the eve of Nowruz when Kurds everywhere light bonfires and dance. Today the city is … Continue reading

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Erbil souk

Nestling below the citadel with many entrances, the central souk or kayseri in Erbil betrays little of its old lineage except in the winding pattern of its covered lanes and wide meeting points. Judging from the dress of men and … Continue reading

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Women’s Conference Erbil, Kurdistan

Womens conference Erbil>more… Published on ArabWomenNow.com in December 2011

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Kurdistan – the other Iraq: day three

Today started with the simple need to search for carpets for the austere echoey office of tables and chairs marooned in a sea of floor. It turned out to be not so simple. Small shop units sell wide room size … Continue reading

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Kurdistan – the other Iraq: Day two

Somewhat surprising this morning, the Kurdish bodyguard and driver greeted me in English with an excellent Portsmouth accent! His family had fled the violence in Kirkuk to the safety of the Kurdish enclave, but he and his brother went to … Continue reading

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