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Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra performs in Erbil on Feb11
Monday, 30 January 2012The internationally acclaimed Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra (INSO) is a government funded symphony orchestra based in the federal capital Baghdad. The INSO plays primarily classical European music, as well as original compositions based on Iraqi and Arab instruments and music. Since its existence in 1944, the INSO has toured many countries around the world, and this month they're also p...
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Every Wednesday: Movie Day at the Institut Français in Erbil
Monday, 30 January 2012The French Cultural Center in Erbil, Institut Français, organizes a "Mercredi Cinema," (Wednesday Cinema) each week. This week (Wednesday, February 1), the 1994 released French movie "Un Indien Dans La Ville" (An Indian in the City) will be shown. The story starts with Steph,...
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Nancy Ajram in ERBIL, IRAQ!
Thursday, 01 December 2011The Arab-Lebanese superstar, Nancy Ajram will perform for the first time in Iraq in a large concert held in Erbil, Kurdistan Region on December 22. The original date was planned for December 9, but it was postponed for unknown reasons; The organizers of the concert, Clue, provided iErbil with the ne...
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Back to Mesopotamia: controversial Kurdish director goes Iraqi horror
Wednesday, 09 November 2011The young Kurdish film director Lauand Omar, known for his controversial feature movie Bekhal's Tears – shot in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2005 - is planning to film his latest high-budget movie later this year: Back to Mesopotamia, the first Iraqi horror movie made for a global audience. In an exclusi...
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