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Last May, the Goethe-Institut, a non-profit German cultural association, invited a group of artists to Erbil to partic

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Award-winning writer and UK-based film director Kae Bahar, who was born in Kirkuk during the regime of Saddam Hussein,

In his studio on the outskirts of Erbil, master calligrapher Bjar Erbili is surrounded by the warm glow of creativity.