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Finally, Carrefour opens its doors in Iraq's Erbil
Carrefour's store in Erbil's luxurious Family Mall, a popular shopping center in the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, has an area of 10,000 m2 on two floors offering a vast range of food and non food items.
Beyond Erbil
Dokan has a few hotels and resorts, catering to all budgets and tastes, but nothing compares to the 5-star resort Ashur Hotel & Casino. A night here starts from $100 per room, and facilities include several restaurants and bars, tennis courts, swimming pools and Kurdistan's first casino.

A city of Arts and Culture

There are few cities worldwide that resonate with history and culture the way Erbil does.

Whether you find yourself admiring the ancient walls of the citadel and the minaret. Wherever you go and whatever you do in Erbil, you are bound to feel an almost palpable aura of drama, intrigue, passion, politics and downright skullduggery pervading every breath of frosty air.

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Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra performs in Erbil on Feb11

Monday, 30 January 2012

The 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...

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Every Wednesday: Movie Day at the Institut Français in Erbil

Monday, 30 January 2012

The 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 St...

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Nancy Ajram in ERBIL, IRAQ!

Thursday, 01 December 2011

The 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 2011

The 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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