Thursday, 06 September 2007,
A file photo shows an outside view of Erbil International Airport while passengers are moving in and out of the terminal.
By Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel
Kurdistan has often been hailed as an island of peace and prosperity in a sea of violence and insurgency that is Iraq.
Kurds will be quick to remind you that they are neither Arabs nor a part of Arab Iraq. Since their hard-won freedom in 1991, they have established a new course in their history and facilitated a new chapter of peace and political standing.
Since 2003, the divide between the safe, prosperous, and liberal north that has witnessed a remarkable economic boom in such a short period of time, and the rest of Iraq, which even the might of the U.S. army has failed to contain, could not be more distinctive.
Many a reporter, visitor, or diplomat has been astounded to find almost a hidden world. A land previously unexplored, full of opportunity, inhabited by passionate and loyal people, crying out to be reached by the rest of the world. A land cemented in the advent of civilization, deep in historical stature and formidable, natural beauty, has ironically long been cruelly sidelined to the pages of history owed much to their barbaric persecutors. full text
Since 2003, the divide between the safe, prosperous, and liberal north that has witnessed a remarkable economic boom in such a short period of time, and the rest of Iraq, which even the might of the U.S. army has failed to contain, could not be more distinctive.
Many a reporter, visitor, or diplomat has been astounded to find almost a hidden world. A land previously unexplored, full of opportunity, inhabited by passionate and loyal people, crying out to be reached by the rest of the world. A land cemented in the advent of civilization, deep in historical stature and formidable, natural beauty, has ironically long been cruelly sidelined to the pages of history owed much to their barbaric persecutors. full text
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