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Name: MUHAMMED ALBAZZAZ
Presentation: KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ (KRG)
Course: GED-198-E-2
Semester: Fall 2013
LOCATION & FLAG
The symbolism of the colors are:
• Red symbolizes the blood of martyrs of Kurdistan.• White expresses peace & equality.• Yellow represents the source of life and light of the
people.• Green expresses the beauty and landscapes of
Kurdistan.
Area: 40,643 km2
Population: 6,000,000
Religion: Islam (Sunni), Christianity, Ahli-Haq, Yazidis, Judaism, etc…
Regional Government Established: July 4, 1992
Official Languages: Kurdish, Arabic, Turkmani.Kurdish language has various Dialects (Badini, Sorani, Zazayi,Kermashani, etc…).
Currency: Iraqi Dinar (IQD)
Cities Of Kurdistan:Largest & Capital city ERBIL.Sulaymaniah, Duhok, Koya,Rawanduz, Kalar, Halabja, Akre.
RELIGIONKurdistan has a diverse religious population. The dominant religion is Islam, adhered to by the majority of its inhabitants. These include Kurds, Turkmen, and Arabs, belonging mostly to the Shafi’i, Sunni branch of Islam. Christanity is adhered to by Assyrian people and Armenian peoples (as well as by a few Kurds and Turkmen), and Yezidism make up a significant minority. Yarsan, Mandean and Shabaki religions are also followed.
GOVERNMENTParliamentary
Democracy
Prime Minister: NECHIRVAN BARZANI
President: MASSOUD BARZANI
President Of IRAQ: JALAL TALABANI
QAZI MUHAMMED1893 - March 31, 1947
MUSTAFA BARZANIMarch 14, 1903 - March 1, 1979
SHEIKH MAHMOUD HAFID(MAHMUD BARZANJI)1878 - October 9, 1956
KURDISH LEADERS
He was the first sultan of Egypt & Syria & the founder of Ayyubid dynasty. A Muslim of Kurdish origin, Salahaddin led the Muslim opposition against the European Crusaders in the Levant & led the Muslim to free Jerusalem Al Quds.
Ṣalāḥ Al-Dīn Yūsuf Ibn Ayyūb1138 – 4 March 1193
Tikrit, Iraq - Damascus, Syria
UMAYYAD MOSQUE, DAMASCUS, SYRIA
HISTORICAL LEADER
TRADITIONAL COSTUMES
KURDISH CUISINE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXShn8kU3-4
SEASONS IN KURDISTAN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zp1FCWMZhU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PutM1JhI3Q