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Mother. Youth capacity building & lots of dreaming. Sometime, somewhere I wrote My Nest in Kurdistan!

Erbil, Kurdistan
Joined April 2009
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
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Sazan Mandalawi☀️
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A daughter of a peshmerga who carried a gun in one hand & a pen in another, who taught on mountains & in caves under the Baath regime; granddaughter to a man who couldn’t hold a book in his hand… both could only dream of a day like today for their daughter I am grateful.
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Kurds, March 1988 and September 2022. #MahsaAmini #JinaAmini
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Iran attacking from one side, Turkey from the other, and Corona from the centre. This is Iraq and the Kurdistan Region on 26 June 2020. Bombs and bullets flying in the air like confetti. The world? Dumb, deaf and blind!
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Dear consulates, international representations in KRI/Iraq and Iraqi Federal Government, these are our school children today.
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Kurdish beauty. #LaraDizeyeeInParis
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Erbil today during lockdown, fourth day! Inspired by Italy... #coronavirus (Video shared by Tafan Hamakhan)
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If you haven't had these two together you haven't really lived. Only some of you will know.
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This is exactly why we voted YES.
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Nothing is destroying Kurdistan more than its education system.
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ئەم وێنەیە وەک مردن وایە… یەکبگرن. بۆ خاتری خودا
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In this notebook I write letters to my daughter...
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Anyone interested to fund this little project? A mobile library to visit kids & teenagers in villages/ outskirts of Erbil. How can we create a culture of reading when there is no access to books? #KurdistanReads Please RT until someone says yes.
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Father and daughter, rest in peace.
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My great grandmother, my grandmother, my mother, me & now my kids. The world knows, the world is watching & all it's doing is like & retweet. Shame on humanity. Shame on world leaders, shame on every International Organisation & shame on every human rights entity on earth.
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Baxtiyar Goran ☀️
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Why Kurds have to suffer? What crimes have they committed?
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Back in 2009 I went to a conference where I was not allowed to put the Kurdistan flag, "it's not recognised" they told me - to see the Kurdistani Flag at #Davos2020 shows how far Kurds have come in the international stage, compared to last decade
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Dara dari nadi.
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From one generation to another. Beautiful traditional #KurdishClothes celebrated today alongside all other traditional clothes in the Kurdistan Region.
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This Lezzoo driver today stopped his car to help an older man cross a busy road. He was driving the little blue car in the photo- someone give him a big tip to say thank you!
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An entire city is mourning the loss of your father.
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چووم نانی بەیانی لە قەڵا بخۆم. یەک دونیا خەفەتم خوارد!! وەرە لە دڵی هەولێر خواردن بە زمانی عەرەبی داوا بکەیت و گوێ لە فەیروز بگریت. چونکە ئێمە کەریم کابان و عەدنان کەریم و مەزهەری خەلیقی و نەجمەدین غولامیمان نییە!! زۆر توڕەم!
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Sad & disappointed to say that The Book Cafe in Erbil is up for sale as a result of the recent economic situation in KRI & rent price My friend @RavanJaafar dreamed to open this cafe & put her heart & soul into it. It was an entrepreneur success story of two young women...
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Today is a dark day in Kurdistan's history, it marks 34 years since the #HalabjaGenocide The wound is still fresh, those who managed to live carry with them lifetime traumas, and Halabja, still, hasn't received the facilities and services it deserves...
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If you are going to fight a war do it on your own soil. Why should my children pay the price?! An entire childhood of war & now we worry about missiles hitting our kids. Enough is enough!!!!
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Today, for the first time in history a woman of Kurdish origin will officially be part of the British @RoyalFamily as @hannajaff marries her fiance Henry Roper-Curzon
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30 years ago I was born a refugee as a genocide was taking place against the Kurds, today, I have two kids, and story against Kurds is on going. If back then no one knew and world was blind, now with social media and a tweet we all know who is responsible & what's going on.
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Amongst all the negative energy on Twitter every now and then it is worth tweeting something that plants a smile in our hearts Here is one, captured by @harem_sewaisi #Kurdistan
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This is Kurdistan. Gali Sherana, one hour drive from Duhok or less than three hours drive from Erbil. 📸Saman Ako (photo captured two days ago)
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After having two children, a few grey hairs and a bit of weight gain, it is about the right time to update my profile photo
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The white dove... says a million words as pointed out by @TheDarlingBeast #MamJalal
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Kurdish women in all walks of life... #IWD2021 @Rezhna_dehaty @Dashni_Morad
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This is a thread of local business with the Made in Kurdistan tag on them, or businesses that are owned by local young Kurds. Keep these in mind in your events, when you want gifts for others, or to recommend to your network. Let's go. Please add yours too.
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With those near & dear, chai at hand, mountain in sight, kids very loud, a little bit of halparke and the smell of manjali dolma... little moments we create for ourselves amongst life's hustle and bustle Jezhntan pirozbet! عيد سعيد Happy Eid
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What's your excuse?
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If you ask me about my perfect date...
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@Sazan_Mandalawi
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This morning I officially completed my PhD in Education, my study focused on [peer] education in humanitarian settings among adolescent girls. April 2016 - December 2021 It has been a long journey. Eagerly waiting for examiners' feedback, and... graduation #phdchat #PhDone
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A 21 year old kurdish young man in soran dies while attempting to save the live of a drowning Arab girl. So symbolic of how Kurds are , if true this should make big news. Such events breed peaceful coexistence
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Dreams come true- right now Rasan with @MaherZain - we did it!!! Wait for videos!!! What a beautiful world!
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A thousand stories in one photo...
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Lebanese artist known as the Queen of Romance in the Arab world, @elissakh to hold a concert in Erbil next month
@elissakh
Elissa
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get ready for #Erbil soon💃💃💃
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The Kurdish nation have hearts of gold. Today, my entire facebook feed is filled with people showing support to Kurdish farmers (purchasing tomatoes) Kurdish people have a tendency of caring, looking out for one another & a lot of empathy. May politics never separate citizens
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NOOOOOOOOOO PLEASE NO!!!!! Erbil Governor, Farsat Sofi, lost his life to Covid.
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In other news this 'creature' was found in a home in Erbil. A friend of mine posted it- she is looking for the name. Anyone?
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By our lovely @SazaMohammad - we can't let Kurdish farmers down!!
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Erbil City Tours, launched today, 6, 8 & 10 pm near the qalat via @BaxtiyarGoran Please, don't smoke in the bus!
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A thousand words. I think photo from Lebanon.
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خەفەتی کوردستان ڕۆژێک لە ڕۆژان ئەم کوژێت. ئەم ھەموو خواردنە چاک و خۆمانە ھەیە ،جوتیاری دڵسۆز ... کەچی خەڵکیش خواردنی تورکی و ئێرانی نەبێ نایخۆن... به داخه وه
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Hello world, A class room in oil rich Iraq. Good night!
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You caption this. #Kurds
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@Sazan_Mandalawi
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I'm blocked by @Imamofpeace I'm used to it. I'm a Kurd. Daughter of mountains & freedom fighters. If we are not silenced, accused or bombarded we are blocked.
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This is not a corner cafe in London, it is Cafe64, in Kurdistan Region's Ranya district, made by the hands & heart of a young man who borrowed his sister's car money to make his dream a reality. Such an inspiring story! [click to read more]
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An elevator in Slemani, in one of the residential apartments. #Corona #KurdistanAgainstCorona
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I loved this photo Kurdish First Lady Sarbagh Salih in Kurdish clothes, alongside President @BarhamSalih welcomes @Pontifex to Iraq. #PopeInIraq #باباالفاتيكان
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The @Imamofpeace says an entire nation deserve dictator like Saddam Hussein. You know Kurds can sign a petition & take you to court for that remark. Saddam commited genocide against my people & tortured my uncle to death. Ur remark is a cake smash in the face of an entire nation
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@Sazan_Mandalawi
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Today at the Erbil Int'l airport youth will go & release balloons into the sky under "the sky belongs to the stars" #KurdistanBlockade
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5 years
so much for supporting youth... :(
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Sad and ashamed that I lived to see such a date in Kurdish history. #16October
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From the Kurdistani soil, dried my own figs!
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Good morning, 16 years ago today this happened! #SaddamHussein #FallOfSaddam
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A home filled with love can always be felt not by its furniture, or extravagance, but by the soul in it...
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In pure Hawleri dialect: لۆ؟ لۆ؟ لۆ؟
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6 years
This chair ♡
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5 years
For U to tweet me to express your happiness for what is happening in #Rojava doesn't move a single cell in my body. I feel sorry for your rock heart, moulded brain & soulless body. You're extra plastic on earth. One day it will be U/ Ur family. But I promise I will speakup for U
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Support #xomali This locally produced milk is better than all the imported ones on our supermarket shelves. Usually the big ads in supermarkets, even good placement of product is for foreign goods. Clearly label #Xomali please!
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KURDISTAN
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Loss of a nation.
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7 years
28 years ago I was born a refugee in midst of conflict, nearly 3 decades later my child is witnessing conflict. Enough is enough, till when?
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3 years
May every city of Kurdistan be a Nest to every creature... I had to share this photograph
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1 year
My five-year-old occasionally skips calling me mum or daya, instead calls me “daya gyani papoolay jwan jwan…” then finishes her sentence. No idea where she picked it up from but how can I reply with no after hearing that?!
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أفضل حل للعراق تعيين رئيس وزراء شيعي أمه سنية متزوج كردية مولود بإيران دارس بالسعودية وعنده جنسيه امريكيه ويشرب عرك Someone texted me this 😄
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#TellKRG If this case slips easily you will put down every single woman in this country. Sewan's tragic story needs to be a lesson to all- Court hearing should be broadcast live on TV. Soon.
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5 years
No friends but the mountains.
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7 years
Cancelling referendum results is a disrespect for more than half of the Iraqi Kurds who voted. How can you cancel the opinion of a nation?
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6 years
This morning the car, parked outside, had a flat tyre. The rubbish collecting truck happened to pass by, 3 young boys collecting rubbish fixed our tyre. They said every morning they fix every flat car in the neighbourhood without owner knowing. Dear world, I still see hope in you
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My cousin is safi shash (grade 12) and cries four times a day. It's torture. The pressure on students to get the right grades is unbelievable. My aunt keeps telling her "your entire life depends on these exams," It's crazy. This must change sooner or later.
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"Man in Baghdad married 2nd wife, first wife (+friends) attack new wife home." This is why in the Kurdistan Region, by law, the first wife must approve the marriage of the second wife (to same husband) Video: Babylonfm
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Mam Jalal was indeed an uncle to all & loved by all, PUK affiliate or not, #FarewellMamJalal 😢
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I love anything made in Kurdistan and these look very special.. @mistererbil
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Very excited for a friend of mine, she will open the doors to the 1st Book Cafe in Erbil this March the 10th.
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Good morning, here is Fatima. 85% disability & unbelievable art work using her feet. What's your excuse?
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This is the image of a Kurdish father I have in my mind- self sacrificing, loving, supportive, emotionally attached to his family, hardworking, and a firm believer in his daughter’s potential. Special tears, from a special person, on a very special occasion.
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120 European designed buses, will work 24 hours a day on the main roads in Erbil. Now, this is the news of the year! Can we please keep these buses smoke free?!
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I can't place my head on a pillow without feelings of anxiety and depression... #Rojava
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Some hashd members no different to Daesh!
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Brides of the Middle East, be inspired by this makeup simplicity. Not a freckle hidden. #RoyalWedding #RoyalWedding2018
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FINALLY!!! A proper souvenir shop in Hawler, they should open a branch at the airport too #DyariKurdistan love it
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Amash khatay hkoomata???
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Sazan Mandalawi☀️
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When an artist like @elissakh , known as the Queen of Romance, resigns from a singing career because it's run by mafias- reflects status of art in the Middle East. What a shame. I've always enjoyed her voice, song choices & admired her personality too! #Lebanon what's going on?!
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I am preparing this new album with a lot of love and passion. The reason is that it will be the last one in my career. I am announcing this with a heavy heart but with a lot of conviction because I can’t work in a field that is similar to mafias. I can’t be productive anymore
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So upset to see these 4 businesses go, mostly owned & run by youth! I hope to wakeup to some good news.
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Parents with children who are unique- whatever it is, including autism- be proud of your children! For one day they may play the piano for @MaherZain ...
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#Afrin under attack. Kurds once again being killed. The world? Deaf & blind when innocent civilians in this part of the world become victims #Turkey #Syria
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This is not a war of religion, or standing against religion, or challenging religion. It is about the freedom to choose, it is about not putting a young girl in coma for simply choosing
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It is unfortunate some of us spend six years doing a PhD & volunteer hundreds of hours to address education gaps, needs & childhood trauma in Kurdistan, while someone in parliament with ONE statement slaps us all in the face! I am ashamed!
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