Amed

I am now in Amed. I am not here in work so i have been checking out some historic places and other projects in this very modern and nice capital town of Northern Kurdistan. It is a great pleasure to bee here.

After my South Africa combined work and vacation i traveled back to Sweden. The one week work in Durban was very successful as already explained. Beside of this there are other plans for cooperation with South Africa ın the aspect of student exchange since South Africa is a very modern country wıth great possibilities.

The two week vacation was nice also. I finished the PADI rescue diver training and rented a car and did some great dives around all South Africa. The greatest was with 3-4 meter long tiger sharks and there were 40 of them. The seal dives was also pretty nice but the super-hyped Suduana national park was too boring and a way too long driving for getting bored.

After South Africa i went back to Sweden just because i booked the ticket like that. After a couple of days i traveled back to South Kurdistan with arrival in Hewler in 6:th August. After 10 days of work i took the road way to Amed.

My work in South Kurdistan has been completed now. The pilot projects has been successful and the different projects has been built and performed successfully. A plan for future work has been put ın work. A staff have been trained to complete the rest of the projects with the same great result. Plans has been conducted for the coming projects and orders for equipment has been made also. The projects are more than those mentioned here and discussions with international cooperation partners for the free radio station project has been successful also, amongst others.

So with these words the completion of Kurdishwaves for now...

News from Kurdistan

During the day i received these bad news from Kirkuk that you can read about in the newspapers.

And here in South Africa i am continuing the work and i also started the continuation of my diving education with a start dive today. It was excellent. More meetings has been held at Mesopotamia Kurdish restaurant in Cape Town, South Africa.

Kurdish South Africa

I arrived to Cape Town yesterday. On the way to the hotel I see something interesting, an amazing Kurdish restaurant in central Cape Town, Mesopotamia. Today I went there for a visit and met the two founders and saw this amazing restaurant that also is a Kurdish cultural museum with its furnishing and interior.

It has been here for 11 years and obviously played a big role in the understanding of Kurdish culture and awareness of Kurdistan. It was founded by two brothers from North Kurdistan, Mr Baran and Mr Sediq.

What was more interesting is that the mystery with the funny short movie “Kurdish or Turkish Olympic game” the “rock diving” that is world-famous on internet.

Search You Tube for "Diyarbakir Olimpiyatlari" and you will find the clip You can also visit the Mesopotamia web site through the link below.

Actually the guy who is talking in the movie is Mr Baran. The movie was made in Cape Town by Mr Sediq and his brother. They invented “rock diving” as an Olympic game because in Kurdistan there are no sea to dive in. The movie was made with FOX Television and got a gold award in Cannes. It took one month to finish and budget was one million dollar.

This is the link to the restaurant; actually they have also built up another Kurdish restaurant.

Mesopotamia Kurdish restaurant in Cape Town South Africa

Southafrica II

Today was the last day of the MILSET Science expo and the annual meetings. IT has been a fruitful time for science and technology for youth for Kurdistan.

I am now sitting at the closing ceremony so here is a view from Southafrica

Southafrica

Next destination was Southafrica where i am now. Kurdistan is going to be member in MILSET
(International Movement for Leisure Activities in Science and Technology) that has different counties as members(50 countries today). MILSET is arranging a Expo for scientists in Southafrica where Kurdistan is participating as Kurdistan.

This membership is a lead in the work for developing young peoples sense for science and technology through activities and education(not through school) in Kurdistan.

www.milset.org

It is unique to participate as Kurdistan since all other members are countries.

All participants

ICC convention hall in Durban where most of the work is taking place. The Expo started with welcoming and presentation of all the participants and a speech in their respective language. A culture of peace and understanding is obvious in MILSET.

Welcoming ceremony

At night

In morning

During day

Durban - A very modern town

This is an important step in the spread understanding for Kurdistan and multi ethnicity there. This also shows progress in the democratic work that has been performed in South Kurdistan. In soon future Kurdistan is participating with a team to present the result of the young scientists there. Our work with technology and scientific centers in Kurdistan is a part of this.

Sweden

Now i have been at some different places in Sweden, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Uppsala and Jönköping are those worth mentioning. I also visited ondon. Soon i will update some work from another part of the world.

London city

Sweden

Swedish nature. Not so bad

The work has been meetings planed since long time as a result of hard work in Kurdistan. If succesful this means even more work in Kurdistan and maybe some support.

"Vacation"

Since a time i am in Europe, partly vacation and partly work. This is the reason why there have not been any updates lately. There will soon be updates from most unexpected places however. In the meantime i will post old pictures if there is any time slot.