Dear Sirs,
I extend my best wishes on the occasion of Kurban holidays. Let this holy time bring health, prosperity and success to all, especially to the Kurdish people.
Best regards,
Ziyad Raoof
The representative of Kurdistan Regional Government to Poland
On Saturday, August 3, we mark very painful anniversary. 5 years ago, August 3 2014, terrorists from so called Islamic State committed genocide of Yezidi. Although ISIS was finally driven out by the Peshmerga and the international coalition, the ordeal of Yezidi continues.
A new book has just appeared on the publishing market in Poland: “Universal and Regional Systems of the Protection of Human Rights 70 Years after Proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”- composite work under the editorship of Jerzy Jaskiernia and Kamil Spryszak.
In June at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw (the oldest and the most prestigious private university in Poland) was held “University International Festival”. The goal of the event was to provide common space for people from different countries and cultures, to share their experiences, develop tolerance and diversity.
On 27 May Ziyad Raoof took part in the ambassadors panel at the Jagiellonian University: “USA and Poland after 1989”. Former ambassadors of USA in Poland (Victor Ashe, Stephen Mull) and former Polish ambassadors in USA (Janusz Reiter, Maciej Kozłowski) took part in the discussion.
“Independent Kurdistan. Challenges for the stabilization of the region and the world”- this is new book by Waldemar Dziak and Małgorzata Rudź, published by Institute of Political Studies of Polish Academy of Sciences.
On May 30, KRG Representative in Poland Ziyad Raoof was invited to the University of Wroclaw to give a lecture and meet with university authorities.
Yesterday KRG Representative in Poland Ziyad Raoof visited Wrocław were he met with vice president of the city- Jakub Mazur and deputy head of the office of foreign relations- Jan Wais.
On May 14 in Warsaw was held scientific session “Abdullah Jalal Fatah and The First Doctoral Dissertation on Kurdish Studies, Defended in Poland, 1978” organized by Institute of Sociology at the University of Warsaw, Section of Kurdish Studies at the Jagiellonian University, Kraków and Kurdistan Regional Government Representation in Poland.
May 15-16, in Torun took place International Asian Congress. It was 6th edition of this political, scientific and business event dedicated to Asian affairs. Another time among invited guest was Ziyad Raoof.