With the titel “Letter”, paintings of three young kurdish artists will be schown at the exhibition opening on February 10 at 7pm in Framing Photojournalism school. Saleem Hussen, Dlvin Mohammed Ameen, and Kajeen Ramadan tackle topics as environment, war and desctruction and what they mean to the people. The students from University of Duhok have been provided curatory support by the Helan team for the past months. 
 
Helan is a project by Goethe-Institut Irak in cooperation with Sêv Gallery and Framing Photojournalism School. 

Another Goethe special film screening in Empire cinema in Erbil awaits film enthousiasts on February 7, at 7pm with the movie “In the Blind Spot” by German-Kurdish film maker Ayse Polat.  
In the movie, set in a remote Kurdish village in northeastern Turkey, a film team, alongside a local family gets entangled in a complex net of conspiracy, paranoia and generational trauma.  
The screening will take place in the Empire Cinema in Family Mall and will be in Kurdish with English subtitles.  

On February 8 from 6-7:30 p.m., thoughts will take wings, when the six to nine-year-old participants at Bulbul read stories and then implement them in an artistic activity. In the upcoming event in Erbil, the children will learn, together with the little mouse, more about courage and will craft their own animals from paper. 
The activity takes place in cooperation with Sêv Gallery. 

On February 8 and 22 at 6:30 p.m., film lovers can once again expect a cult cinema/CinéClub evening at the Institut Francais d’Irak à Erbil.
On February 8, the French film “Divertimento” by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar is about the professional career of a young woman who strives for a successful music career despite difficult initial conditions.
On February 22, Zazie tries to prevent her best friend's wedding in “Hello Again – A Wedding Day” by Maggie Peren and ends up in a time loop. 

In November and December, two literature residencies took place in Erbil. During the literature residency in November, young authors from Iraq came together with the two mentors Maha Hassan and Muhsin al-Ramli to explore the theme of “Inside and Outside”. In short interviews they share, what the theme and the participation meant for them on their literary journey. 
 
 
The residencies took place as part of the Ta’ziz partnerships, funded by the Federal Foreign Office. 

On January 27, visitors at Goethe-Institut Irak practiced first German words, learnt more about working and living and Germany and got information on how Goethe-Institut prepares participants for the German exams. 
More information about German courses can be found on the website.