Iraqi calligrapher Wael Ramadan uses a stylus to produce a sample of Arabic calligraphy at his workshop in al-Ashar district of Iraq's southern city of Basra, Dec. 21, 2021. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delivering a speech at an event marking 100 years since the first theater performance in Erbil, Dec. 8, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
One of the oldest extensive archaeological sites in the Kurdistan Region, Khinnis dates back to 700 BC in the time of the Assyrian Empire. (Photo: Duhok Provincial Government)
Kurdish-French painter Dilshad Questani during an art exhibition he held in Duhok, Kurdistan Region, between Nov. 14 and Nov. 22. (Photo: Wladimir van Wilgenburg / Kurdistan 24)
