Dr. Aram Mohammed Qadir, the KRG's Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research speaks at the conference on education hosted by the American University of Kurdistan (AUK) in Duhok on Sept. 19, 2021. (Photo: K24)
Three female pupils pose for a photo at their school yard in Sulaimani province on first day of school, Sept. 14, 2021. (Photo: Dana Hama Gharib/Kurdistan 24)
A female student listens to a lecture on the first day of the new school year in the Kurdistan Region amid the coronavirus pandemic, Sept. 27, 2020. (Photo: AFP/Safen Hamid)