PHOTOS: Kurdish artist exhibits her artwork at mosque in Erbil

The Kurdish artist plans to open another exhibition in Duhok city.

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – A Kurdish artist’s project, supported by local Muslim clerics in the Kurdistan Region, is on exhibit at a mosque in Erbil.

Erbil-based, Sulaimani-born Kurdish artist and photographer Shara Baban said she had been working on her project “Ragi Shin”—which translates to “Blue Roots” in Kurdish—for over five years.

She said the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Endowment and Religious Affairs gave her approval to open the exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital.

According to Baban, the work which is on exhibit at the mosque represents “peace, love, and coexistence.”

Some Kurdish Muslim clerics also participated in Baban’s art exhibition at the mosque.

Baban plans to open another exhibition in Duhok city.

Editing by Karzan Sulaivany

Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)
Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)
Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)
Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)
Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)
Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)
Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)
Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)
Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)
Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)
Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)
Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)
Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)
Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)
Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)
Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)
Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)
Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)
Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)
Muslim clerics attend an art exhibition at the Altun Mosque in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil. (Photo: Shvan Harki)