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ABOUT SOMA DIGEST
SOMA Digest, Iraqi Kurdistan's one and only English-language news
digest, was launched on 14 February 2006. It is a
subsidiary of the KHAK Press & Media Center in Slemani,
and it is published in Baghdad by Al Mada.
Issued bimonthly and distributed across Iraq, SOMA
Digest strives to offer its readership a broad
spectrum of views on Iraqi and Kurdish affairs. It
features analyses on the hottest topics in the region,
and exclusive interviews with leading figures.
Opinions and views expressed in these pages do not
necessarily reflect the position of the publication.
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Columns
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Lessons in Iraqi slang
By Agri Ismail
This issue I’ve decided to do the readers a favor and provide a small - and ultimately perfunctory - list of terms one cannot get by without in Iraq: Joker: A joker is any form of adaptor, especially one that takes any plug.
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Regaining sovereignty
By Dr Joseph Kechichian
Prime Minister Nouri Kamal Al Maliki scored two surprising recent victories that buttressed his legitimacy and promoted Iraqi sovereignty. His publicly confirmed decision to insist on a short-term security pact with the United States..
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A standard language for the Kurds
By Anwar M. Qaradaghi
During the past five or six decades, volumes have been written and spoken about the question of a standardized Kurdish language at numerous meetings and conferences held in the Kurdistan Region and other parts of the world.
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