SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The Kurdistan Region’s Sulaimani City on Friday was recognized as an exemplary creative literary city in terms of effective governance and activities during in the annual conference of UNESCO’s Innovative Literary Cities Worldwide in Canada.
Sulaimani governor Haval Abubakr announced their participation in the annual conference of UNESCO’s Innovative Literary Cities Worldwide, held in Quebec, Canada, from October 9th to 13th, according to a post on his Facebook page.
Alongside Seattle, USA, and Edinburgh, Scotland, Sulaimani was recognized as an exemplary creative literary city in terms of effective governance and activities.
During the conference, a collection of Kurdish books translated into English and a printed overview of Sulaimani province were presented to the representatives of the participating cities.
These cities include France, Spain, Lebanon, South Korea, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, Scotland, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, the United States, Indonesia, Poland, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Ukraine, Australia, Italy, China, the Czech Republic, Iceland, Estonia, and Lithuania.
“The Sulaimani Chamber has been acknowledged as one of the most proactive and well-connected chambers within the network. It has successfully operated at both local and international levels, fostering collaborative efforts with numerous chambers of creative literary cities worldwide,” Abubakr said.
The city of Sulaimani was founded on November 14, 1784, by the Kurdish prince Ibrahim Pasha Baban. He named the city after his father, Sulaiman Pasha.
The prince had acquired an education in the bustling cities of Baghdad and Istanbul, and he aspired to create a Kurdish city that would rival the most sophisticated cities of the Persian and Ottoman empires he had left behind.
The city was established in a mountainous region, surrounded by the Azmar, Goizha, and Qaiwan mountains to the northeast, Baranan to the south, and the Tasluja Hills to the west.
In 2019, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recognized Sulaimani as a creative city.
