Ebil, Kurdistan

The historic citadel that dates back thousand of years and is currently being restored.

Kurdistan "Land of the Kurds";ancient name: Corduene , is a roughly defined geo-cultural region wherein the Kurdish people form a prominent majority population, and Kurdish culture, language, and national identity have historically been based. Contemporary use of Kurdistan refers to large parts of eastern Turkey (Turkish Kurdistan) northern Iraq (Iraqi Kurdistan), northwestern Iran ( Iranian Kurdistan) and northeastern Syria (Western Kurdistan) inhabited mainly by Kurds.

Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan
 

My very first card from Iraq!

Thank you Oliver for this card from the Kurdistan region. So glad it arrived eventhough it got lost in Thailand.

 



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Received: 5 July 2013