I think your magazine on Halabja is a brilliant idea and well executed. For too long Halabja has been synonymous with horrendous suffering. So it’s wonderful to have Gulan focus on the city’s history and impressive cultural past. There’s a real sense that this is helping Halabja ‘move on.’ So congratulations to all of you. 

The Halabja booklet is wonderful, a model for others to produce similar publications on so many other places in Kurdistan with interesting stories to tell.  The quality of writing and editing is superb, a key to be stringently promoted.

… so beautiful and moving.  I’ve found it a fascinating read.

This book was so amazing to read, with so many stories and stunning pictures captivating the natural beauty of the city and its people’s. It did more than just give me a better insight and understanding of this city where my parent and family once called home

I’ve been enlightened to the immense artistic influence that Halabja had on the region, and its position of cultural wealth. As a young kurdish man born in the UK, it has been wonderful to read a piece which doesn’t solely focus on the tragedy that ensued; but instead on the riches of a city which defined a generation”. 

Well done on producing such a wonderful and insightful magazine . The combination of beautiful pictures and nostalgic testimonials really transported me to a different time and place, one which I sincerely hope returns. It is so important for the people of Halabja to know that their accomplishments and culture didn’t die on that fateful day and all the horror that came after it. Thank you for reminding us all of the eternal soul of Halabja.

I took some time to look through it and I find it very well presented, rich with information and beautiful illustrations. A good effort to add another rich document to the Halabja and Kurdistan culture & history. Well done.

The magazine is very interesting in its contents and theme; it describes well the history, music, poetry, theatre and women of Halabja; many complements for the works that you have done. 

It really is the most wonderful book, with its combination of illustrations (sketches, paintings, photographs) and words (poetry and prose) and the thread which runs through it all of a unique place wantonly and heartbreakingly destroyed.    I’m so moved by the resilience of Kurdish people, and by the artistry which despite everything remains in their DNA.