Minit Nawet (Don’t Want Me) is composed by Roj Karim and performed by the young singer Belan. Below is the lyrics and the video clip of the song. منت نه‌وێت بڕۆ چیتر منت نەوێ… کەتۆ هێندە خۆت خۆش ئەوێ چۆن ئەتوانی بۆ من بژیت؟ بۆم بگریت و بمریت شەوێ کە ئەتزانی بەرگە ناگری، بۆ دیێتە پێش رێم پێ
Betenha Nin (You are not alone) is a poem written for the Kurdish refugees of Syria who got displaced because of the war. It was composed by Roj Karim and performed by Roj Karim, Rawa Jamal, and Safen Xarajiyani. Below is the lyrics and the video clip of the song. تەنها نین هاوده‌نگتانین، هاو ئازارین، به‌ته‌نهانین، سه‌رنگه‌رتانین بیرو
Wa Nabea (It cannot be like that) is another one of my poems that was composed and performed by Roj Karim. This one is a different style of writing and song. Below is the lyrics and the video clip of the song. وانابێ خۆشه‌ویستی یه‌كه‌مم تۆی، خۆشه‌ویستی دواهه‌مم تۆی خۆشه‌ویستی ئه‌م دنیاشم، خۆشه‌ویستی ئه‌و دنیاشم. ….
Gharibi (Homesick) is one of the closest poems to my heart and was written when I was in the United Kingdom. It was composed by Roj Karim and performed by the young singer Kurda. Below is the lyrics and the video clip of the song. غەریبی لەم وڵاتی غەریبیە بەستەی دڵم هەر ئازارە نە جێژوانێک شارەزام و نە دۆستێکم
Ashiqim Min (I am in Love) is one of my first poems that was used by the composer and singer Roj Karim. He produced a very romantic and beautiful song. Below is the lyrics and the video clip of the song. عاشقم من هێندەی ئێشی زامەکانم شێوەت ئەکەم لە گریانم هێندەی زستانێکی خۆمان شەوم ساردەو هەراسانم
I have initiated Thursday THANK YOUs, which is a campaign to promote appreciation and gratitude among coworkers. Interestingly, as it is always the case with social entrepreneurship, it has moved beyond THANK YOUs only to coworkers, and definitely beyond Thursdays. The campaign has a Facebook Group and can be followed here.
Following the Startup Weekend Sulaimani events, I had the honor of being invited to serve on the investor’s panel of YourMiddleEast Entrepreneurship in Erbil. YourMiddleEast was a different approach to entrepreneurship events than that of Startup Weekend Sulaimani, for example. This is a few hours event with less formal, but more interactive nature and content. More on
Encouraged by some capabilities of new mobile devices, specifically the accelerometer of the iPhone/iPod Touch, I have been working recently on developing some intuitive Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) interfaces. Using the accelerometer of an iPod Touch, and as part of my job as a research associate at the centre for innovation and technology exploitation (CITE), I
The Center for Informatics and Data Analytics (CIDA) The Center for Informatics and Data Analytics at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani is a research, consultancy and training center that aims to support the government, private sector and the civic society, with the use of data science, to make more informative, data-driven decisions on multiple