Boarding pass for Gulfair Bahrain-Erbil (also spelled Arbil and Irbil) |
Flight to Erbil boarding in Bahrain |
On approach to Erbil International Airport at sunset |
Sunset, Irbil |
Erbil International Hotel, aka "The Sheraton" |
Room at Erbil International Hotel |
Lobby, Erbil International Hotel |
Erbil International Hotel at night |
Shops along the street between the "Sheraton" and the citadel |
Seller of baked good, Shara Wany, Erbil |
The new Nasdak Center (Hawler Mall), Nishtiman Square, Erbil |
Shopping along Shara Wany, Erbil at night |
Watches in the bazar, Erbil |
Kabab shop, Erbil |
Erbil Bazar at night, nearing closing time |
Kurdish flag hanging at an Erbil restaurant |
Photos of Kurdish leaders, Erbil |
The street to the west of the Citadel at night, Erbil |
Erbil Bazar |
Kurdish newspapers, Erbil Bazar |
Kurdish newspapers, Erbil Bazar |
Kurdish news magazines, Erbil Bazar |
Preparing kebabs at a street stall, Erbil Bazar |
Kababs, Erbil |
Shahraban Tourist Hotel, Erbil |
Baghdad is 4 hours away, and Mosul and Kirkuk each 1 hour away |
Shahan Hotel, just to the west of the Erbil Citadel |
Shopping Arcade, Erbil Bazar |
Erbil Bazar at night |
Erbil Bazar |
Nuts for sale in the Erbil Bazar |
Nuts for sale in the Erbil Bazar |
Erbil Bazar |
Erbil Bazar |
Erbil Bazar |
Erbil's Bazar has a rather authentic feel to it |
خاوكردن |
Erbil Bazaar at night - shoe area |
Erbil Bazaar at night - shoe area |
Erbil Shoe Bazaar at night |
Erbil Bazaar at night |
Erbil Bazaar at night |
Erbil Bazaar at night - woman's clothing |
Archway in the Erbil Bazaar |
Boy in the Erbil Bazaar |
Peace Monument, Erbil |
"Peace Pigeon" Monument, Erbil |
Peace Pigeon Hotel |
Sweets, Erbil Bazaar |
Sweets, Erbil Bazaar |
Sulaimani Hotel, Erbil |
Carving lamb shwarme, Erbil |
Embroidered Kurdish caps and keffiyeh |
Hawler Mall at night, Erbil |
Hawler Mall |
Hawler Mall |
Men in front of a shop, Hawler Mall |
Pavilion in the garden of the Erbil International Hotel (aka "Sheraton") |
Pavilion in the garden of the Erbil International Hotel (aka "Sheraton") |
Early morning view from the Erbil International Hotel (aka "Sheraton") |
Construction near the Erbil International Hotel (aka "Sheraton") |
Looking south from the Erbil International Hotel |
Erbil Citadel from the Erbil International Hotel (aka "Sheraton") |
View north towards the city center from Erbil International Hotel |
Flag of Iraqi Kurdistan at the hotel |
Erbil International Hotel, commonly referred to as the Erbil Sheraton |
Iraqi license plate from Erbil |
Billboard for the nice looking Khanzad Resort |
Small cemetary in southwestern Erbil |
Swing set in a park in Erbil |
University of Kurdistan - Hawler (Erbil) |
University of Kurdistan - Hawler (Erbil) |
Large mosque in southwestern Erbil between the University and Minara Park |
Al Sawaf (الصواف) Mosque, Erbil |
Looking through the fence at the mosque dome |
The mosque has a very tall detached minaret |
Al Sawaf (الصواف) Mosque, Erbil |
Al Sawaf (الصواف) Mosque, Erbil |
مزگه وتى الصواف |
Inscription over the gate to Al Sawaf (الصواف) Mosque, Erbil |
Al Sawaf (الصواف) Mosque, Erbil |
Al Sawaf (الصواف) Mosque, Erbil |
Al Sawaf (الصواف) Mosque, Erbil |
Inscription on the Al Sawaf (الصواف) Mosque, Erbil |
Türkmen Imadettin Zengi Erkek Lisesi - Türkmen Oguzhan Erkek Orta Okulu, Turkish boys and girls school, Erbil |
Kurdistan Central Bank, Erbil |
Road sign for Mosul, Parliament and the Minaret Park |
Minare Park, Erbil |
Minare Park, Erbil |
Minare Park, Erbil |
Minare Park, Erbil - Mudhafaria Minaret, 36m, built 1190-1232 |
Minare Park, Erbil |
Topiary eagle with the Mudhafaria Minaret, Minare Park, Erbil |
Topiary eagle with the Mudhafaria Minaret, Minare Park, Erbil |
Mudhafaria Minaret, Erbil |
Mudhafaria Minaret - also called Choly Minaret |
Mudhafaria Minaret, Erbil |
Minare Park, Erbil |
Minare Park, Erbil |
Stop sign in Kurdish - بوهسته |
Stop sign - Iraqi Kurdistan |
Gellaryi Sem, western Erbil |
Sky Star Hotel & Restaurant, western Erbil |
Credit Bank of Iraq |
Credit Bank of Iraq |
Hotel Mondial, Erbil - فندق مونديال |
Nice area of western Erbil |
Western Ring Road, Erbil |
Kurdish Ministry of Endowments & Religious Affairs |
Iraqi road sign for Baghdad, Kirkuk, Mosul and the Kurdistan Parliament, Erbil |
Road sign for Erbil Airport and Saad Abdulla Hall |
Statue of a rearing horse near the Parliament of Kurdistan, Erbil |
Parliament of Kurdistan behind a blast wall, Erbil |
Kurdistan Parliament seen from the entrance to Sami Abdul-Rahman Park, Erbil |
Sami Abdul-Rahman Park, Erbil |
Jawahiris Statue, Sami Abdul-Rahman Park, Erbil |
Sami Abdul-Rahman Park, Erbil |
Sami Abdul-Rahman Park, Erbil |
Sami Abdul-Rahman Park, Erbil |
Sami Abdul-Rahman Park, Erbil |
Pond in Sami Abdul-Rahman Park, Erbil |
Gardeners, Sami Abdul-Rahman Park, Erbil |
Sami Abdul-Rahman Park, Erbil |
Freedom Is Not Free - memorial to the 98 victims of twin terrorist attacks in Erbil, 1 Feb 2004 |
1st February 2004 Martyrs Memoria, Sami Abdul-Rahman Park, Erbil |
Emblem of Iraqi Kurdistan |
1st February 2004 Martyrs Memoria, Sami Abdul-Rahman Park, Erbil |
Map of Erbil and the area of Kurdistan to the northeast |
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Carpet portraying Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) |
Market beneath the Erbil Citadel |
Carpet seller, Erbil |
Carpet sellers, Erbil |
A small minaret, Erbil |
Erbil's Home Depot on the southeast side of the Citadel |
Car with a Kurdistan sticker |
Car with Kurdish flag pasted over the name Iraq |
Market area along the southeast side of the citadel, Erbil |
Selling large carpets under the Erbil Citadel |
Carpet shop to the east of Erbil Citadel |
Carpet salesman |
Kurdish boy leaning against rolled up carpets |
Friendly men wondering what I'm doing wandering around there |
Car covered in a red carpet at the base of the Erbil Citadel |
Walking around to the northeast side of the Citadel, Erbil |
Sheikh Mahmood Hafeed Square to the north of Erbil Citadel |
Sheikh Mahmood Hafeed Square, Erbil |
Sheikh Mahmood Hafeed, 1881-1956 |
Sheikh Mahmood Hafeed Square, Erbil |
General Directorate of Education in Erbil |
Iraqi Kurdistan Post - Erbil |
Postage stamps of Iraqi Kurdistan |
Salahaddin University - Hawler - College of Islamic Studies |
Government license plate, Iraqi Kurdistan |
Erbil International Hotel |
View from the Erbil International Hotel |
American flag, among others, in front of the Erbil International Hotel |
New Iraqi (minus the 3 stars) flag, Erbil International Hotel |
Hello Taxi, Erbil |
Military style clothing for sale, Erbil |
An Iranian license plate in Erbil |
Al Manar Hotel, Erbil |
Construction area behind the Hawler Mall, Erbil |
Construction area behind the Hawler Mall, Erbil |
Construction area behind the Hawler Mall, Erbil |
Fruit vendor, Erbil |
Bank of Baghdad |
Rasheed Bank, Hawler Branch |
Hawler Mall |
Hawler Mall, Erbil |
Iraqi Kurdistan Postbox, Erbil |
Iraqi Kurdistan Postbox, Erbil |
Entrance to the Erbil Bazaar |
New traditional style market under construction at the base of Erbil Citadel |
Mein Kampf in an Erbil bookstore |
Hawler Governate behind a blast wall painted with murals |
Back to Erbil International Airport |