''SOMA Digest'' is an
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-written
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in the
Kurdistan Region
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,
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.
Its printing offices are located in
Baghdad
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and its press office in
Sulaymaniyah
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. The paper was launched on February 14, 2006. It is issued on a fortnight basis and distributed across the whole of Iraq, reporting on
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and Iraqi affairs. Apart from containing analyses of the region's main topics, it also includes interviews with leading officials.
The paper was named after ''soma'', which means "perspective" in
Kurdish
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. Its Managing Editor is Tanya Goudsouzian. It has a national circulation of 8,000 copies per issue.
The paper has close affiliations with the
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
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(PUK).
Current columnists and journalists
*Lawen Sagerma (Deputy Managing Editor)
SOMA Digest - Staff
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*Dr. Sherko Abdullah (Columnist)
*Dolamite Da Pimp (Cultural Advisor)
*Agri Ismail (Columnist)
*Dr. Joseph Kechichian (Columnist)
*Raz Jabary (UK Correspondent & Representative, London)
*Anwar M. Qaradaghi (Language Editor)
*Ari Anwar
*Zheno Abdulla
*Jalal Ahmed
*Noman Abdurrahman Ali
*Iason Athanasiadis
*Roj Bahjat
*Karokh Bahjat
*Linda Berglund
*Ilnur Cevik (Ankara)
*Troy Davis
*Jonathan Dworkin
*Dr. Rebwar Fatah (London)
*Pat Gaffney (London)
*Basit Gharib
*Dr. Harry Hagopian (London)
*Dana Hameed
*Dr. Albert Issa
*Fakhri Karim (Baghdad)
*Ali Kurdistani
*Ibrahim Al Marashi (Istanbul)
*Mohamed Karim Mohamed
*Hawre Daro Noori
*Shadman Janab Noori
*Jamal Penjweny
*Asoz L. Rashid (Baghdad)
* Dr. Latif Rashid (Baghdad)
*Bakhtiar Sabir
*Qubad Talabani (Washington, DC)
*Ranj Talabany
*Awat Abdullah
*Darya Ibrahim (Reporter)
*Hazhar Mohammed
*Galawizh H. Rashid (Reporter)
*Ako Gharib
Soma Digest on YouTube
On January 1, 2010, SOMA Digest launched its online video channel on YouTube
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, thus aiming to spread its voice to a wider range of fans through the use of short pieces of viewing material.
References
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External links
SOMA Digest Homepage
Old editions
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SOMA Digest
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Newspapers published in Iraq
Mass media in Kurdistan Region (Iraq)
Mass media in Sulaymaniyah
English-language newspapers published in Asia
Biweekly newspapers
2006 establishments in Iraqi Kurdistan
Publications established in 2006