On July 28, 12 German learners from the PASCH schools in Iraq set off on a study trip to Germany. There, they will spend three weeks taking part in language courses and cultural activities in Dresden and Pforzheim together with PASCH students from around the world.

The initiative “Schools: Partners for the Future” (PASCH) connects a global network of more than 2,000 PASCH schools with special ties to Germany. The Goethe-Institut supports around 600 PASCH schools in the national education systems in over 100 countries.

On August 17 and 31, the Goethe-Institut Irak and al-Mada Reading Club invite you to the regular events of the reading club in Erbil.

The event is a cooperation between the Goethe-Institut Irak and al-Mada Reading Club and takes place at 6 p.m. in the Café Nazdar Hayran in Erbil. The event will be held in Arabic.

Designers can apply to take part in the Design Academy 2024 in Sulaymaniyah until August 8. Together with international trainers, they will work at the interface of music and design during the five-days on-site phase.

After a redesign, the culture section on our website invites you to browse: would you like to find out more about our projects in the areas of creative spaces, design, cultural heritage orculture and sustainability? Would you like to learn more about our library work? Or are you interested in the joint projects with the Institut Francais d’Irak à Erbil? The new pages offer a broad insight into the cultural work at Goethe-Institut Irak.

The month of August on our social media channels will be dedicated to the topic of cultural heritage. We will discover it from a variety of perspectives and highlight the relevance of the topic for the work of Goethe-Institut Irak in the areas of language, culture and libraries. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for a wide range of reading and film tips, musical inspiration and more!