Italy-Kurdistan, bust of Mirella Galletti inaugurated in Erbil

(ANSA) – ROME, 05 SEPTEMBER – The Italian Consulate in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, announced today that in the last few hours a monument was inaugurated in the Kurdish-Iraqi capital in memory of compatriot Mirella Galletti, journalist and academic, “a great connoisseur and friend of the Kurdish people”. The monument was presented to the public on the main avenue of Sami Abdulrhaman Park, the most famous public park in the regional capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. The initiative – the press release states – was desired by the Governor of Erbil, Omed Khoshnaw, in collaboration and on the proposal of the Consulate General of Italy. The bronze bust depicting Professor Galletti was created by the Kurdish-Iranian artist Hadi Ziaoddini. Together with Khoshnaw and the Italian Consul Michele Camerota, the Head of International Relations of the regional government Safeen Dizayee, the Minister of Municipalities Sasan Awmi and the Deputy Minister of Culture Arian Salahaddin participated in the event. The Minister of Telecommunications Ano Abdoka also promulgated a stamp dedicated to the illustrious compatriot. For the occasion, Andrea and Serena, grandchildren of the late Professor Galletti, who had no children and who said of herself that she had embraced the Kurdish cause, arrived from Italy. Born in 1949 in Anzola dell’Emilia, a small town in the province of Bologna, in 1974 Mirella Galletti obtained a doctorate from the prestigious University of Bologna with a thesis on “The political structure and cultural values ​​of Kurdish society”. From that moment, until her premature death in 2012, she continued this line of studies, traveling far and wide in the region, dedicating all her research activity and her personal life to the Kurds and the Islamic world. Consul Camerota stated that “the life and academic work of Mirella Galletti are characterized by a rare humility, a deep sense of justice and extreme generosity towards others. Personalities like her – added Camerota – have undoubtedly contributed to strengthening the feelings of friendship that bind the Kurds to Italy”. (ANSA).