The mayor of Erbil reviewed a project to renovate a historic house in the Araban neighborhood, which is planned to be turned into the library of the mayor’s office while preserving its heritage and historical character.
Today, Saturday 10 of Tishrin al-Awwal 2026, the Erbil Municipality announced in a statement: Engineer Karzan Abdulhadi, the mayor of Erbil, accompanied by the supervisor and director of Municipality One and a number of supervising engineers, visited the project to renovate a house in the Araban neighborhood.
The statement said: It has been decided that the house will become the library of the Erbil mayor’s office, with a modern design that preserves the authenticity, history and heritage character of the house and the neighborhood, and reflects Erbil’s culture.
The Erbil Municipality also noted that the mayor reviewed the project’s latest work, followed up on shortcomings and requirements, and addressed its problems. At the same time, he toured the alleys of the Araban neighborhood and expressed hope that the project would be completed as soon as possible, so that a cultural service could be provided to citizens to enrich the fields of knowledge and reading in a historic neighborhood filled with the memories of Erbil’s native people.
