r/ERBIL • • Jul 24 '26

📰 News / Announcement Rule Update: "Looking for Friends" standalone posts are no longer allowed

6 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

Quick meta update regarding posts on r/Erbil.

Moving forward, individual standalone posts asking "looking for friends", "anyone want to hang out?", or similar social prompts are no longer allowed on the main feed.

The subreddit is getting cluttered with these requests, and it's becoming very repetitive.

Where to post instead: Please keep all friend-making and social networking in the [Make a Friend Megathread]. It drops every week, uses a structured template, and keeps everything organized in one place so the main feed stays clean for news, events, and discussions.

Note: New individual posts asking for friends will be removed and redirected to the megathread.

Thanks for helping keep the sub organized!


r/ERBIL • • Jul 18 '26

Mod Announcement: New rules regarding low-effort rants and broad political posts (Keeping r/Erbil fun)

7 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

As our community grows, we want to ensure r/Erbil remains a high-quality, useful, and welcoming space for residents, expats, and visitors alike.

Lately, the front page of the subreddit has been overwhelmed by repetitive posts, low-effort rants, and intense debates surrounding demographics, immigration, and ethnic relations. While we understand these are real-world topics that people want to discuss, the sheer volume of these posts is drowning out everything else—local news, city events, questions about neighborhoods, recommendations, and daily life in Erbil.

We are not banning these discussions entirely, but to keep the subreddit from turning into a one-topic limited space, we are introducing two new rules effective immediately:

1. No Low-Effort or Repetitive Rants

If a topic (e.g., a specific debate about demographics or immigration) has already been posted and discussed within the last 72 hours, new standalone threads on the exact same topic will be removed. Please use the search bar and contribute to existing threads rather than starting a new one every time you have a thought. Furthermore, screenshot-only posts of social media drama without constructive context will be removed.

2. Posts Must Be Directly Relevant to Erbil City

Many recent posts are broad national or regional political debates that belong on general country subreddits. If a post is about country-wide politics, broader Middle Eastern geopolitics, or general ethnic relations that do not specifically and directly impact the day-to-day running of Erbil city, it will be removed.

Where to post instead: For broad political, historical, or national discussions, please utilize r/kurdistan or r/Iraq, which are better equipped for those larger conversations.

Our goal here isn't to police opinions or suppress anyone. We just want to ensure that when someone visits r/Erbil, they see a reflection of the entire city—its food, its development, its daily challenges, its culture, and its community—not just a non-stop debate feed.

Thank you for helping us keep the sub organized and readable! Let us know if you have any questions in the comments below.


r/ERBIL • • 8h ago

💬 Discussion language partner

2 Upvotes

i need a language partner for arabic i can teach them Kurdish sorani in return doesn't matter how it is just daily talking is enough for me.


r/ERBIL • • 20h ago

❓ Question / Advice looking for someone to teach me kurdish and i can teach them arabic or english back

3 Upvotes

hello i just moved in to kurdistan and realized I can't afford professional tutoring was hoping for someone who wants to learn either arabic or english to teach me what ever they can teach or practice pronounciation with me and answer some of my grammar question and i will do the same we can meet in person or call on google meet depending on location preferably you are a woman am 29F


r/ERBIL • • 1d ago

❓ Question / Advice Yellow hazmat suit for halloween

2 Upvotes

Does anyone know where i can get yellow hazmat suits in erbil? It’s too late to order from shein so are there any places i can buy from here


r/ERBIL • • 1d ago

❓ Question / Advice Need an affordable gym in Erbil

7 Upvotes

Not willing to pay 100+ USD for a gym membership. I don't think it's worth it 😭

Any cheap gym recommendations? Preferably less than 40 usd


r/ERBIL • • 1d ago

❓ Question / Advice Good vape shop ?

1 Upvotes

Anyone know ? A tobacco store that has other than vozol vapes ?


r/ERBIL • • 1d ago

❓ Question / Advice Restaurant recommendation

2 Upvotes

hey ive heard about this place called amaya lounge is it good?


r/ERBIL • • 2d ago

❓ Question / Advice Basic clothes store in Erbil

5 Upvotes

Hi

I was wondering where is the best place to go to for basics?? Like well fitted basic clothes for women. Most places I’m seeing are selling bizarre clothes with inaccurate sizes


r/ERBIL • • 2d ago

❓ Question / Advice Is Sangar Tech a good electronics store?

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searched alot in erbil, nothing good and cheap, i think i found something worth looking at in slemani. its called sangar tech, someone tell me if they're good or not.

https://sangartech.com


r/ERBIL • • 3d ago

❓ Question / Advice Why has life in Erbil become so difficult? Everything is so much more expensive than it used to be.

17 Upvotes

r/ERBIL • • 2d ago

🎉 Event Halloween on 30th October

6 Upvotes

lowk lets do something tg on that day if u don't have any plans, we can make one together, write down ur Instagram users in here or in dms I'll make a group, please upvote if ur interested


r/ERBIL • • 2d ago

💼 Local Business / Service Job opportunity for a marketing person in a clinic in Erbil.

3 Upvotes

A medical clinic is looking for someone to handle their marketing and social media. The person will be responsible for capturing and editing videos on a daily basis and preparing content for social media.
Must have experience in a similar position. Work time is in the afternoon till evenings so it’s a great opportunity for students looking for a part time job.

DM me if you are interested or you know someone who is


r/ERBIL • • 3d ago

❓ Question / Advice Shopping

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Where can i get the weeknds clothings or merch in erbil?


r/ERBIL • • 4d ago

💬 Discussion Why can't I update my Spotify subscription? Is korek stupid?

4 Upvotes

I'm legitimately so pissed because now I have extra balance just sitting uselessly in my sim card. Does anyone know why ts is happening with korek?


r/ERBIL • • 4d ago

❓ Question / Advice Medical laboratory or Medical physics

3 Upvotes

i was wondering which major would have more job opportunities, better job, and which major has a higher rank (کامە پلەی باشتر و بەرزترە), as for the medical lab the job is obviously done in labs but ive heard for medical physics theyre more focused on ct and mri scans( sonar) , i also wanted to note that medical lab is in shaqlawa epu while physics is in hawler salahadin

also another question if u graduate with a hkumi zankoline diploma or bachelors, will u be allowed to apply to another hkumi degree? ( ive heard its possible but only with parallel or afternoon degree)


r/ERBIL • • 3d ago

🎉 Event Is no one gonna talk about what happened in bisk erbil today?

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r/ERBIL • • 4d ago

❓ Question / Advice سایەقی ئافرەت

7 Upvotes

سایەقی ئافرەت هەیە تەلەبە بگەیەنێ لە گەڕەکی نوسەران بۆ کۆلێژی زانست ؟


r/ERBIL • • 4d ago

💬 Discussion UKH CS&AI

2 Upvotes

Anybody here going to that major?


r/ERBIL • • 4d ago

❓ Question / Advice Is there a way to know where the buses are when the last one goes on its way

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Is there a way to know where the buses are when the last one goes on its way or what its route is etc. ?
Like … tracking the bus almost. Just like those airplane trackers

Update: to those of you who want something similar to this there is an app called basate (باصاتي) that shows you the routes of each bus it doesn’t have tracking or times of bus departures but it might suffice for many

This won’t be an excuse for me to not go on with my idea إن شاء الله this is actually a good thing for my moral since I now have an accurate map of the bus routes and that takes this project several steps forward.


r/ERBIL • • 5d ago

❓ Question / Advice Please help

66 Upvotes

19 year old female, studying engineering at Salahaddin university. My father passed away and my family really need financial support, my mother can't work she's very sick and we're relying on her retirement salary. My brothers are too young. Our other relatives are too distant. I feel devastated seeing my family going through such tough times. I am ready to work anything reasonable if it fits within a students schedule, I need a monthly income of at least 300k IQD for our house rent, I am fluent in Kurdish Arabic and English so language barrier is not a problem, willing to improve any skills required. Also I learn by doing.

Where do I look? How to recognize scam and such? Would it be difficult to find somewhere that's willing to hire me?


r/ERBIL • • 4d ago

💡 Guide / Tip / Insight Visiting erbil today can speak English - Arabic

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Need a guide anyone free


r/ERBIL • • 5d ago

🍲 Food & Drink Lemon pie and good sweets

6 Upvotes

What are your recommendations when it comes to coffee shops that sell Lemon pies? I haven’t come across any that do so. And which coffee shops sell good sweets and not some sugar filled/chocolate diabetes. All recommendations are much appreciated.


r/ERBIL • • 4d ago

📰 News / Announcement Special WHOOP community for Hewler!

1 Upvotes

So a few days ago, with some friends, I decided to create an un-official WHOOP community for all WHOOP users in Hewler.

I've set the chats to be on for everyone. The community will be the first of its kind in Hewler, so if you're wearing a whoop strap, please feel free to join the community through the link below.

https://join.whoop.com/DAEA90D4

Feel free to introduce yourselves in chat.


r/ERBIL • • 5d ago

✈️ Visiting / Tourism I live in Erbil. If anyone needs help or is planning to visit Erbil, I’m more than happy to help.

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I live in Erbil. If anyone needs help or is planning to visit Erbil, I’m more than happy to help.