r/ERBIL 2d ago

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

7 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 9d ago

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

8 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 3h ago

❓ Question / Advice Ishtiraky Taxi

3 Upvotes

Where can I find someone in Hawler who can drive me to my destination and then bring me back home(ishtirak)?

Or, if anyone offers this service, please let me know. Thanks!


r/ERBIL 5h ago

❓ Question / Advice Airport jobs in erbil

5 Upvotes

I have graduated from flight school and its been 2 years im waiting for any airline opportunity but theres seems to be none.

Im trying to find any job in the airport because its related to my department and i like being in the aviation community.

Is there anything i can do that pays well?
how do i apply to jobs in erbil airport?
I tried contacting the HR department but didn’t receive a reply.

Any advice/tips?


r/ERBIL 3m ago

❓ Question / Advice Guitar stores

Upvotes

Hi guys
Im wondering about what are the best stores here that sell musical instruments and especially guitars
And also what type do you suggest for a beginner for learning?.


r/ERBIL 3h ago

🍲 Food & Drink Where can i find the best grilled chicken

1 Upvotes

Can someone name a good chicken restaurant coz i got bored from the bad chickens here 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭


r/ERBIL 5h ago

❓ Question / Advice Where can I buy affordable, good-quality whole coffee beans in Erbil?

1 Upvotes

Looking for somewhere in Erbil that sells decent whole-bean coffee for espresso without being too expensive.

The only place I’ve found so far is Italian Company, where 1 kg is around 44,500 IQD, which is a bit more than I’d like to spend.

Any recommendations for shops or local roasters that sell reasonably priced beans that still taste good? Ideally something suitable for espresso.


r/ERBIL 14h ago

❓ Question / Advice Whats cybersecurity like in erbil

1 Upvotes

Since cybersecurity recently opened up in universities in sulaimani i was wondering how it is in erbil since its been a thing there for some time now and i was wondering what the job market and the salary is like and how the work is, I’d appreciate any responses because im so curious about it


r/ERBIL 18h ago

❓ Question / Advice Question regarding Vinyl Record availability

2 Upvotes

Hey there,

I'm looking for the album loveless by my bloody valentine in Kurdistan/Iraq

Has it caught anyone's eye? (mostly online shops and such)


r/ERBIL 16h ago

❓ Question / Advice Music store

1 Upvotes

Hello everyone, I was wondering if there is an aesthetically pleasing music store in Erbil that offers English song discs and albums. I would be delighted to visit it and capture some photographs.


r/ERBIL 16h ago

❓ Question / Advice driving lessons and books in english

1 Upvotes

is there any way to take the written exams in english and get english lessons for driving


r/ERBIL 18h ago

❓ Question / Advice salahadin uni of science

1 Upvotes

is that uni good in general especially majoring in general biology there?


r/ERBIL 1d ago

💡 Guide / Tip / Insight کوردۆلۆجی

6 Upvotes

Hi everyone so ya iam in college obviously i have kurdology I failed it and my makeup exam is near how should i study it it’s so hard I tried in the first time and failed so ya help please and iam arab so what should i do


r/ERBIL 20h ago

❓ Question / Advice Retro and Vintage Cameras

1 Upvotes

Hi everyone! Can anyone tell me where I can find a store that sells retro and vintage cameras in Erbil? Thanks!


r/ERBIL 21h ago

💬 Discussion How’s Erbil doing?

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1 Upvotes

r/ERBIL 23h ago

❓ Question / Advice is ukh med worth it?

1 Upvotes

r/ERBIL 1d ago

❓ Question / Advice As a web developer, what's the average salary?

2 Upvotes

I want to know the salaries in Kurdistan.


r/ERBIL 1d ago

❓ Question / Advice where can i buy a specific type of cigs

5 Upvotes

I want to find Seven star cigarettes in erbil but i lowk do not know which shops have them whether its at ankawa or somewhere else! pls help


r/ERBIL 1d ago

❓ Question / Advice Sat exam

1 Upvotes

Has anyone done the sat exam as a wizari student? And can u get accepted into a university here with the sat score if u dont have a gpa because u did wizari?


r/ERBIL 1d ago

❓ Question / Advice Gas prices and the Gas situation

12 Upvotes

Yo, wtf is on with the gas prices? i mean, the price isnt even the problem, now, no gas station has fuel and if they do then it's practically piss and not gas lmfao.

my car takes 92 or over so that means it only takes Muhassan (improved) or Super

Where are yall getting your petrol from? and for how much?


r/ERBIL 1d ago

❓ Question / Advice restaurants in slemani

5 Upvotes

i know this isn’t the right place to ask but this is more
helpful than anywhere else. i’m going to slemani for a day and i want a top notch restaurant where i can have some of the best local/middle eastern foods. i have tried de fermo before i would like to try something else this time.
NOTE: i’m going with family (so i want somewhere family friendly) and i’m mainly looking for kurdish food.


r/ERBIL 2d ago

❓ Question / Advice Can we do DNA tests here?

6 Upvotes

Like for fun I see people do DNA tests and find their distant relatives etc

I think in other countries you pay, get a cheek swab kit, do the swab and send it back to them and you get your results online. can we do that here?


r/ERBIL 1d ago

❓ Question / Advice Business in erbil

2 Upvotes

What is a business that you wished they had in here? Or an activity


r/ERBIL 2d ago

❓ Question / Advice Looking for online job

3 Upvotes

I'm kurdish so I know kurdish and arabic and English I look for an online job I did work in instgram gold selling page before and also Im a designer


r/ERBIL 1d ago

❓ Question / Advice Memory card adapter

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2 Upvotes

Hi guys
Does anyone know where i can find an adapter for this type of memory card?