رَجُلُ أَعْمالٍ كُرْدِيٌّ يُطْلِقُ ثَمانِيَةً وَعِشْرِينَ وَعْلًا فِي السُّلَيْمانِيَّةِ
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فِي قَرْيَةِ سَفْرَةَ، قُرْبَ قَضاءِ شارْبازيرَ فِي مُحافَظَةِ السُّلَيْمانِيَّةِ شَمالِيَّ العِراقِ، أَطْلَقَ رَجُلُ الأَعْمالِ الكُرْدِيُّ شَريفُ سَفْرَةَ ثَمانِيَةً وَعِشْرينَ وَعْلًا فِي الطَّبيعَةِ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ ٥ سِبْتَمْبَرَ ٢٠٢٦. وَدَفَعَ تَكاليفَ المُبادَرَةِ مِنْ مالِهِ الخاصِّ.
وَقالَ سَفْرَةُ إِنَّهُ أَرادَ إِعادَةَ الرُّوحِ إِلى الطَّبيعَةِ فِي المِنْطَقَةِ، وَأَنْ يُشَجِّعَ النّاسَ عَلى حِمايَةِ البِيئَةِ. وَبِحَسَبِ ما قالَهُ لِشَبَكَةِ ٩٦٤، فَإِنَّ نَحْوَ سِتِّينَ فِي المِائَةِ مِنَ الوُعولِ ماعِزٌ جَبَلِيٌّ بَرِّيٌّ، أَمَّا الباقي فَماعِزٌ أَليفٌ.
وَأَوْكَلَ الرَّجُلُ إِلى سُكّانِ المِنْطَقَةِ مُهِمَّةَ حِمايَةِ الحَيَواناتِ وَالعِنايَةِ بِها. وَأَشادَ مُديرُ شُرْطَةِ الغاباتِ وَالبِيئَةِ فِي السُّلَيْمانِيَّةِ، العَميدُ هُوشْيارُ، بِالمُبادَرَةِ. وَقالَ إِنَّ مَنْ يُؤْذي الوُعولَ أَوْ يَصيدُها قَدْ يُواجِهُ عُقوباتٍ قانونِيَّةً.
وَلَمْ تَكُنْ هذِهِ أَوَّلَ خُطْوَةٍ لِسَفْرَةَ؛ فَقَدْ أَطْلَقَ مِنْ قَبْلُ أَلْفًا وَمِائَتَيْ طائِرِ حَجَلٍ فِي عِدَّةِ قُرًى. وَتُظْهِرُ القِصَّةُ كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ لِمُبادَرَةٍ شَخْصِيَّةٍ صَغيرَةٍ أَنْ تَجْذِبَ الانْتِباهَ إِلى حِمايَةِ الحَياةِ البَرِّيَّةِ.
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Kurdish Businessman Releases 28 Mountain Goats in Sulaymaniyah
In the village of Safra, near the Sharbazher district in Sulaymaniyah Governorate in northern Iraq, Kurdish businessman Sherif Safra released 28 mountain goats into nature on Saturday, September 5, 2026. He paid for the initiative himself.
Safra said that he wanted to bring life back to nature in the area and encourage people to protect the environment. According to what he told 964 Media, about 60 percent of the goats were wild mountain goats, while the rest were tame goats.
He gave local residents the task of protecting and caring for the animals. Brigadier Hoshyar, the director of the Forest and Environment Police in Sulaymaniyah, praised the initiative. He said that anyone who harms or hunts the goats may face legal penalties.
This was not Safra’s first step. He had previously released 1,200 partridges in several villages. The story shows how a small personal initiative can draw attention to protecting wildlife.
Key Vocabulary
| Arabic | Part of speech | English |
|---|---|---|
| أَطْلَقَ | verb | released |
| وَعْلًا | noun | mountain goat |
| المُبادَرَةِ | noun | initiative |
| تَكاليفَ | noun | costs |
| بَرِّيٌّ | adjective | wild |
| أَليفٌ | adjective | tame |
| العِنايَةِ | noun | care |
| أَشادَ | verb | praised |
| عُقوباتٍ قانونِيَّةً | phrase | legal penalties |
| الحَياةِ البَرِّيَّةِ | phrase | wildlife |
Sources
- 964 Media: مشهد مؤثر في السليمانية.. رجل أعمال يطلق 28 وعلاً إلى الطبيعة
- Rudaw: Dozens of wild goats released back into the wild in Sulaimani
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