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Member Reports Celebrating the First Moon Landing!
Eyad S. Khailany
Member Since: Aug 2015
Celebrating the First Moon Landing!
by Eyad S. Khailany
AOYA was Celebrating the 50th anniversary for the first landing on the Moon; on the night of July 12th. 2019 !!
Special thanks to; Explore Scientific USA who donated this state-of-the-art telescope & Astronomers Without Borders for their sincere efforts to make our work possible. We'd also like to thank all the people who showed up to the events, and thanks to our location provider; The Book Cafe' in Dream City, Erbil.
Founder/Astronomy of Young Astronomy AOYA
Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
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AWB Coordinator for the Kurdistan Region - Northern Iraq with Niga Mahmood Hasan. Eyad is the founder of the Association of Young Astronomers (AOYA) in Erbil, Iraq. He is an amateur astronomer and former physics teacher/lecturer at multiple international schools and institutes in Erbil. AOYA's goal is to educate school kids and the public in the Kurdistan Region (northern Iraq) about astronomy and related sciences to help people better understand and appreciate the world around them. This vital knowledge will help youth and adults accept religious, political, social and cultural differences.
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