Dr Muslih Mustafa, President of Soran University and Dr Nahro Zagros, Vice President for Scientific Affairs, visited the United States of America to present a seminar on the present and future of Kurdistan and the question of its independence following an invitation from the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) to attend The Eighth Annual ASMEA Conference, which was held from the 29th to the 31st of October 2015 in Washington DC.