Occupation
Independent Scholar
Contact
Primary Phone: (781) 608-3345
Secondary Phone: (919) 240-7199
Fax: (919) 240-7199
732 W. Barbee Chapel Rd.
Ahmed Foundation for Kurdish Studies
Chapel Hill
NC
27517
United States
ABOUT
President and founder of the Ahmed Foundation for Kurdish Studies, a non profit and non-partisan organization, which undertakes scholarly studies pertaining to Kurdish history,culture, and politics in the Middle East. As a former United Nations advisor, he has represented the UN in numerous regional and international conferences and presented papers dealing with food security, desertification, environmental protection, immigration, refugees, minority rights, poverty alleviation and ethnology transfer. He has authored, America Unravels Iraq; Iraqi Kurds and Nation-Building and coeditor of The Evolution of Kurdish Nationalism, The Kurdish Question and the International Law and written numerous articles for conferences on the Kurdish issue.
Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
Conflict Resolution
Diaspora/Refugee Studies
Kurdish Studies
Nationalism
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
Iraq
Kurdistan
Syria
Turkey
Specialties
Dev Issues
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
French (intermediate)
Kurdish (advanced)
Turkish (intermediate)
English (advanced)
Education
PhD
| 1964
| Ag Econ
| Oklahoma State U
Abstracts
Challenges to Kurdish Nationalism: The Future of the Continuing U.S. Support for the KRG
The Iraqi Kurds and Regional States
The KRG's Susceptibility to Domestic and Regional Forces
The 2011 Kurdish Spring in Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurds Ascending
Are the Kurds Missing the Boat?
