Biography

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EDUCATION

  • Bachelors in Chemical Engineering, University of Baghdad, Iraq
  • Bachelors in Hebrew Language, University of Baghdad, Iraq
  • Masters in Syriac Language Literature, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
  • Doctorate in Syriac language and its literature, Lebanese University, Lebanon

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Engineer at Northern oil Co | Kirkuk, Iraq
  • Expert at the Syriac Language department , Iraqi Scientific Assembly | Baghdad, Iraq
  • Teacher of Syriac Language at College of Languages | University of Baghdad and Syriac Language Commissioner (2004-2006), Iraq
  • Member of the General Union of the Iraqi Writers | Baghdad, Iraq
  • Member of Kurdistan Journalists | Erbil, Iraq
  • Editor and deputy Editor-in-Chief of Simtha Magazine | Dohuk, 2007 – present
  • Editor of Popular Council Magazine | Dohuk, 2007- present
  • Editor of “Panipal” Magazine issued by the Ministry of Culture and Youth in Kurdistan Regional Government, Directorate General of Syriac Culture and Arts (Publication halted temporarily)

PUBLICATIONS

  • “The Prophet” by Gibran Khalil Gibran, translated to Modern Syriac (Sureth) from Arabic with Mr. Youaresh Hedo | Baghdad, Iraq | 1998
  • “Seven Crosses”, Translation to Modern Syriac from Arabic of selected International and Iraqi short stories | Baghdad, Iraq | 1998
  • “Sargon Paulos, Life and Literature” in Modern Syriac and Arabic , a study about the Iraq Poet Sargon Paulos of the sixties with samples of his poetry and novels | Baghdad, Iraq | 1999
  • “The First Born of Prints” in Modern Syriac and Arabic, a pioneering study on the first Assyrian Newspaper in the world that was published in Urmia, Iran under the name “Zahrere D’Bahra” | Baghdad, Iraq | 1999
  • “Assyrians at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919”, 3 editions, 2000, 2008, 2013 | Dohuk, Iraq
  • “The Private Assyrian Schools in Iraq in the twentieth Century”, Masters Dissertation in English (unpublished) | Netherlands | 2008
  • “Dalope” Droplets in Sureth | Dohuk, Iraq | 2008
  • An Assembly of poetry and short stories; “Dreams looking for a head” in sureth | Dohuk, Iraq | 2009
  • Arranging “Fourth Syriac Language Symposium” book in Modern Syriac and English
  • Arranging “Sargon Pauls as Novelist” in Arabic, two editions Dohuk 2009 and Baghdad, Cultural Affairs House | 2015
  • Translated the book “Daily Spiritual Food” To Modern Syriac (Sureth) (450 pages) for CAPNI | Dohuk, Iraq | 2016

ADDITIONAL WORK

  • Several studies, researches, and essays in English, Arabic and Syriac published in Academic Circulars inside and outside of Iraq and on many websites. Available upon request.

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