Rebwar Fatah is a contemporary

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writer and journalist. He runs the Kurdish news and commentary web site KurdishMedia.com. He is one of the influential

advocates in the

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. His ideas and proposals contributed to the understanding of the

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, in particular

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Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

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and

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Life

He was born in

Sulaimaniya Sulaymaniyah or Slemani (; ), is a city in the east of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and is the capital of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate. It is surrounded by the Azmar (Ezmer), Goizha (Goyje) and Qaiwan (Qeywan) Mountains in the northeast, Barana ...

city in

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. His first article in

in a national Iraqi paper (Hawkari) appeared in 1972. He moved to live in exile in

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in 1982. He has extensively contributed to the understanding of the Middle Eastern issues, including West's foreign policy. He has written numerous articles, given talks and interviews, in both Kurdish and English, on the socio-political situation of the Middle East as a Middle Eastern specialist. He holds BSc, MSc and

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degrees from

and

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(UCL) respectively in

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and in optical transmissions for sensing applications. He worked in executive and commercial positions for British and international cooperatives and institutions for over 20 years. He worked for

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and

(1983–1989);

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(1989–97); Fujitsu (1997–2000);

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(2000–01); 186k (2001–02). He has published over 100 papers as part of his professional work.

Positions

*Foundering member and the director of KurdishMedia.com, 1998–2012 *Regular contributor to the Australia
SBS Kurdish Radio
Sydney, 2000–2010 *Contributing writer to Soma Diget, February 2006–2007 *Regular contributor to the BBC London Live radio, 2001–02 *Columnist in a cultural Australian-Kurdish weekly newspaper, Chira (The Lamp), 1998 *Founding member and media coordinator of a Kurdish language Internet sit

1996–2000 *Founding member and editor-in-chief of an English newsletter Hawkar, London, 1992–1994 *Foundering member, columnist and editor-in-chief of the cultural Kurdish newsletter, Jîni Niwê (New life), London, 1990s *Member of the executive committee of the British Refugee Council for three years in the 1990s

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