Thursday 3 July
7PM
Choman came to the UK as a refugee in 1993 and studied at Oxford, UCL, and the University of Kent. Her debut novel, Whispering Walls (Afsana Press, 2023), has been a best-selling title for the past two years. Set in London and Iraqi Kurdistan, the book explores patriarchy and women's struggles for equality.
Choman is also an acclaimed poet, published by Bloodaxe Books, with some of her work featured in the UK’s English GCSE curriculum. Her studies at Kent, creates a strong local link.
Now based in Kurdistan, she lectures at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, where she founded the country's first gender studies minor. Her activism has led to significant backlash, including a smear campaign that prompted the removal of gender studies materials from the university and contributed to wider censorship in Iraq. Despite this, she continues her work and was awarded the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law and the Equality Prize, founded by 34 civil society organisations in her support.
Friends of kollectiv go free.
Thursday 3 July
7PM
Choman came to the UK as a refugee in 1993 and studied at Oxford, UCL, and the University of Kent. Her debut novel, Whispering Walls (Afsana Press, 2023), has been a best-selling title for the past two years. Set in London and Iraqi Kurdistan, the book explores patriarchy and women's struggles for equality.
Choman is also an acclaimed poet, published by Bloodaxe Books, with some of her work featured in the UK’s English GCSE curriculum. Her studies at Kent, creates a strong local link.
Now based in Kurdistan, she lectures at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, where she founded the country's first gender studies minor. Her activism has led to significant backlash, including a smear campaign that prompted the removal of gender studies materials from the university and contributed to wider censorship in Iraq. Despite this, she continues her work and was awarded the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law and the Equality Prize, founded by 34 civil society organisations in her support.
Friends of kollectiv go free.
