Derwich Ferho

Ferho Derwich (born 2 October 1961 in Mzizah, Turkey)^[1] is one of the chairmen (along with his brother Medeni Akgül) of the Kurdish Institute Brussels in Belgium.^[2][3]

He is married to Izolda and has two daughters (Lorin and Rojine)^[1]

He arrived in Belgium as a refugee on 3 February 1977.^[1] In 1978, he founded TEKOSER (the Kurdish Workers and Student Community), which was later renamed as the 'Kurdish Institute in Brussels'.^[1] From June 1980 to July 1981, he was employed in the University Hospitals of Leuven as General Coordinator in the Central Medical Archives.

In 1989, he founded the Kurdish Institute of Brussels, where he has worked since.^[1]

He speaks Kurdish, Turkish and Dutch, with an elementary reading level in French, English and German.^[1]

He has published Kurdish poems in Dutch, Swedish and Turkish.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "FERHO Derwich Mehabad". Kurdish Institute Brussels. 2 June 2009. http://www.kurdishinstitute.be/nederlands/auteurs_nl/975.html. Retrieved 19 February 2010. 
2. ^ "Turkse doodseskaders zijn terug ('Turkish death squads are back')" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 6 March 2006. http://www.nieuwsblad.be/Article/Detail.aspx?articleid=GTGP347A. Retrieved 19 February 2010. 
3. ^ "Le prix Info-Türk a été décerné à Bahar Kimyongür ('Info-Türk Prize goes to Bahar Kimyongür')" (in French). Nouvelles d'Arménie. 16 March 2008. http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=39424. Retrieved 19 February 2010. 

External links

• Kurdish Institute Brussels (Nederlands) (Dutch)

• Kurdish Institute Brussels (Kurdî) (Kurdish)
• Kurdish Institute Brussels (English) (English)
• Kurdish Institute Brussels (Française) (French)

Persondata
Name	Ferho, Derwich
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	2 October 1961
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death