Mariwan Kanie

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Mariwan Kanie

Mariwan Kanie (born 1966, Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan) is a Kurdish intellectual, journalist,^[1] and political scientist.^[2] Since 1993 he lives and works in Netherlands.

Kanie fled Iraq^[3] in 1993. He studied at the University of Amsterdam, and completed his PhD in political science in 2010; he teaches in the department of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Jewish studies at the same university.^[4]

Four of his books have been published in Kurdistan. He is one of the editorial board members of "Rahand", a Kurdish intellectual magazine. He publishes in the Kurdish newspapers Hawlati and Awena, and in January 2011 was indicted in Iraqi Kurdistan for a column in Awena that criticized president Massoud Barzani.^[4] He also regularly publishes in the Dutch daily newspaper Trouw and appears on television in the news commentary programs Nova and Netwerk.

References

1. ^ Genovesi, Iñaki Oñorbe (18 March 2006). "Peiling: Wat hebben de Amerikanen in drie jaar in Irak bereikt?". de Volkskrant. http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2668/Buitenland/article/detail/775444/2006/03/18/Peiling-Wat-hebben-de-Amerikanen-in-drie-jaar-in-Irak-bereikt.dhtml. Retrieved 18 January 2011. 
2. ^ Hoebink, Michel (16 July 2009). "Hoe objectief is al-Jazeera?". Radio Netherlands Worldwide. http://www.rnw.nl/nederlands/article/hoe-objectief-al-jazeera. Retrieved 18 January 2011. 
3. ^ Mulder, Eildert (14 August 2006). "Mensenvlees eten". Trouw. http://www.trouw.nl/krantenarchief/2006/08/14/2245085/Mensenvlees_eten.html. Retrieved 19 January 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "UvA-wetenschapper aangeklaagd in Irak". Folia.nl. 7 January 2011. http://www.folia.nl/nieuws/uva-wetenschapper-aangeklaagd-in-irak-1628.html. Retrieved 18 January 2011. 

External links

• Kanie's website, University of Amsterdam

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