Othman Ali
Biography
Dr. Othman Ali is Professor of Modern History of Kurds at Salahaddin University in Erbil. He earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees from University of Guelph and University of Toronto. He can read, write and speak English, Arabic, Turkish, and Kurdish fluently, can read French, Farsi and Ottoman Turkish. He is currently a research fellow at the Middle East Institute of Sakarya University
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