Dr. Hawre Hasan Hama is an Assistant Professor at the University of Sulaimani. His work has been published in many leading academic journals, including Ethnicities, Ethnopolitics, Journal of Asian and African Studies, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, World Affairs, Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, Digest of Middle East Studies, Contemporary Review of the Middle East, National Identities, Asian Affairs, and The Journal of International Communication. In addition, he has published numerous research articles in Kurdish.