Experts on countries of origin by country

I earned my PhD in Kurdish Studies, University of Exeter this April. I awarded Mphil in Iranian Studies (2019) and MSc in Middle East Politics (2017). With the support of some friends, I have established an institute focusing on democratic developments in the Middle East.

Our main services will be to provide professional advice and reports to the courts, solicitors, and the Home Office case workers. I can offer impartial, evidence-based, and fresh analysis of the socio-political situations in Iran, Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, including the governments and societies within these countries. I am in contact with people from these countries, ranging from ordinary individuals to lecturers, journalists, and lawyers. I am also in partnership with universities, institutions, and research centres within the region and globally, which work on Middle Eastern politics and its social changes.

Alongside my research and academic activities, I am active on social media, with 21,000 followers on Facebook, 63,000 on Instagram, and 89,000 on X (formerly Twitter), mainly from Iran and Iraq. The reason for this influence is that I have been a public figure on Farsi and Kurdish TV Channels (based in London) since 2010.

Turkish-Belgian lawyer specializing Turkish law, human rights, and political issues, with expertise in transnational repression, persecution of dissidents, prison conditions, and torture in Turkey.

Dr. Maggie Zraly is a medical and psychological anthropologist with extensive training in public health and mental health. Her research and practice have focused on conflict-affected populations, including survivors of conflict-related sexual violence/genocide-rape and GBV, youth heads of household, and children associated with armed forces and armed groups. Dr. Zraly conducted five years of in-depth fieldwork on the ground in Rwanda between 2003 and 2024. In 2016, she conducted short-term research in Afghanistan on human trafficking, and in 2017, she directed a center for mental health in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. She has completed short deployments for child protection and mental health support in emergency response, the longest of which was for 3 weeks in 2016 across Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, and Serbia to assess the protection situation of forcibly displaced Syrian, Afghan, and Iraqi children seeking asylum.