Karim Findi Explained

Karim Findi
Birth Date:1946 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Qarqarava, Duhok, Kurdistan Region - Iraq
Notable Works:Chapters of the Aylol revolution in Iraqi Kurdistan
Occupation:author, Journalist & Kurdish writer
Citizenship:Iraq
Years Active:1969–present

Karim Findi (1946, Duhok, Kurdistan Region - Iraq) is an author and Kurdish writer. In 1974 he graduated at University of Mosul – College of Arts English Dept.[1]

He has published books on numerous subjects, including politics, geography, language, literature and history in different languages like English, Kurdish, Arabic.[2]

He was one of the founders of the Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate.[3]

In 1997 he was editor-in-chief of the magazine Karwan, which was issued by the Ministry of Culture. He was a secretary of Karwan Academic magazine issued by Ministry of Culture, Kurdistan Region. He served as editor-in-chief of the magazine Dijla from its inception through its final issue (No. 42), which was the first magazine in a roman-alphabet language issued by the Kurdistan Ministry of Culture.[4]

Published books

-A Collection of Bakir bag Al-Arizee poems, collected and analyzed, 1982, (Kurdish Edition).

-Mairo, transliterated from Latin letters into Arabic letters, 1985, (Kurdish Edition).

-Gulchin, transliterated from Akleerky into Arabic letters, 1988, (Kurdish Edition).

-Chapters of Eylul Revolution in Kurdistan - Iraq written, 1995 (Arabic Edition).

- Guide of Duhok Governorate, 1997. (Arabic and English Edition)

-Kurdish tribes in the north part of Mossel state, 1996. translated from English into Kurdish. (Kurdish Edition)

-Khani Festival, prepared, 1996, (Kurdish Edition).

-Amedi in different eras, critics and analyses, 1997, (Arabic Edition)

-(P.D.K) During Barzani's Absence (1946-1958), 1998, (Arabic Edition).

-The Golden Jubilee of Peshmarge. 1999. Transliterated from southern into northern (Kirmanji) Dialect and from Arabic letters to latini letters. (Kurdish Edition).

-Barzani never gives up, 2001. transliterated from Arabic letters of Southern Kirmanji to Latin letters Northern Kirmanji.

-Badinan Castle and Some of its Historical Places, 2012, (Arabic Edition).

-Badinan Castle,2012, Arabic language.

-Kurdish Language in Badinan region, 2012, (Arabic and Kurdish Edition).

Notes and References

  1. http://hekar.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/kerim-findi-nubun-121.pdf Karim Findi story
  2. http://findi.info/ebdulkerim-findi/ Karim Findi biography
  3. http://www.dunyatv.com.tr/index.php?dil=15&video_ctgr=&video_id=1209. Interview with Karim Findi
  4. http://findi.info/blog/2015/07/15/karim-findi/ About Karim Findi