Hasani Hasani is a writer from Zimbabwe who left his native country due to political strife. He writes poetry and short stories and advocates for the recognition of human rights and justice in Zimbabwe. He currently lives in London. He is a member of the Freedom from Torture’s Write to Life, a creative writing group based in London, and [...]

Mogib Hassan   Mogib Hassan was born in 1974 in Yemen. He has dual Yemeni and Dutch nationality. He holds a Masters Degree in International Relations and Globalisation from London Metropolitan University. His work brings together classicism and the contemporary with a critical perspective on society and the position of women, blending personal themes [...]

Mark Hill Mark Hill (M.Ofogh) came to Britain from Iran in 1989. He used to serve as an officer in the Iranian army. He spent several years in the war between Iran and Iraq and, after escaping from Iranian army, ended up in a prison camp in Iraq. Mark has two degrees (Science from [...]

Farah Hiwad Farah Hiwad originates from Kandahar, Afghanistan and is of Pushtun origin. She has a psychology degree and also started studying medicine in Kabul. However, she had to leave university for political reasons. She came to Britain in 1994, worked for the Pushtu Service of the BBC World Service and is now studying for [...]

Fahriya Hodzic To a School Friend How are you School friend Of mine I do not Ask you The truth Has not been Told to us and Do you ask yourself Whose dream We dream in a daze Silently We have not rested We have not spoken We have not arrived So we [...]

Kusay Hussein Kusay Hussein is from Baghdad, Iraq. As a fully qualified civil engineer he worked for the American and British authorities building hospitals and schools for the Iraqi people until he was kidnapped by an unknown military group for several months and had to seek asylum in Britain on his release. He has published [...]

Hasan Kahya Hasan Kahya was born in Limassol, Cyprus. He is a poet and translator (DPSI, Institute of Linguists), and has been living in London since 1972. He did Business Studies initially (Polytechnic of North London), and worked in finance for many years till his ‘semi-retirement’ which opened up a whole new world of [...]

Ghareeb Iskander Ghareeb Iskander (born in Baghdad 1966) is an Iraqi poet & writer living in London since 2002. He published the following books: Sawad Basiq (High Darkness), collection of poems, 2001, Beirut, (in Arabic); Semiotic Trends in the Critique of Arabic Poetry, 2002 Cairo, 2009 Baghdad (in Arabic); Mahafat Alwahm (A Chariot of [...]

Hamid Ismailov Ismailov's novel, The Railway, originally written before he left Uzbekistan, was translated into English by Robert Chandler and was published in 2006. A Russian edition was published in Moscow in 1997. His forthcoming novel, will be entitled Comrade Islam and is about a poet in Uzbekistan who ends up in the Taliban's ranks [...]

Nahida Izzat Nahida Izzat was born in Jerusalem; she was forced to leave Palestine as a refugee in 1967 at the age of seven years, during the “Six Day War”. She moved around, living in several different countries, until finally settling in the UK in 1985. She was inspired to write these poems after [...]