Jiyar Homer

Jiyar Homer is a translator and editor from Kurdistan, a member of Kashkul, the Center for Arts and Culture at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS), and an editor at Îlyan magazine and the Balinde Poetry publishing house. He speaks Kurdish, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, and Persian. He specializes in translating Latin American literature into Kurdish and Kurdish literature into various languages, bringing over 100 authors into publication in more than 30 countries. His book-length translations include works by Juan Carlos Onetti, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Bachtyar Ali, Sherzad Hassan, Farhad Pirbal and Dilawar Karadaghi. Additionally, he is a member of Kurdish PEN.

Hannah Fox is a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds, UK, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Her research focuses on literary representations of bibliomigrancy and censorship in twenty-first century world literature. She has a Masters degree from Queen Mary University in London, where she researched Kurdish literature as “minor literature.” Before returning to academia, she worked in various roles in the education and charity sectors and she continues to volunteer as an advocate for refugees in her community.