About Choman Hardi

Choman Hardi, born in 1974, is a contemporary Kurdish poet. Her father Ahmed Hardi, was also a poet. During her younger years she found herself moving from country to country as a refugee having been born in Irqi Kurdistan. She eventually sought asylum in the UK where she gained a PHd at Oxford University. To date she has four poetry volumes published. Three of these are in Kurdish and one of them is written in English.