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Karzan Aziz Mahmood
Iraq/Kurdistan – Sulaimaniah
Karzan.mahmood@komar.edu.iq & al400943@uji.es
Tel: +9647725538040
Current Position: Director of The Center Intensive English Program at Komar University of Science and Technology
Education and qualifications:
Ph.D. in English Literature (2019-present Jaume I University - Spain)
2013-2014 Swansea University (UK)
Master’s Degree/ English Literature
Modules included: Romantic Sublime, Trauma, Modernist Writers, Fascism, and Fascism in Europe.
2007 – 2011 University of Sulaimaniah
Bachelor’s Degree/ English Language Department
Modules included: Translation theory, translation Practice, translator training, Educational Psychology, General Psychology, Novel, Short Story, Drama, Poetry, Methodology, etc.
2004 – 2007 New Kurdistan School (High school)
Work experience
I was the facilitator of two Iraqi groups in 2021 and 2022 with the USA university students in two programs supported by the Stevens Initiative, IREX, which were sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S. Government titled:
1. Global Solutions Conversation
2. Global Solutions Sustainability Challenge 2015 to the present.
English literature, language, and translation instructor at Komar University of Science and Technology, and now I teach at institutes of different names with no specific employment commitments from 2016 to the present.
I have worked as a translator and interpreter. I have translated 9 books from English to Kurdish. Few manuals and handouts from Kurdish to English. Additionally, I have interpreted at more than 5 conferences and events.
2015-2016 English language trainer at LafargeHolcim.
2014-2016 External trainer and consultant- International Rescue Committee.
I assumed the position of "Child Protection Trainer" with the International Rescue Committee for 8 months. After that, I conducted tens of training for organizations and companies. My training mostly ranged from Child Protection Concept to Case Management. In addition, I worked as an external consultant with IRC lately where I consulted two CPC training, one advanced case management, and one case management.
2011 to present, I have been a legal translator; educational, cultural, academic translator, and interpreter as well.
2008 to present, teaching English Courses, EILTS, TOEFL- at Cambridge College in Sulaimaniyah, Youth Centre, Plan Institue
I have taught those courses to more than two hundred students in 14 courses.
2007 to present, translator and interpreter.
Since 2007, I have translated hundreds of articles from English to Kurdish and now I have seven books translated and published from English to Kurdish and written two books in Kurdish.
2015, fixer and translator with Sky News and BBC. I worked with Sky News in the Peshmarga-ISIS front lines and many other places.
2011 - Admin and Logistics- Save the Children International.
I worked with Save the Children International as Admin and Logistics for three months, but later as I was one of the top tens in the university, I could take part in a linguistics course for exactly one year, so I could not continue in the position as the new opportunity was related to my MA opportunity if I could that course.
2008-2010- Mercy Corps Facilitator
For three years I was the facilitator of Kalar Group with Mercy Corps. My position was a voluntary one for being accountable for many duties such as environmental activities, seminars and dialogues, international active membership about the environment online, video conferencing, proposals, and undertaking general community services.
2007-2010 - Founder of the Youth Acculturation Project
In 2007, with four of my friends, I decided to establish this independent project for general awareness dissemination among the youths of my city and some other towns and cities. We arranged more than 500 seminars, dialogues, debates, and courses for hundreds of people ranging from health awareness to social, political, philosophical, and scientific awareness. I presented more than ten topics to the group. The number of people each time attended was not less than 15 people and sometimes it reached 200 people in one single meeting.
2000-2007 - Active Member of Save the Children Kurdistan. I remember that I was too young when I joined this very active children's organization. I have learned lots of things from here especially from the head as he loved children and loved to serve them. I first started with them by reading poems, theatre, and singing. Then, I became a member and was responsible for lots of arrangements with some masters and the head. Later, I became an active member and presented Children's TV shows and Radio Programs. The total number of my programs was 700.
Certificates & degrees
• MA in English in the UK
• Bachelor in the English Language and Literature at Sulaimani University
• Before access to my master’s course, I got 6.5 in IELTS.
• Special Four Weeks IELTS Course in the UK.
• Advanced English Certificate in the UK.
• 5 Weeks Academic University Preparation Course in the UK.
• Diploma in NLP
• Certificate of International Civil Society Trainer.
• Mercy Corps Appreciation Certificate of working with them
• Child Protection and trainer
• Case Management and trainer
• Child Protection Concept Trainer
• two ToTs Certificate
• Publich Speaker and Communication Skills
• Office certificate
• Journalism Certificate
• Philosophy Course Certificate
Languages
• Kurdish – native speaker
• English – Fluent
• Arabic – not bad(reading, listening and little speaking)
• Persian- not bad (reading, listening and speaking)
Computer skills
• Using all office programs easily and very well
• Fast in typing 50 WPM
Hobbies
• Tennis Table
• Football
• Cinema
• Reading
• Translating
• Cooking
• Travelling
• Singing
• Teaching
References
• bryar.esmail@komar.edu.iq Komar University HR.
• Bayad Taha IRC Senior HR (07701942391) Email (bayad.taha@resue.org)
• Aso Salih LafargeHolcim Learning and Development Manager (07701532424) (aso.salih@lafargeholcim.com)
• IRC "Heather" protection and education coordinator (07704782819)
• Mercy Corps ‘Nazim Othman’ (+964 770 191 5859)Nazimothman@gmail.com
• Intenational Rescue Committee (0770 509 6977) Darya.Kawa@rescue.org
• Kurdistan Children NestOld Manager‘Muhammad Sabir’(+964 770151 0684) shanoy_kalar@yahoo.com
• Wano Centre Managaer for IELTS and English Courses ‘ Garmyan Aziz’(+964 770 355 8732)
Garmyan1986@yahoo.com
• Kalar Youth Centre Manager ‘Nabaz Hamid’: (+964 770 504 5636)
• Tawar Radio Old Manager ‘Azad Othman’ (+964 770 192 3669)azadosman@yahoo.se
• Chairman of the Youth Acculturation Project ‘ Barzan Amin’ (+964 770 540 2504)
• The Stevens Initiative programs: bmuhamadali@irex.org
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