Gharbi M. Mustafa

Gharbi M. Mustafa is a native of Kurdistan and a professor of English at the University of Dohuk. He has personally interviewed Yazidi women who have escaped ISIS, and his novel is based on details of their ordeals as well as his familiarity with Yazidi culture and lore. He is also the author of the self-published, English-language novel When Mountains Weep, based on his own experience growing up in Iraqi Kurdistan under the regime of Saddam Hussein. He lives in Dohuk.