Savan Abdulrahman is a Research Assistant at the Centre for Gender and Development Studies at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani. She is currently working on an LSE research project on the Roots of Masculinity. Savan is the editor-in-chief at DidiMn, a Kurdish cultural website. She is also a literary translator. Savan has worked in consultation with the director of Zheen Archive to select and translate Piramerd’s selected prose and poetry into English. Her translated work has also appeared in M—Dash, Mask Magazine, and The Militant. DidiMn has published her book “Translation: An Act More Than Changing Words” and May68 Youth Group has published her translated book “Universities in a Neoliberal World.”

March/April 2022 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes