founders + ORganizers

Abdulsattar Younis (right) is a CPA, a former Kurdish civil servant and the founder of the Erbil Marathon.  Her graduated from the University of Leicester,

Omar Hussein (left) is the founder of VI Kurdistan, a travel and tourism agency in Northern Iraq. He studied international affairs at the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr.

Adrian Brune is an American writer based in the UK. She has regularly visited Iraq since 2015 and writer several articles about its development following the US invasion.

To donate money, go to the Darashakran Run Club Just Giving Page or the Peshmerga Park Tennis Team Just Giving Page or contact Adrian Brune at ambrune@gmail.com for a donation of lightly used running shoes, clothes and other gear.