founders + ORganizers
Abdulsattar Younis (right) is a CPA, a Kurdish civil servant and the founder of the Erbil Marathon. He graduated from the University of Leicester with a degree in accounting and supports the London’s Arsenal Club. He is the proud father of four daughters and yearns for them to live in a free and open Iraq.
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. Hussein is well-versed guiding and skiing in the Zagros mountains and has helped many prominent journalists with stirues and productions.
Adrian Brune is an American writer based in the UK. She holds journalism degrees from Northwestern University and Columbia University, as well as Global Diplomacy from SOAS, the University of London. In addition to writing about Iraq to change its image, she helps run to charities to benefit Iraqis.
Jakob Fulsgang Hove is driven by improving the quality of life for refugees, immigrants and mentally challenged people and has both led and facilitated several not-profit projects, including Linguista Education to teach refugees languages in Denmrk and the director and owner of Fuglsang Unlimited, which helps refugees and IDPs in Iraq.