Mohammed Hassan Abdullah

As a writer, translator and researcher, Mohammed Hassan Abdullah from Iraq, focused on French Literature and poetry. He has translated children's books, French novels and poetry and worked as a French teacher in Iraqi schools. In his homeland he also wrote articles defending democracy.

This, together with his engagement to French literature, led to severe persecution of himself and his family. After harassment and death threats, Mohammed Hassan Abdullah came to Tromsø with his family in 2007.