Dr. Nahro Zagros was born in Iraqi Kurdistan in 1974, and did his doctorate in Anthropology and ethnomusicology at York University (UK).
He is Vice President of Soran University (ranked number 1 in Iraqi Kurdistan), and writes for local and international newspapers and academic journals on Kurdistan’s socio-political affairs within the wider Middle-Eastern context.
His research interests include Middle Eastern politics, cultural anthropology, terrorism and counter-terrorism. Currently based in Kurdistan region of Iraq but works with different research centres in the Middle East, Europe and US.