Draft:Azad Hamad Sharif

Azad Hamad Sharif (ئازاد حەمە شەریف) is an academic, author, and lexicographer based in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. He holds a Ph.D. in English Literature, specializing in Dystopian Literature, from Koya University (2008).

Publications
His works include "Jamil Saib: A Collection of Critical Essays" (2012), "Extra-terrestrial Beings" (1988), "Singing on the Lap of Death: A Collection of Modern Kurdish Poems" (1991), "Newekar" - a course book for learning English (2001, 2005), and "The Games of the Authority (Gemekany Deselat)" - three plays (2008). Additionally, he has authored "Azad’s Advanced Dictionary" (English – Kurdish), featuring 100,000 words.

Sharif has translated a variety of works into Kurdish include, A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (2012). , Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (2017). , Shakespeare's Macbeth, and "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare (2018), among others.