Immigration Under The Tyrannical Rule

About the Book

It is a real story. It is the life of a Kurdish man (Saimon Hassan Ali) who suffered discrimination and unfair treatment in his life due to his ethnicity and his political beliefs.

Saimon Hassan Ali has now been living in the UK for nearly  two years as an asylum seeker. All his supports have been terminated by the Home Office for about a year and a half because his application for asylum was turned down. During this period of time he has not been employed.

This book shows how Saddam Hussain and his regime with his oppressive apparatus persecuted and harassed his own people. Under that rule so many people were compelled to leave their home and become refugees in other countries. Also this book shows how Saimon Hassan Ali spent most of his sad life under the rule of that regime.

Saimon wrote this story which took fifteen months and Mr. Oilshad, who lives in Birkenhead town, near to Liverpool, UK helped him a lot. He took the responsibility of writing it in Kurdish , arranging it and doing all the management for translation, printing and publication. Mr. Oilshad was originally from Kurdistan and has lived in the UK for about five years. Mr. Jamal and Mr. Ako both translated this book from Kurdish to English. Mr. Oilshad made all the arrangements for printing and publishing this book with the Milton Keynes Print Company which is close to London.. Mr. Oilshad worked very hard and it has made him very tired. Therefore at the end I have to thank him and all the others who helped very much.

Thanks again!

About the Author

I am Saimon Hassan Ali, born on 14^th May 1977 in Jalawla town, Iraq. I have been called Saimon in our family, but in fact my name is Nawzad.

The majority of the population in Jalawla are Arabs but we are a Kurdish family. My father’s job led us to live in Jalawla.

I wanted so much to complete my education there but my life was so difficult because Saddam Hussain was Arab and he showed favouritism to Arabs and he was very bad for the Kurds. Persecuting Kurds was very easy because of Saddam Hussain. I am from a Kurdish family and from the beginning they wanted us to learn the morals and characteristics of the rule of Saddam Hussain. Neither my father nor I accepted that situation; therefore I was compelled to leave my family, my friends and my country. While I was living in Jalawla and because of my age, I was called for military service. I joined the military service and I served for a long period of time. My father attempted to rescue me. To get me released from the army, therefore, he paid much money as an exemption fee for my release. This was done and I came home.

Because of Saddam Hussain who was very cruel, oppressive and a bloodsucker, my life from childhood and the life of many others was miserable. Everyone likes to have a joyful life with one’s own family; therefore when I left home my parents were crying a lot and I was the same. During my journey to reach a safe country, I passed through different countries and I suffered starvation, tiredness, and difficulties.

I hope not to see ever again that miserable and unpleasant life which I had during my childhood and during the time of doing my military service.