An expert on Kurdistan and the Middle East, Loqman is a UK-based researcher who has spent over a decade extensively focusing on the Kurdistan issue and the international legal aspects of the right to self-determination for peoples and nations. Rojava’s Democratic Confederalism and its ‘Social Contract’ in Western Kurdistan were also central to his studies. Loqman holds a Ph.D. in Law and is the author of the monograph ‘Towards an Independent Kurdistan: Self-Determination in International Law’ (Routledge 2023), which offers a Middle Eastern perspective on the right of self-determination and represents the first comprehensive historico-legal account of Kurdish aspirations for an independent Kurdistan (i.e., statehood) in international law. He has made contributions to Australian Institute of International Affairs and various press outlets, including ABC News, The National, Die Zeit, SRF (Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen), and Times of Israel. Recently, he has been focusing on the Jina revolution in Eastern Kurdistan, the war in Ukraine, Scotland’s independence, and the conflict in the Middle East. Previously, Loqman was a lecturer in Eastern Kurdistan, where, between 2008 and 2017, he taught various courses on international law.
