Aso wishes to remain anonymous. F. Mehrban was born in the south of Iran and before becoming a writer worked in a big company for more than twenty years. She started writing when she was a child and had many short stories and poems published in magazines in Iran. She came to England in 2002. Kadour Milnyali is originally from Algeria. As a stateless person he has lived in many countries and wishes to settle permanently in the UK so that he can fully develop his creative talent in painting and writing. David C. Byrne is a Manchester based writer with a lengthy and rewarding experience of teaching Refugee / asylum seekers for about 10 years. His completed portfolio entitled ‘Foreign Bodies’ for the MMU was mainly based on issues and lives that he has met throughout his career. He is also a performance poet with verve and wit that likes to convey the truth about what he does and those who make him do it. Sylva Portoian-Shuhaiber is a pediatrician trained in England, who has articles in well-known medical journals: Lancet, Archives of Diseases in Childhood, Tropical Pediatrics, Annals of Genetics (Paris), Journal of Inherited Metabolic Diseases and Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. She has presented her medical publications at international medical conferences. She started rhyming at age seven and discontinued after specializing in medicine. Recently she was able to start once again and has released eight collections of poetry in less than a two-year period. Each book breathes a genuine, passionate new poetic story that may be modified to a humanitarian theory. Bekele D. Woyecha is a Human Rights Activist currently living in Wales. He is originally from Ethiopia and fell in love with writing during his high school and university days in Addis Ababa in late 80s and early 90s. He has written on a range of issues and relishes writing. Stephen Mead’s poems began appearing in literary journals in the 1990s, but after moving to Massachusetts, Stephen concentrated on painting. In 2000 Stephen started seeking publication again for his writing and art combined.
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