While Kurdish-Iranian refugee Behrouz Boochani said the appointments represented a 'great achievement,' they do not erase the pain of having 'lost six years of my life.'
Behrouz Boochani was just 29 years old when he was forced to flee the city he called home over fears of persecution for his work as a journalist and documentarian.
Despite being caught in limbo for six long years, Boochani has managed to win nearly every major literary prize in Australia with his bookwhich details his life in detention based on an account sent to a translator in Sydney via text messages delivered through a contraband mobile phone. As a visiting professor at Birkbeck, Boochani is expected to take part in a number of events via Skype.
Meanwhile, in a statement published online, UNSW Arts & Social Sciences Interim Dean, Associate Professor David Blaazer said he believes Boochani's appointment at the Australian university will help to"deepen our understanding of the diversity of human experience and challenge traditional ways of thinking about the world."
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