Uncomfortable luggage
![Zaher Mahmud is an ordinary school boy,
living in the provincial capital town
Sulaimania in Iraqi Kurdistan until, at the
age of eleven, his leg is hit by a bullet.
His life derails. In-between odd jobs he is
frequently on the run. At a very early age,
he joins the Kurdish guerrilla. When he is
eighteen, he is hit by a phosphor bomb.
Only because he is admitted into a London
hospital Zaher survives his severe burns.
In 1976 he ends up in the Netherlands as a
refugee. Will Zaher Mahmud be able to pick
up his life again or will the ideas and
spectres from his youth continue to hunt
him? Zaher Mahmud is an ordinary school boy,
living in the provincial capital town
Sulaimania in Iraqi Kurdistan until, at the
age of eleven, his leg is hit by a bullet.
His life derails. In-between odd jobs he is
frequently on the run. At a very early age,
he joins the Kurdish guerrilla. When he is
eighteen, he is hit by a phosphor bomb.
Only because he is admitted into a London
hospital Zaher survives his severe burns.
In 1976 he ends up in the Netherlands as a
refugee. Will Zaher Mahmud be able to pick
up his life again or will the ideas and
spectres from his youth continue to hunt
him?](images/Zaher_Mahmud_Uncomfortable_luggage_crop-3_cover-big.jpg)
Zaher Mahmud is an ordinary school boy,
living in the provincial capital town
Sulaimania in Iraqi Kurdistan until, at the
age of eleven, his leg is hit by a bullet.
His life derails. In-between odd jobs he is
frequently on the run. At a very early age,
he joins the Kurdish guerrilla. When he is
eighteen, he is hit by a phosphor bomb.
Only because he is admitted into a London
hospital Zaher survives his severe burns.
In 1976 he ends up in the Netherlands as a
refugee. Will Zaher Mahmud be able to pick
up his life again or will the ideas and
spectres from his youth continue to hunt
him?
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