Kurdistan in America

Season 3 Episode 3 - Interview with Ms. Ashti Waissi

March 20, 2022 Kurdistan Regional Government Representation in the United States Season 3 Episode 3

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The Kurdistan in America podcast is honored to have Ms. Ashti Waissi as its guest this month.

Ms. Waissi is Legislative Assistant at the Canadian Parliament and a former staff assistant to the Co-Founder of the Parliamentary Friends of the Kurds Group, Mr. Tom Kmiec, MP for Calgary Shepard. She has a dual degree in Political Science and Sociology.  

Ms. Waissi's family is from Iranian Kurdistan, but she was born in a refugee camp in Iraq. She tells us her experience living in the camp and the challenges of integrating into Canadian society. She also shares some new and surprising information on the Kurdish diaspora in Canada.