Behrouz Boochani is a Kurdish-Iranian writer, journalist, scholar and filmmaker. His bestselling and multi-award winning book, No Friend But The Mountains has been published in over twenty countries around the world and has been optioned for a feature film.

Behrouz was a political prisoner incarcerated by the Australian government in Papua New Guinea for almost seven years before escaping to New Zealand in November 2019.

Facebook: Behrouz Boochani
Twitter: @BehrouzBoochani

Photo: Hoda Afshar

Verb Festival 2020 appearances:
6pm, Nov 6: Verb Showcase: The Best Letter I Never Received
6pm, Nov 7: My Personal Library (LitCrawl)
5pm, Nov 8: Behrouz Boochani: In Aotearoa