Robin Fakhari is an independent writer, researcher and artist. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and a master’s degree in American Studies, and is currently specializing in Kurdish Studies. His research interests include political studies, cultural studies, discourse analysis, power relations, sovereignty and identity, sociology of art, literary studies and critical theory. A trained classical pianist, he has over a decade of experience as a music instructor and has contributed to art scholarship as Editor-in-Chief of Contemporary Arts magazine, published by the University of Kurdistan, and as editor of The History of Contemporary Kurdish Art and Chiya Aesthetics. His master’s thesis, “The Birth of Music from the Soul of Tragedy: An Afro-American Study,” examines the emergence of jazz music through the frameworks of jazz diplomacy, power relations and Foucaultian theory.