OTHMAN ALI is a Canadian Middle East teacher. He haswritten extensively on the history and politics of the Middle East. He holds aPhD from the University of Toronto and a master's degree in InternationalRelations from the University of Guelph-Canada. He was an associate professorin the Department of History and Science, Ryerson University, Toronto, from1994-1998. Currently, he teaches at the Department of History, SalahaddinUniversity, Erbil, Iraq. Dr. Ali is also the president of the Kurdish-Turkish StudiesCenter in the Erbil-Kurdistan region of Iraq and his interest is focused onKurdish history and politics.