Habib Kadkhodaei

Habib Kadkhodaei, also known as Habibollah or Farzin Kadkhodaei, was born on 23 September 1992 in Bog, Kaserkand, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Islamic Azad University of Zahedan, which he was awarded in the spring of 2016.

From 2016 to 2018 Habib taught middle- and high-school level mathematics in Kaserkand, but in late 2018 he had to flee his country. He now lives in Germany.

Already during his time in Iran, Habib wrote about social and political issues on weblogs and different websites, but due to the repressive nature of the Iranian regime, he always had to publish under fictitious names. All these writings were in Persian, and although Habib had already become interested in reading and writing in Balochi, he felt that he lacked the tools to do so because his entire education had been in Persian.

In Germany, Habib has continued writing on social and political subjects. His tweets and blogs are quoted in Persian oppositional media, e.g. Zamanehmedia (248) and Iranwire. (249) He is also one of the reporters for the Rasanknews webpage. (250)

The story presented here, Gawlok o Mollá Charsiay Táit (The Spoilt Brat and Mullah Weedhead’s Amulet), tells of a person who, for no good reason, flees his homeland and ends up in an unspecified European country. The story contains many subtle critical observations about both human nature and the European refugee reception system, combined with a good portion of humour.