Yerevan Saeed

2323 San Antonio St Apt 1224  Austin, TX 78705 Cell: (512) 705-7424  [email protected]

EDUCATION The University of Texas at Austin Dec 2009 B.A., Political science, Concentration: International Relations . Minor: History GPA 3.5572

Suleimanya Central Teacher Institute June 2002 Associate Degree: English

Work US National Public Radio Iraq EXPERIENCE / /Professional Translator (Feb 2005- Apr 2007) • Covered political and economical events in Northern Iraq. • Interviewed High ranking Political and military officials. • Strengthen favorable personal contacts with Iraqi officials. • Translated from Kurdish-Arabic into English and visa versa. • Worked in the ultraviolent cities of Kirkuk and Mosel.

The New York Times Iraq Stringer/ Fixer/ Professional Translator (May 2003-Apr 2007) • Covered Political and economical events in Northern Iraq. • Setting up appointments with Officials for interviews. • Translated from Kurdish-Arabic into English and visa versa. • Worked in the ultraviolent city of Kirkuk.

Aljazeera International Iraq Fixer/ Professional Translator/ Driver (Fall 2006) • Setting up appointments with Officials for interviews. • Translating from Kurdish-Arabic into English and visa versa.

Wall Street Journal Iraq Fixer/Professional Translator (Summer 2006) • Setting up appointments with Officials for interviews. • Translated from Kurdish-Arabic into English and visa versa. • Interviews with the Public.

Channel 4 UK Iraq Fixer/Professional Translator (Summer 2006) • Setting up appointments with Officials for interviews. • Translated from Kurdish-Arabic into English and visa versa.

BBC World Iraq Fixer/ Professional Translator (Sep, 2005) • Setting up appointments with Officials for interviews. • Translated from Kurdish-Arabic into English and visa versa. • Interviews with the Public.

National Geographic Iraq Fixer/Professional Translator/Driver (Summer 2005) • Setting up appointments with Officials for interviews. • Translated from Kurdish-Arabic into English and visa versa. • Interviews with the Public.

Vega Newspaper of Norway Iraq Fixer/professional translator (March 2005) • Live translation of court cases • Translated interviews with the Public.

Halabja General Trading Company Iraq Public Relation coordinator/ translator (Summer Fall 2003) • Conducted multiple communication tasks. • Sending and receiving emails about purchases and sales between offices of Iraq, Dubai and China. • Developed relations with the other Global Trading Companies.

Patriotic Union of Kurdistan foreign relations Iraq Translator (Summer 2002) • Received foreign delegations. • Arranged accommodations and their daily duties. • Translated from English into Kurdish and visa versa. • Wrote reports about their duties.

ADDITIONAL Translator/fixer for , Knight Rider, Institute of War and Peace EXPERIENCE Reporting, Globe, New Yorker Magazine and Bask TV of Spain and Writing for the local newspapers.

Internship Strategic Forecasting Company Austin, TX Researcher/ Translator (Sep-2009-Present) • Researching about the World events and Energy conditions in the Middle East. • Translating pieces from Arabic and Kurdish into English.

COMPUTER Proficient in Windows XP, Vista and software problem solving. SKILLS Skilled in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, and Internet Research Tools.

LANGUAGES Kurdish (Native), Arabic (Fluency), English (Fluency), Farsi (good), German (proficiency)

Awards: Awarded a fully funded scholarship to obtain the Bachelor's degree in Political science by the Institute of International Education (Funded by ExxonMobil) under the “Iraqi Scholars and Leaders Program”

Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding academic performance by German Department of The University of Texas-Austin for Fall 2007

References Ivan Watson, CNN, [email protected] phone No: +905364755332 Luke Harding, The Guardian, [email protected] Rich Oppel, , [email protected] Sebastian Walker [email protected] Philip Shishkin, Wall Street Journal, [email protected] Ed Kashi, National Geographic, [email protected] Anne Garrels, National Public Radio, agarrels@.org