Originally from Duhok, Kurdistan-Iraq, Zaid Brifkani has lived in the United States since 1996 and currently resides in the Nashville area. A physician with board certification in Internal Medicine, Nephrology, and an additional subspecialty in Kidney and Pancreas transplant, Dr. Brifkani practices as a Transplant Nephrologist in Cookeville, TN, and manages several outpatient dialysis clinics as a medical director.
In addition to medicine, Dr. Brifkani has a strong passion for writing and has released his first novel The Mountains We Carry, a story of a Kurdish family's struggle to escape persecution in Iraq.
Dr. Brifkani also enjoys working with youth and students through Kurdish Professionals, a non-profit organization based in Tennessee.
In his off-time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and three kids.
In our conversation we discuss his life growing up in Duhok, and his inspiration for writing his novel.
The Mountains We Carry: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/59217367-the-mountains-we-carry
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