Ahmed Binavi is the president of the Kurdistani Diaspora Centre here in Calgary, Canada and also a board member of the Kurdistan Federation of Canada has been nominated by the Canadian Conservatives members of Parliament for the King Charles III’s Coronation Medal in 2024.
Ahmed Binavi is the president of the Kurdistani Diaspora Centre here in Calgary, Canada and also a board member of the Kurdistan Federation of Canada has been nominated by the Canadian Conservatives members of Parliament for the King Charles III’s Coronation Medal in 2024.
Mr. Binavi is a well-known Kurdish Canadian for his activism and willingness to help on a day to day basis, serving not only his Kurdish community but any community in need.
He, like thousands of other Kurds is a survivor from fleeing Anfal in 1988, where he became a refugee in Eastern Turkey, then arriving to Canada as an immigrant in 1994. He always believed that from his first day in Canada, his first duty was to serve his Kurdish community.
In 1996, Mr. Binavi began a Kurdish school where he taught the Kurdish language and culture to more than 70 students, followed by publishing a Kurdish magazine.
For the last 31 years, Mr. Binavi has been very active in