Chro Zand
BIO
Biography

Chro is a Kurdish Canadian freelance writer who currently lives in Toronto.  She is the author of, Chro Is My Name, her memoir published in 2021. Her story of Chro Is My Name, is included in the School of Continuing Studies program in the University of Toronto curriculum. she has a diploma of Art and Literature and a Bachelor degree in Journalism.

Chro was born and raised in Sulaimani, Kurdistan by parents with heart of gold. Her marriage ended in divorce after producing a son and a daughter, whom she loves immensely.  She was one of the five million refugees who fled Kurdistan after the April 1991 apprising and genocide against the Kurdistan nation. After the last dinner in 1991, her family never together again, not even for her marriage. A period of residence in Turky, in part once again as a refuge.  She has been a Certified Language Instructor by TDSB since 2003 and the first to teach Kurdish Sorani dialect thought. She won an international short story contest. Earlier in Kurdistan, at the age 16, she received her first award in writing. She was nominated for Miss Kurdistan at the age 17.  

Chro experienced some joy and solid foundation from her father, her grate mentor. Her father become her best friend and her world. Chro's father is a father of federation in her land he wrote 40 books. He is the first person to have written Kurdish Geography, draws a map of his beloved land, having traveled for 13 years on foot through almost all of Kurdistan. 

Chro struggled in her land for her freedom of speech. Her mother's language was prohibited, her native land occupied, and her nation was subjected to genocide. She has the memory of war, her destroyed, looted, and burnt house in the mountains. She has the memory of Halabja, a Kurdish city onto which Saddam's planes dropped poison gas in spring of 1988. She left her homeland. She never saw her first home again as the deadly date hunts her still. 

Once, Chro faced the danger of being tortured and death, she brook into a song often sung by Kurdish. She fell in love with words, and writing short stories become her first focus as a storyteller to write her memoir and share it with with the world. Chro is fascinated by design and love music. Her green thumb and charming garden transform tears into laughter as she longs for new days to come.

ADDRESS
City: Toronto, Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
LANGUAGES
Kurdish, Arabic, and English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
CHRO IS MY NAME
Publisher
Tellwell
Year
2022
AWARDS
Awards
Name
N/A
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Presentation details
Audience Size
Audience size
100 or more
Presentation Genre
Memori
Presentation Length
5 to 7 pages
Presentation Description
Presentation description

A short story from a chapters form my book Chro Is My Name 

A pome from my book Chro Is My Name 

Presentation Fee(s)
$100.00 to $300.00 dollar
School presentation details
Audience Size
100
Intended Audience
level 10 to 12
Presentation Length
5 to 7 pages
Presentation Description
Presentation description

An idea about surviving in was and end up in the land of peace and beauty in Canada. I started over until I achieved many thing,I went to school,  I started to  write in English and publish a book. 

Presentation Fee(s)
$100.00 to $200.00
Programs & Interests
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