طبيب أستشاري يعمل في المملكة المتحدة. وهو ينحدر من اسرة آمنت بالتعليم كضرورة وحق انساني للجميع وسعت لتحقيق ذلك، كما آمنت بتوفير مستلزمات الصحة كأساس لبناء مجتمع مطمئن وأقتصاد متقدم.  

Dr. Aimen Al-Hassani 

Dr Aimen Al-Hassani is a Consultant Anaesthetist practicing in the U.K. 

He was raised in Baghdad Iraq before he moved to the U.K. to train in his specialty. His family predecessors had a long record in upholding the human right for access to education and providing it for all young men and women alike. They also believed in the fundamental right of providing a health system that constituted an important pillar in building a modern Iraqi state in the middle of the twentieth century.

Dr. Al-Hassani is the author of this Arabic book translated as ‘Biography of a Patriot’.  His book is based on his late Grand Father’s (maternal side) personal archives that he left behind when he died in the early part of the 1950’s. He also included material owned by various family members as well as their lasting memories.

Whilst the author narrates the life of his grandfather, he takes us through the journey of changes that took place in the early part of the twentieth century that led to the birth of several countries including Iraq. The book takes the readers to understand how patriotic feelings emerged among the communities living in Mesopotamia in the newly established boundaries of Iraq leading to the birth of a national identity hand in hand with their the original pan-Arab identity.

His grand father was an educator who served as a teacher, then as an inspector and as an author of two important books in the 1920’s discussing all aspects of educational provisions with data and highlighting the rights and wrongs in education based on evidence and reflections. While working as a teacher he participated in the 1920 revolution against the British army. He edited the official newspaper for the fighting nationalists. Thereafter, he continued to write as a journalist opposing any inappropriate actions taken by consecutive governments.  

This biography discusses the development of journalism with the evolution of modern political life as a necessity for the opposition to earlier governments. 

Contained as part of this book are two books written by his grandfather.