AustLit

Besmellah Rezaee (Hamta) was born in Afghanistan and is an Australian Afghan who studied for a double degree in Law and International studies at the University of Adelaide. In addition, he worked as a Publication officer for Karawaan Organization; he was the executive Director of "Sokhane-nau" magazine, and hosted a show in radio Adelaide called 'Dialogue'. He is the founder and president of AATSA (Association of Australian Tertiary Students from Afghanistan) and also worked as an interpreter with Multilingua ltd. (Source: Mascara Literary Magazine online 2009)