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Riband Saadallah is a journalist, photographer, and fixer based in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Gilkend newspaper and has extensive experience covering culture, society, and politics in Iraqi Kurdistan. Riband provides fixing, local production, translation, research, and photography services for international journalists and documentary teams working in Kurdistan, Iraq, and the Iran border region. With strong local networks and deep knowledge of the region, he assists visiting reporters with interviews, logistics, location scouting, and access to communities. He speaks Kurdish, Arabic, English, and Finnish, and is experienced working with foreign media crews, writers, and photographers. Based in Erbil, available across the Kurdistan Region and northern Iraq
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