On October 5, 2026, the Metro Center team welcomed Mr. Saadoun Hama Faraj, author of the memoir The Light of Life Under the Execution Pole, Mr. Majid Hama Faraj, Director of Media for the Former Peshmergas, and Saeed Hama Faraj, a former Peshmerga.

The Metro team warmly welcomed them, and the meeting provided an opportunity to shed light on the work and activities of Metro Center.

Mr. Saadoun Hama Faraj also spoke about his new work, which is scheduled to be launched in the coming days at CDO Park in Sulaymaniyah.

The book recounts the experiences of in city activities and struggles, its exposure to the Ba'ath regime, and the arrest of a group of activists of the Iraqi Communist Party in the city of Sulaymaniyah. It also discusses their experience of being tried by the notorious Awad al-Bandar court.

The Metro team wished Mr. Saadoun success for his book-signing ceremony of his memoir.