Soran Ismail

Soran Ismail (born December 3, 1987 in Iran), is a Swedish-Iranian comedian, TV-personality and author of Kurdish descent who as an immigrant grew up in Knivsta, Uppsala County and lived most of his life in Sweden.[1] He is well known for his participation in several TV- and radio shows with a humour profile and has toured Sweden together with Magnus Betnér with a show called En skam för Sverige (A Shame for Sweden).[2] His various television projects includes the documentary Absolut svensk (Absolutely Swedish) where he examines ethnic identity and every day racism in Sweden.[3] This is also the title of his book released in 2017 (Absolut svensk : en ID-handling).[4]

Soran Ismail in November 2016

Iron pipe scandal

One late night in 2010, Ismail was filmed by Kent Ekeroth when arguing in the street with Ekeroth and two other high-profile members of the Sweden Democrats in an incident known as the iron pipe scandal. In November 2012, the video was leaked to the newspaper Expressen, and the video of the Sweden Democrats provoking Ismail caused such outrage that the latter (by then all members of the Swedish parliament) were forced to resign from their positions in the party. Chief Prosecutor Mats Åhlund also initiated a preliminary investigation concerning racial agitation charges.[5]

Private life

Soran Ismail has a daughter (born 2014) with a woman he has separated from.[6] In Sweden he is a high-profile Liverpool supporter.[7]

Bibliography
  • Absolut svensk : en ID-handling (2017), ISBN 9789146233787 [8]

TV and radio

References

Notes
  1. http://www.thelocal.se/20121122/44590
  2. Ismail och Betnér åker på turné med ”En skam för Sverige 2”, Dagens Nyheter, April 5, 2016
  3. Absolut svensk Samhällsprogram med Soran Ismail”, Sveriges television, 2015
  4. Bokrecension: Soran Ismail om rasisten i oss alla”, Dagens Nyheter, September 21, 2017
  5. Police to probe shamed Sweden Democrats, Sweden edition of The Local, November 17, 2012
  6. Soran Ismail ska bli pappa - och separerar, Aftonbladet, May 19, 2014
  7. Kändissupportern: "Det finns bara ett lag för mig", Nyheter24, November 4, 2011
  8. Absolut svensk : en ID-handling”, Bonniers bokklubb, 2017
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