Derradji, Abder-RahmaneAbder-Rahmane Derradji holds a BA, MA and a PhD in Politics & International relations with other professional and vocational diplomas and certificates. He is a former scholar-researcher and lecturer at the Centre for Euro-Mediterranean Studies at Reading University, UK. Besides his teaching and academic activities previously, in the UK, Poland, Oman, UAE and Indonesia, he writes poetry and took part in a number of competitions. Abder-Rahmane got nominated three times as a semi-finalist in the world poetry contest; and has widely published poems on poetry.com, Lulu.com, and is now a frequent contributor to poetrysoup.com / USA. He is also the author of a number of books, and articles in current affairs and a novella entitled adventures of out of body experience.