About

Himan Khorshidi

Portrait of Himan Khorshidi

I am Himan Khorshidi — engineer, researcher, author and entrepreneur. Raised in Iranian Kurdistan, I have lived and worked in six countries: Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Greece, Belgium and Germany. This journey has shaped me not only geographically, but intellectually and humanly.

Each country gave me a different perspective — a different language, a different way of thinking, a different way of living. I have managed hotels, repaired engines, built systems, written books and founded companies. Not because I had to — but because curiosity never let me go.

Today I live in Germany, studying, researching and building — on projects that connect technology and humanity. My work emerges at the intersection of medical engineering, artificial intelligence and culture.

Studies & Academic

Academic Path

  • Hochschule Ruhr WestMaster, Systems Engineering
  • Hochschule Ruhr WestBachelor, Health and Medical Technology
  • Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfMedical Physics
  • Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfChemistry
  • Westfälische Hochschule GelsenkirchenMedical Engineering
  • Hochschule NiederrheinMedical Informatics
  • Payame Noor UniversityAgricultural Mechanization
  • University of KurdistanMechatronics, Robotics & Automation Engineering

Training & Certificates

Practical Training

  • IST University of ManagementHotel Management
  • IST University of ManagementSales Manager
  • IST University of ManagementRevenue Manager
  • Holiday Inn Düsseldorf-NeussHotel Specialist
  • Albrecht-Dürer-BerufskollegHospitality Management
  • IHK DüsseldorfAEVO (Trainer Certificate)
  • IHK DüsseldorfEntry Qualification (EQ)
  • TVTO IranAutomotive Mechanic Level 1 & 2
  • TVTO IranICDL Level 1 & 2

Work — from Iran to Düsseldorf

Professional Experience

I have never only studied. Alongside school and university I worked in a different field every year — not out of necessity alone, but out of curiosity.

Furniture and beds, confectionery, kitchen, tiling, welding, door automation, sales — four months a year, a different field each year. Every job gave me a different language. Not from books, but from hands, materials and people.

In Iran

  • Painter's assistantFamily business
  • Furniture & beds
  • Confectioner
  • Kitchen
  • Tiler
  • Welder
  • Door automation & sales
  • Automotive mechanicRoyal Motors
  • MechanicSAIPA, Tehran
  • Cosmetics sales representativeIran
  • Automotive mechanic & auto electronics

International

  • InterpreterUN, Ankara
  • InterpreterUnited Nations, Ankara
  • Humanitarian WorkSolidarity Now, Greece
  • InterpreterSolidarityNow, Thessaloniki
  • InterpreterMedidus, Düsseldorf

Germany

  • InternshipRheinhotel Vier Jahreszeiten, Meerbusch
  • InternshipHoliday Inn Düsseldorf-Neuss
  • Programme "Chance Handwerk"Düsseldorf
  • Hotel specialistHoliday Inn Düsseldorf-Neuss
  • Service staffRheinturm Restaurant Qomo, Düsseldorf
  • InterpreterOffice for Migration and Integration, Düsseldorf
  • InterpreterHispi, Düsseldorf
  • ReceptionistH-Hotels.com / H2 Hotel Düsseldorf Seestern
  • Front OfficeH2 Hotel Düsseldorf Seestern

Languages

Language as a Tool

Language has always been my first tool. I think in Kurdish, sometimes dream in Persian, work in German and English — and find my way in many other languages when it matters.

Some languages I learn through books, others through people, others through music, films and the cuisines of this world.

SoraniKurmanjiGermanEnglishFarsiTurkishArabicRussianGreekItalianFrenchSpanishKorean

Interests & Further

Further

SportMusicArtLiteraturePhotographyCookingTechnologyTravelFilmArchitecture