Early Life
Qubad grew up in Surrey, United Kingdom with his maternal grandparents, Ibrahim Ahmed, a novelist, poet and a founder of the modern intellectual Kurdish movement and Galawejh Ahmed, (also a novelist). After graduating from High School, Qubad took a keen interest in Engineering, and obtained his Diploma in Motor Vehicle Engineering at Carshalton College, and later obtaining his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (majoring in Automotive Systems Engineering) at Kingston University in what used to be part of Surrey but became part of Greater London in 1965.
Throughout the mid-nineties, Qubad worked on and off as a car-mechanic for a dealership that specialized in Lancia, Suzuki and Maserati vehicles.
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