British-Kurdish Humanitarian Taban Shoresh Wins UNHCR Nansen Award

Taban Shoresh OBE, a British-Kurdish humanitarian based in Hastings, has been named a 2025 Nansen Refugee Award regional laureate by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.

The award recognises her work supporting displaced women and girls in conflict zones through the Lotus Flower charity, which she founded after surviving genocide as a child.

She was previously awarded an OBE in 2024 for services to refugees and displaced people. (Hastings Independent Press / UNHCR)