Asaf Duraković

Dr. Asaf Duraković (born May 16, 1940 in Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Croatian physician who is an expert in depleted uranium. . He is also a poet.

Duraković lost his father in 1945 as he perished in the Bleiburg massacre while serving in the Croatian army.

Duraković was educated at the University of Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia where he earned both master's and doctoral degrees. During this time he worked at the Ruđer Bošković Institute. Afterwards he continued with post-doctoral work at Oxford University before attending McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. He worked at the University of Toronto, the University of Washington, and Rochester University.

In 1990, he was one of the founders of the Croatian Muslim Democratic Party, formed in Zagreb.

Duraković was one of the founders of the Toronto-based Uranium Medical Research Centre and is its Medical Research Director. In 2000, Duraković was commissioned by the Pentagon to study the Gulf War syndrome. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Croatian Medical Journal and also a contributor.

Poetry

 * Dark Sea-Weeds
 * Smoke and Mist
 * Paths of Ahasver

Politics

 * From Bleiburg to Moslem Nation (Vedrina, Toronto, 1972)
 * Status of Moslem People in Croatian National Community (Vedrina, Toronto, 1973)