Who was Nefertitî? Which were her roots? How she was related to Kurdish ancestors? To know about Nefertitî, her life, her believes and legacy we need to dig deep. It is not only about digging layers of earth that until…
Category: Women’s Biographies
Hevrin Khalaf served as the Secretary General of the Future Syria Party after working for many years in Rojava. She was executed by Turkish-backed Ahrar al-Sharqiya fighters near the M4 Motorway south of Tell Abyad during the 2019 Turkish offensive…
Hozan Mizgîn became the symbol of the martyrs of the culture and art movement with her life, struggle and resistance. She became the voice of the Kurdish truth. Gurbet Aydın was born in Batman in 1965, Hozan Mizgîn went to…
Mina Khanim was born in 1908 in Mahabad, Iran. She lost her father and uncle during World War I and the Russian invasion of Kurdistan and Iran. In 1927 and 1928, she met the Kurdish leader Qazi Mohammed and married…
Sekîne Cansız, alias Sara, a leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), was assassinated in Paris, France, on January 9, 2013, by the Turkish state and its allies, along with two other female activists. Cansız’s martyrdom had a huge impact…
Fetane Walidi was born in 1953 in the city of Sine, in Eastern Kurdistan. She is one of the most famous singers in Sine and Eastern Kurdistan. Her father, Mohammed Sharif Walidi, was a famous singer in Sine. Fetane had…
Jina Emini (July 20, 2000, Saqqiz, Eastern Kurdistan – September 16, 2022, Tehran, Iran), known in Persian as Masha Emini, was a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who was arrested by Iranian morality police on September 13, 2022, on the grounds that…
Mir Khanzad was a military commander and ruler of the Soran Emirate in the late 16th or early 17th century. This Kurdish Emirate was established by “Kalos Bag” in 1399. Mir Kalos Bag was from Selahaddin Ayubi’s family and his…
Leyla Walî Hasan, also known as Viyan Soran, was born in Sulaymaniyah in 1981. She is from the Jaff tribe and attended primary and secondary school in Sulaymaniyah. Viyan Soran was dissatisfied with the social system of her region, and…
Encum Yamulki is the daughter of Mustafa Yamulki Pasha. Mustafa Yamulki was born in 1866 in the city of Sulaymaniyah and married Safiye Khanima, the daughter of Hussein Pasha and the sister-in-law of Said Pasha, in 1888. Said Pasha is…