Jila Husseini was born on September 21, 1964 in the city of Saqiz. Jila is the daughter of the arbitrator and scholar Mehran Husseini (Sheikh Mehran). At the age of fifteen, Jila began writing poetry. Jila Husseini owned a rich…
Category: Women’s Biographies
Ronak Murad was born in 1965 in the city of Tirbespiye in West Kurdistan (Rojava). He received a scholarship at a young age and then went to Damascus to study at the Syrian University. At university, he became involved in…
Nermin Osman (Narmin Othman) was born in 1948. Her family belonged to the Kurdish Peshmerga who fought against Saddam Hussein. Her uncle and brother were executed. Her husband (Daro Sheikh Noori) was imprisoned and tortured for 5 years. She and…
The revolutionary and artist Merziye Resazi was born on May 18, 1958 in the eastern Kurdish city of Marivan. Her family originally came from the city of Sine. As a young woman, she influenced the people around her with her…
Hepsexan was born in Sulaimaniya in 1891. She was a politician, philanthropist and women’s rights activist. She is the daughter of Meruf Berzanci and grandson of Ahmed Sheikh, cousin of Sheikh Mahmoud Barzanci and wife of Sheikh Qadir Hafid. Hepsekhan…
Mestura Erdelan is known as a poet, writer and historian. She was born in 1805 in Senendec, Iran. She left behind many historical writings written in Kurdish, Persian and Arabic, and her works of art were followed by many poems….
A kurdish woman who was born in Amad in 1938 into a singer family. But her art and her voice were blocked by her family and they said: For women and girls, singing is a great sin. For this reason,…