Leyla Qasim, who is known as “Leyla of Kurdistan”, “The hero of her people who love their country”, was executed in Baghdad on May 12, 1987 by the Iraqi Ba’ath regime. Today, she is a symbol of courage and resistance…
Category: Women’s Biographies
Margaret George Shello was a Christian Assyrian woman, born on 21 January 1942 in the village Dūra, located in the mountainous Barwari region in the Duhok Governorate. Shello had a sister (Rosa) and a brother. Her father was recruited to…
Rewshan Bedirxan was born on July 11, 1909 in Kayseri, Turkey. She was a Kurdish teacher and writer. She was the daughter of Mir Bedirxan’s nephew Azizi. Rewshan Bedirxan continued her education in Damascus and Jordan and became one of…
Jihan Ara Paweyi, daughter of Mullah Nesh’at Pawi, was born in Pawe in 1895. Her family was basically an artistic and scientific family. Jihan Ara studied with her father and the scholars of the time and had a knowledge of…
Rihan Khanim of Lorestani (5th century) a poetess who was attracted by the love of God (Ezdanî). Her poetry was illuminated by the light of the world and purified by the ages and the sun. The name of this bright…
Adile Khani Jaff was born in Sanandaj in 1847. This is the second largest city in the east. The Jaff tribe is the largest tribe in Kurdistan and is home to the Zagros region, which is divided between Iran and…
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…
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…