She was born in Sulaimani. She is a poet, journalist and genocide activist.
$Degrees$
Bachelor of Philosophy, Baghdad University, College of Arts, 1989
English Language at the British Institute of the British Embassy in Baghdad, 1988
Computers in the Netherlands, 2001
Television program preparation at the Institute of Media in the Netherlands, 2004
Radio production in the league base at Dutch World Radio, 2005
$Membership$
World Poets Movement (poetas del mundo)
World Union of Journalists
Organization of Refugee Journalists in the Netherlands (on-file)
Fortunately, she has admitted that she is not a member of the Kurdish Journalists Union.
She writes weekly articles for several newspapers in both Kurdish and Arabic.
$Books$
• A collection of poems in Sorani called (Gunahe Jiwankan) in the Netherlands in 2001.
• A joint book in Dutch with several other Iraqi poets called Dwaallicht (Sparkling) was published in 2006.
• A joint book with several Iraqi poets in both Dutch and Arabic entitled (Several Iraqi Poets in the Netherlands) was published in 2002.
• Another book with several Iraqi poets in both Dutch and Arabic called (Signs) was published in 2003.
• A collection of poems in Northern Kurdish entitled (Beautiful Sins) was published in Istanbul, Turkey in 2007.
• A book in Kurdish entitled (Concept of Reform in Kurdistan and Reform of the Reform Wing) was published in April 2008.
• A collection of poems in Arabic entitled (طلا و الأظافر) (Nail Paint) published in Cairo/Egypt in 2008.
• Translation of a booklet from Arabic into Kurdish entitled (Article 19 of the Global Campaign for Freedom of Expression – Freedom of Access to Information and Investigative Journalism), published by Chawder in 2009.
• A novel in Arabic called Kharif al-Asabi (Autumn of the Fingers).
• A book about my poetry experience in Kurdish.
• A collection of poems in Kurdish called (Timogen)
$Awards and Honors$
• Anqa International Mobile Prize for Literary Innovation in 2005.
• Honorary Award by the International Association of Arabic Translators and Linguists, among 44 innovators from around the world, January 2008.
$Work Experience in Kurdistan$
• Announcer in Kurdistan People's Television and Radio, 1992 to 1994.
• 1993-1996: Writer and journalist for the Iraqi opposition newspaper Al-Mu'tamir.
• 1992-1996: Reporter for the Kurdistan National Union (KNU) newspaper Al-Ittihad.
$Participations$
• October 16 to 22, 2009, 9th Al-Mutanabbi World Poetry Festival in Switzerland.
• 2008 and 2009 A series of evenings in the Netherlands called (meer worden, meer kleuren) (more words, more colors) in Dutch.
• February 2009, Ongehoord Rotterdam (Unheard Rotterdam) poetry reading festival in the Netherlands with 17 other Dutch poets.
• May 2009, presented 2 lectures to 2 Dutch schools in Utrecht on the journey of experience and creativity with a poetry reading.
• December 11-14, 2008, 3rd Arabic Literature Salon, Brussels, Belgium.
• October 2008 Second Congress of Mass Graves in Najaf, Iraq, at the invitation of Shahid Al-Mihrab Foundation and presentation of a paper entitled (How to fairly compensate women survivors of mass graves in a society based on gender inequality?).
• January 26-28, 2008, First Congress of the International Recognition of Genocide Crimes in Erbil as a member of the Executive Committee of the Congress.
• 2006 Poets from the World Festival between the Netherlands and Belgium.
• 13 June 2009 20th Anniversary of Media Organization in the Netherlands with the participation of (Barzan Hastyar) from Germany and (Sabir Sadiq) from Sweden.
• 2007, First Women's Council Festival in Austria.
• Several other poetry conferences in Kurdish, Arabic and Dutch, with conferences on women.[1]