Farooq Hama Ali Faraj was born in 1970 in Nawi village of Khurmali district of Halabja province. He worked as a farmer and resided in the village. He studied until secondary school.
He joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party's (KDP) fourth branch as a Peshmerga in the Arbat regional committee during the people's uprising in 1991. At that time, Shaheed Akram Hama Ali was in charge of the regional committee.
Farooq participated in the liberation of Barika military base, Zhala military base, Halabja, Arbat district, Sulaimani and Kirkuk.
Farooq Hama Ali Faraj was shot and critically injured on March 20, 1991, during the liberation of Kirkuk, inside the Kirkuk General Security Headquarters. He was then transported to Sulaimani Hospital, where he succumbed to his severe wounds on April 1st, 1991.
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