Biography

Born Falakaddin Kakayi in the city of Kirkuk in 1943. He was a follower of the Yarsani religion and from the Mustafa'i Sayyids. His father, Sayyid Sabir Sayyid Hamud (1907-1988), was a tribal chief and a poet. He joined middle school in the city of Kirkuk in 1957. He published his first Kurdish story in 1962 in the newspaper Vin, Sulaymaniyah edition, under a pseudonym. He married Wasfiya Rashad Sulaiman. He began writing in Arabic in newspapers and magazines in Year 1964, and in Year 1964 he was accepted into the Media Department at the University of Baghdad. He wrote his first novel in Arabic titled (Lottery Ticket) in Year 1966. In 1967, he dedicated most of his writings to environmental protection and was known as one of the activists in this field. He took refuge in Iran in 1975 after the setback of the Aylul Revolution and remained there until 1991. He returned to Kurdistan after the uprising of our people and resided in the city of Erbil. He passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, and was laid to rest in Pirmam. He was fluent in Kurdish, Arabic, Turkmen, Persian, and English.

Struggle Pages

Joined Falakaddin Kakayi the ranks of the General Union of Iraqi Students in 1957. He presented activities in the Farmers' Union affiliated with the Iraqi Communist Party in Kirkuk in 1960. He completed the preparatory stage - scientific section in 1962. He worked in 1960 with the Military Committee of the Iraqi Communist Party in the city of Kirkuk. He joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Year 1965. He began working at the Al-Ta'akhi newspaper, which was issued by the Kurdistan Democratic Party, as a reporter and writer, and he published his writings under pseudonyms (A. Pershang), Khidir Rasho, and Al-Hallaj. He published an article under his name in the Arabic Al-Ta'akhi newspaper on Monday, May 22, 1967, and in the same year, he published articles under the pseudonym (Al-Hallaj). He was imprisoned in 1967 by the Iraqi authorities. He published his first novel in Arabic titled (Lottery Ticket) in 1967. In 1967, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga Forces. In 1970, he held the position of editorial secretary of the Al-Ta'akhi newspaper. In 1972, he became a member of the editorial board of the Shams Kurdistan magazine in its Arabic section. He was honored in 1972 by Idris Mustafa Sheikh Muhammad (1944-1987), known as Idris Barzani in appreciation of his struggle and sacrifices. On March 31, 1974, he signed the protest memorandum regarding the Iraqi authorities' seizure of the headquarters of the Al-Ta'akhi and Brayati newspapers. In 1974, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga Forces. On April 18, 1974, he was a Delegate for the Peace Palace Congress of the Kurdish Writers Union near Choman district in Erbil Governorate. In 1974, he was the editor-in-chief of the Voice of Kurdistan radio. 

In Year 1979, he was a Member of the Committee overseeing the Ninth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In Year 1979, he was elected by the Congress Representatives of the Ninth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party as a Member of the Central Committee. At the end of Year 1979, he was writing news, articles, and press investigations in both Arabic and Kurdish under the name (Sabir). In 1980, he became responsible for the Media Department of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1981, he gave lectures on the subject of the approach to students of the seventh session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Institute in the village of Razhan in Eastern Kurdistan. Between the years 1981 and 1991, he held membership in the editorial board and then the editor-in-chief position of the Khabat newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party for the mountain phase. He became a member of the Politburo of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Year 1985. On July 16, 1985, he was elected responsible for the Media Department and a member of the Relations Department. From November 30, 1985, until April 3, 1986, he was teaching the subject of the JAWAD Front, its project, and the media of the Kurdistan Democratic Party at the eighth session of the Party Cadre Institute in the village of Razhan in Eastern Kurdistan. In 1986, he was a member of the Iraqi Democratic Writers, Journalists, and Artists Association. In 1988, he was elected the first supervisor of the Kurdistan Front Media Office. In 1989, he printed the book (Gaddafi and the Kurdish Issue) under the pseudonym (Sabir Ali Ahmed). In 1989, he was elected Member of the Central Committee by the Congress Representatives of the 10th Congress of the Party of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. At the end of 1989, he held the position of editor-in-chief of the Bang magazine, the mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Writers Association. In 1989, he published his writings under the pseudonym (Sabir Ahmed) in the Al-Nidal newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On January 13, 1990, he was appointed responsible for Kurdish relations and responsible for the Media Department in the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

In 1991, he was appointed a member of the Preparatory Committee for the Kurdistan National Council election process by the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On November 15-17, 1991, he was elected Deputy Head of the Kurdish Writers Union at its seventh congress (Freedom Congress). From December 16, 1991, until February 18, 1992, he was a lecturer on media and human rights at the ninth session of the Party Cadre Institute in Pirmam sub-district in Erbil Governorate. In 1991, he was a member of the Election Committee in the Kurdistan Democratic Party for the Kurdistan National Council election process. In 1992, he became Deputy Head of the Kurdish Writers Union. He became a member of the Kurdistan National Council in 1992 from the Kurdistan Democratic Party list. On July 7, 1992, he was a member of the Heritage Committee and Head of the Relations Committee at the Kurdistan National Council, first session. On July 22, 1992, he was acting Head of the Yellow Bloc at the Kurdistan National Council. On Sunday, August 16, 1992, he published articles in the Khabat newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. From 1993 until 2003, he was editor-in-chief of the Khabat newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1993, he was a member of the Preparatory Committee for the Eleventh Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1993, he was appointed Head of the Recommendations and Decisions Committee of the Eleventh Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party- Unified. On August 22, 1993, he was unanimously elected Member of the Central Inspection and Oversight Body by the Delegates of the Eleventh Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party- Unified. From 1993 until 2001, he was editor-in-chief of the Khabat newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party for the public phase. On Monday, October 18, 1993, he was received, accompanied by the Central Inspection and Oversight Body, by the President Masoud Barzani.

In Year 1993, he published an article in the Al-Mu'tamar newspaper in Arabic. At the end of Year 1985, he authored a book (Gaddafi and the Kurdish Issue) under the pseudonym (Sabir Ali Ahmed) and prepared it for printing in Year 1986, and its printing was completed in Year 1989. In Year 1997, he presented a seminar on the Kurdistan Parties to the students of the tenth session of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Cadre Institute in the city of Erbil. On September 26, 1996, he was appointed Minister of Culture in the third cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government. On September 23, 1997, he resigned from his membership in the Kurdistan National Council.

In the spring of Year 1999, he was appointed head of the Preparatory Committee for the Twelfth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and then a member of the committee overseeing the Twelfth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In Year 1999, he was an advisor to the President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. On May 15, 1999, he was awarded the Immortal Barzani Medal by President Masoud Barzani in recognition of his struggle in the September and Gulan revolutions, the uprising of South Kurdistan, and the sovereignty phase. On December 20, Year 1999, he took the legal oath before the Kurdistan National Council as Minister of Culture in the fourth cabinet. On Wednesday, July 4, 2000, he inaugurated the Mukriyani Printing and Publishing Institution in the city of Erbil. On Tuesday, January 30, 2001, he participated in the Second Congress of the Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate in the city of Erbil. On August 15, 2001, he resigned from the position of Minister of Culture in the Kurdistan Regional Government. On August 15, 2001, he began as Minister of the Region in the fourth cabinet. On Tuesday, January 31, 2001, he participated in the Second Congress of the Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate in the Media Hall in the city of Erbil.

In Year 2002, he was appointed a member of the Supreme Committee for the Centennial of the Immortal Barzani. On November 12, 2002, he became a member of the Preparatory Committee for the Kurdistan National Council elections. On November 3-5, 2002, he participated, accompanied by President Masoud Barzani  , in the Hejar Mukriyani Congress held by the Ministry of Culture of the Kurdistan Regional Government in the city of Erbil. In April 2003, he was the concessionaire for the Nûşefeq and Basere magazines. From April 2003 until 2005, he was the editor-in-chief of the Arabic Al-Ta'akhi newspaper in its third term, which was published in Baghdad after the fall of the regime of Saddam Hussein (1937-2006), known as Saddam al-Tikriti. In Year 2003, he was a delegate to the General Congress of Kurdistan Journalists in the city of Erbil. On May 7, 2006, he held the position of Minister of Culture in the Kurdistan Regional Government. In Year 2009, he was the general supervisor of the Turkyanasi magazine. In Year 2010, he was the head of the Kurdish-Turkish Fraternity Association and the concessionaire for the Turkyanasi magazine.  

 

Among his works: 

  1. Lottery Ticket - (First Edition - 1967), (Second Edition - 2008).

  2. A Brief on Kurdish Theater - 1984.

  3. Quiet Don - (First Edition - 1984), (Second Edition - 2007), translated from Persian to Kurdish, written by Mikhail Sholokhov, the Russian novelist.

  4. On Education in Kurdistan and in the Mountains - 1985.

  5. The March of Frontal Work of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Iraq (1975 - 1988) - 1988. 

  6. The Caravan of Frontal Work - 1985.

  7. How They Taught Us Hatred - 1985.

  8. On Education in Iraqi Kurdistan - 1986.

  9. A People Without a Newspaper - 1988.

  10. A People Without a Daily Newspaper - 1988.

  11. Al-Zamir - 1998, Part Two

  12. Gaddafi and the Kurdish Issue - (Mountain Edition - 1989), (First Edition - 2008), (Second Edition - 2015), he published this work under the pseudonym Sabir Ali Ahmed and it was called Part One, (Second Edition - 1991), (Third Edition - 2008).

  13. Kaf Notebook - (First Edition - 2001), (Second Edition - 2013)

  14. In Its Own Color, Far From Politics - (First Edition - 2005), (Second Edition - 2015).

  15. Al-Zamir - 2007, Part One.

  16. Zoroastrian Light - (Edition - 2008), (Second Edition - 2011), (Third Edition - 2015). In Year 2009, a translation of this work into the Northern Kurmanji dialect was published in the city of Amed.

  17. How They Teach You Hatred - 2010.

  18. Conscience and Freedom - (First Edition - 2007), (Second Edition 2010), (Third Edition - 2015), Volume One.

  19. Conscience.

  20. The Glass House of the Middle East - (First Edition - 2010), (Second Edition - 2015).

  21. Hallajiats (A Glowing Awakening in the Presence of Al-Hallaj) - (First Edition - 2010), (Second Edition - 2015). In Year 2014, it was translated into Kurdish by Sherzad Heini and published under the title Hallajiats.

  22. Celebrating Existence - (First Edition - 2010), (Second Edition - 2015). 

  23. Awakening - (First Edition - 2010), (Second Edition - 2015).

  24. Home of Light, (First Edition - 2010), (Second Edition - 2015).

  25. Awareness - (First Edition - 2011), (Second Edition - 2015). 

  26. Moment of Wisdom - 2011. In Year 2014, it was translated into Kurdish by Sherzad Heini under the title Moment of Consciousness and published.

  27. Spiritual Revolution (First Edition - 2010), (Second Edition - 2012), (Third Edition - 2015). In Year 2016, it was translated into Kurdish by Sherzad Heini under the title Spiritual Coup and published.

  28. Moment of Consciousness - 2014.

  29. Complete Works - Nine Volumes - 2015.

  30. Collected Works - Nine Volumes - 2015.

  31. The Hidden Secret - (First Edition - 2015), (Second Edition - 2016).

  32. For Whom Do Flowers Bloom? - (First Edition - 2012), (Second Edition - 2015). In Year 2016, it was translated into Kurdish under the title For Whom Do Flowers Bloom?.

  33. Days of Rojan Idris Piroze - 2016.

  34. Politics and Philosophy - 2019.

  35. Kurdistan and Neighboring Countries - 2019.

  36. Land Notebook.

Sources:

  1. Archive of the Encyclopedia Authority of the Kurdistan Democratic Party

  2. Berhem Ali and Rebwar Muhammad ..., The Fourth Cabinet and a Brighter Horizon for the Future of Kurdistan, Brayati Newspaper, Organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 2995, Erbil, Tuesday, December 21, 1999 AD, pp. 5-6.

  3. Under the Patronage of the Prime Minister of Kurdistan, the Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate Holds Its Second Congress, Hamrin Newspaper, Flags of the Faili Kurds Association, Issue 18, Erbil, January 2001 AD, p. 1.

  4. Hamid Gawhari, The Barzani Medal, The Highest Honor Award, Book One, Second Edition, (Erbil - Barzani Charity Foundation - 2019 AD), pp. 191-193.