Hiwa Muhammad-Ali Fattah Mustafa, known as Doctor Hiwa, was born in 1964 in the Byara sub-district of Halabja province. He was a resident of Byara and a graduate of middle school.
In 1984, he became a Peshmerga in the Hoshmand Yar-Ahmed Battalion of the Zmnako Force of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, under the command of Sergeant Abid. In 1991, he participated in the popular uprising of the people of Kurdistan and the liberation of the Hawraman region, the Sharazur plain, the city of Halabja, the Darbandikhan district, the Arbat sub-district, the city of Sulaymaniyah, and the city of Kirkuk.
In 1991, during the recapture of the Khalid military base in the city of Kirkuk, they fell into an ambush by the Ba'ath regime's army immediately after entering the base. Hiwa Muhammad-Ali and six of his comrades were martyred and their bodies were left behind. The martyred comrades were Lieutenant Jawamir, Wahab Ali Rahman, Sardar Muhammad, known as Sardar Balkhay, Martyr Wrya, and Martyr Abid. He is one of the martyrs whose grave is unknown.
Source:Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.