Reza Qadir Abdulkarim, known as Hama Reza Hawrami, was born in the village of Balkha in the Byara sub-district in the Hawraman area in the Year 1932. He completed primary and intermediate school in the village of Balkha and high school in Byara. He participated in the medical course and became a doctor in Aylul Revolution.
In the Year 1966, he joined the ranks of the Peshmerga of the Sixth Battalion of Byara for the Kurdistan Democratic Party forces. Because he held a high school diploma, he was sent directly to Haji Omaran and the Galala area to participate in the revolution's medical course. He finished the course after one year and six months, and was sent as a doctor to the Khabat forces.
In the Year 1969, he and a number of his comrades fell into an ambush by the former Iraqi regime army on Mount Balambo in the city of Halabja. Clashes occurred between the two sides, during which Reza Qadir (Hama Reza Hawrami) was seriously wounded and fell into the hands of the Iraqi soldiers. He was dragged on the ground near the village of Gulan in Halabja Governorate and was martyred after being shot with a hail of bullets.
Reza's father, known as Qalay Mainjan, was martyred in the Year 1963. Two of his sisters (Suad and Tuba) were also martyred in the chemical bombing of the city of Halabja in the Year 1988. In the Year 1969, he fell into an ambush by the former Iraqi regime army, where he was arrested after being wounded and was martyred by soldiers' gunfire near the city of Halabja.
Source:Archive of the Encyclopedia Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.