Nahla Hussain al-Shaly

Nahla Hussain al-Shaly
Death Of A Kurdish Woman
Personal details
Born1973
Died18 December 2008(2008-12-18) (aged 36–37)
Kirkuk
Cause of deathKilled by gunmen
SpouseBakir Al Shaly
Childrentwo boys
OccupationActivist

Nahla Hussain al-Shaly (Arabic: نهلة حسين الشالي, b. 1973– December 18, 2008) was a promoter of women's rights in Iraqi Kurdistan, and the leader of the Kurdistan Women's League, the women's wing of the Kurdistan Communist Party. On December 18, 2008, she was shot and decapitated after gunmen stormed her home in Kirkuk. Hussain, a married mother of two, is killed as she was 35 at the time, her children were 10 and 9 during that period. .[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Women's rights activist beheaded in Iraq". CNN. Baghdad, Iraq. 18 December 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  2. ^ Barzanji, Yahya (18 December 2008). "Iraqi official: Leader of women's group killed". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. Retrieved 17 November 2020.


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