Historical Kurdish Biographies: Layla Qasim and the Start of a Revolution
Born in Khanaqin to a Faylee Kurdish family, Leyla Qasim (1952 – 1974) studied at the University of Baghdad, joined the KDP in 1970, and was executed by the Baath regime on May 12, 1974. Her famous last words were, “Kill me! But you must also know that after my death thousands of Kurds will …
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