Rafiq Sabir

earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Kurdish literature from Baghdad University. He began writing and publishing in 1972, and in 1987 completed his doctorate in philosophy at Sofia University in Bulgaria. Along with his contemporaries, he helped establish what came to be known as New Kurdish Poetry. In 2006, he established the first Kurdology Center and became its president. He published eleven collections of poetry. Sabir passed away on February 28, 2026, in Sweden. His body was later returned to his hometown, Qaladiza, where he was buried on April 26.