[3] This early experience of assuming responsibility and the hardships of life in the mountains made her more mature.

[4] Having found refuge in Sweden at the age of nineteen, she initially worked as a housemaid by day and attended the evening schools.

[11] As a politician and opinion maker, Kakabaveh is involved with topics such as honour crimes, women's rights, and secularism.

Her work has made her a controversial person within Swedish politics and her own Left Party, but she has also received the title of "Swede of the Year", as awarded by Fokus.

[6] In May 2022, she declared that she would not give the governing Swedish Social Democratic Party support in important votes in the parliament since she considered parts of the previous agreement as not having been followed by the Andersson Cabinet.