Ibrahim Ahmad

Ibrahim Ahmad was born in Sulaymaniyah in the Ottoman Empire and studied Law at the University of Baghdad, graduating in 1937.

published a magazine titled Dengî Rastî with Ibrahim Ahmad as editor.

In 1964, a political division occurred among the ranks of K.D.P., with Ahmad on one side and Mustafa Barzani on the other.

When selecting this title, Ibrahim Ahmed was playing on the double meaning of the Kurdish phrase which can mean the agony of giving birth to a child as well as the agony of giving birth to a people or a nation.

Ahmad's short stories, articles and poems were published in three different magazines: Gelawêj, Hawar and Jiyan.