Zara was born in 1982 in the town of Alqosh, and graduated with a bachelors degree in economics and management from Al-Hadba'a University College in Mosul in 2006.
[13] Protests once again broke out after the instillment of Zara, with allegations that the KDP was co-opting the Assyrian minority into supporting the planned 2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, and annexing the Nineveh Plain under its territory.
[16] In April 2019, Zara welcomed a delegation from the United States, led by Deputy Chief of the American embassy in Iraq and Consul General in Kurdistan Steve Fagan, to Alqosh for the inspection of the Tomb of Prophet Nahum located in the town.
[17] In June 2019, she visited the United States and met with American officials to raise awareness of the circumstances of the Christians in the country.
In an interview with the United Nations Development Programme, Zara had hoped that in the future, more women would lead the country's politics through official representation in parliament and other places.