[1] Sabri was born on 5 January 1905 in the village of Narince near Kâhta in the Ottoman Empire.
[1] Both his family and he were involved in the failed Sheik Said Rebellion led by Sheikh Said.
[3] While in Syria, he got to know many Kurdish intellectuals such as Celadet Bedir Khan, Cegerxwîn, and Qedrîcan.
He was employed by the French Mandate administration between 1944 and 1949, the year he was dismissed by the Ministry of the Interior.
[4][5] He published many articles in different Kurdish journals, such as Hawar (1932), Ronahî (1943), Roja Nû (1943), Hêviya Welêt (in Europe, 1963), Çiya (in Europe, 1966), Hêvî (Paris, 1983), Berbang (Sweden, 1983), Roja Nû (Sweden, 1979).