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Ibrahim Ahmed

Ibrahim Ahmed

(ابراهيم احمد)

Iraq

Ibrahim Ahmad (1914–2000) was an Iraqi Kurdish writer, novelist, jurist, and translator. Born in Sulaymaniyah, he studied law at the University of Baghdad, graduating in 1937. From 1942 to 1944, he served as a judge in Erbil and Halabja. In 1939, Ahmad co-founded the Kurdish literary periodical "Gelawêj" with Alaaddin Sajadi, serving as its publisher and editor until 1949. He was also a founding member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in 1975. Ahmad was the father-in-law of Jalal Talabani and Abdul Latif Rashid through his daughters Hero and Shanaz. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Ahmad?utm_source=openai))