Nahla Hussain al-Shaly explained

Birth Date:	1971/1972
Death Place:	Kirkuk
Occupation:	Activist
Death Cause:	Killed by gunmen
Affiliation:	Communist Party of Kurdistan

Nahla Hussain al-Shaly (Arabic: نهلة حسين الشالي, b. 1971/1972 – December 18, 2008) was a promoter of women's rights in Iraqi Kurdistan, and the leader of the Kurdistan Women's League, the women's wing of the Kurdistan Communist Party. On December 18, 2008, she was shot and decapitated after gunmen stormed her home in Kirkuk. Hussain, a married mother of two, was 37 at the time.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women's rights activist beheaded in Iraq. CNN. 18 December 2008. Baghdad, Iraq. 17 November 2020.
2. Web site: Iraqi official: Leader of women's group killed. The San Diego Union-Tribune. 18 December 2008. Barzanji. Yahya. Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. 17 November 2020.