About Nahla Hussain al-Shaly
Lived 1971 – 2008 (aged 36–37). Nahla Hussain al-Shaly was an Iraqi politician.
Nahla Hussain al-Shaly (, b. 1973– 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 35 at the time she was killed. At her death, her children were aged 9 and 10 years old.
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Iraqi politician
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Nahla Hussain al-Shaly was born in 1971.
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Nahla Hussain al-Shaly died on 18 December 2008 in Kirkuk.
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Nahla Hussain al-Shaly was a politician.
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Nahla Hussain al-Shaly was Iraqi.
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