Darwish Yusuf Rashid Nimat Sindi, known as (Arif Darwish), was born in 1930 in the village of Avgani in the Zakho region of Duhok Governorate. He was married. After the collapse of the Aylul Revolution in 1975, Arif Darwish headed to the city of Naqada in East Kurdistan, and from there he was transferred to the city of Kerman.
He was a soldier in the Iraqi army for ten years. In 1961, when President Mustafa Barzani went to the Badinan region, he left the Iraqi army and joined the Peshmerga forces of the Aylul Revolution (1961-1975). In the spring of 1962, he participated in the Battle of Gali Spi and the Battle of Aynzala in the autumn of the same year. In 1963, he fought in the Battle of Mount Matina.
After the March 11, 1970 Agreement, he was appointed commander of the 4th Border Guard Battalion in the Zakho region. In 1974, he was appointed commander of the 1st Zakho Battalion and was with Isa Suwar. In the city of Kerman, he was responsible for party affairs. In 1979, on the recommendation of Asad Khoshawi he returned to the city of Urmia and with the command of 111 Peshmerga, along with Rais Hassan, Azad Barwari Yusuf Rojbayani, Qadir Qadir, Muhammad Mullah Qadir he went to Qasr-e Shirin and participated in two battles and remained there until 1980. Later, he was appointed commander of the 21st Force affiliated with the KDP Political Bureau and was entrusted with the task of protecting the Voice of Kurdistan Radio. In 1983, he was transferred to Mount Qandil and participated in the Battle of Mount Qandil, and in that battle on August 15, 1983, his son named Ibrahim Darwish was martyred. In 1988, he participated in the Khwakurk Epic battle.
After the 1991 uprising, Arif Darwish returned to South Kurdistan. In 2008, he was entrusted with the task of Force Commander, and later retired with the rank of Colonel. In addition to his son, two of his nephews named Suleiman and Tahlo were martyred in 1997 on Mount Sharansh.
On August 16, 1996, the Golden Jubilee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party was held, and due to his services, he was awarded the Barzani Medal by President Masoud Barzani
Source:1- Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.