Arif Hamadamin Aziz Kakawla was born in Year 1964 in the village of Shamama, affiliated with the Qaraj and Kendinawa plains. He was a resident of the city of Erbil, worked as a carpenter and roof builder, and had studied up to the middle school level. He was married, his wife's name was Ma'tar Tofiq, and he had two daughters named Rinas and Balen.
Struggle RecordIn Year 1981, he joined the secret organizations of the Party and became a member of the Martyr Abdulrahman mother base in the city of Erbil, which was affiliated with the organizations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Arif Hamadamin received the name Martyr Hiwa at this base and participated in several armed activities and organizational work of this base. In 1986, after carrying out an activity inside the city of Erbil, he was exposed and left the city. At that time, his family took his wife and two daughters out of the city so they would not fall into the hands of the regime's security. Martyr Hiwa reached the Badinan region and went to the house of Mushir Agha, and later, through Mushir Agha, he went to Sheikh Star and became a Peshmerga in his battalion. In that same battalion, he attained the rank of squad leader and assistant battalion commander.
In Year 1988, in a confrontation with the Iraqi army, they captured several soldiers of the Ba'ath regime. A group of Peshmerga, led by Martyr Hiwa, transferred the prisoners to the revolution prison in the village of Sheikh Wasanan in the Balisan region. Later, they themselves remained to guard the prison. On November 28, 1988, a regime helicopter circled near the prison for a few minutes, and Martyr Hiwa fired an RPG shell at the helicopter. However, it did not hit, and the helicopter strafed Martyr Hiwa with gunfire, and due to the severity of his wounds, he was martyred. Later, the people of the village of Sheikh Wasanan buried Martyr Hiwa in the village cemetery.
Source:Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia.