Martyr Gharib Arif Rasul Karim, was born in 1963 in the village of Dole Sur, affiliated with the Nalparez sub-district of the Penjwen district. He studied up to the primary stage, and before becoming a Peshmerga, he was a tradesman.
Struggle RecordMartyr Gharib Arif, in June 1981, joined the Peshmerga forces of the Gulan Revolution , became a Peshmerga in the Haji Najim battalion affiliated with the Surin force of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and was affiliated with the Penjwen regional committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party . In 1985, he attained the rank of squad leader.
On August 8, 1987, Martyr Gharib Arif participated in the Battle of Ahmed Awa, and after a confrontation with the soldiers of the Iraq regime at Mala Qonara, he was hit by a bullet and was martyred. Later, his comrades took his body back to the village of Dzhli in Eastern Kurdistan and buried him.
Source:Archive of the Encyclopedia of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.