Martyr Xanawdel Husein Hemed was born in 1935 in the town of Sidekan, belonging to Erbil Governorate. He was a villager engaged in farming, was educated, and married.
In 1961, through his brother Mamosta Hamid Efendi, he connected with the organizations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and became active. He was arrested several times by the Iraqi regime's security services and sent to Kirkuk and Baghdad. After his release, he continued working in the party's underground organization. On 19 September 1982, the Baath regime imposed a curfew on the town of Sidekan in Erbil Governorate, and that same night Iraqi regime gunmen shot him; he was martyred there.
Source:
1. Archive of the Encyclopedia Board of the Kurdistan Democratic Party