Aram (intellectual)

Aram was born in 1947 in the old Haji Hani neighbourhood of Slemani, he finished primary education in the towns of Mawat and Chwarta, and preparatory education in his home town of Slemani.^[4] He reportedly excelled in school.^[3]

In 1964, Aram was accepted into the college of engineering of Baghdad University, although due to myopia he was rejected by the college of trade of Baghdad University. Aram finished higher education in 1971.^[3] Aram later married a woman by the name of Lidia.^[5]

Aram was involved in politics from a young age and became an active writer in the 70s, he wrote the “Foreign politics” section of the Kurdish newspaper Hawkari. (Sorani Kurdish: هاوکاری, romanized: Hawkarî, lit. 'Assistance'), then later published the newspaper Brayati (Sorani Kurdish: برایەتی, romanized: Brayetî, lit. 'Brotherhood').^[6]

In 1975, Aram joined the Marxist–Leninist Association of Kurdistan. In November 1976 Aram took up arms and joined the PUK's Peshmerga.^[6][3]

Aram founded Komala Ranjdaran in 1970. In 1974 he was sent to Moscow as the delegate of the Kurdistan Students’ Union to the Moscow Youth Congress. In 1976 after the capture of Xala Shahab and his comrades, Aram bore the duty of the sole secretariat of Komala Ranjdaran, this would become his main motivator for militancy and partisanship.^[6]

On 31 January 1978, in the visage of Tangisar, Qaradagh district, Aram was assassinated by a band of Jash.^[7][5]