Sabriya Asaad Risqo Ismail, known as Sabriya Hakari, was born in 1948 in Duhok Governorate. In 1961, encouraged by her husband Shaaban Barwari, who worked at the Derbandikhan Dam and was a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party she joined the Party. After the outbreak of the Aylul Revolution, Sabriya Hakari returned to Duhok and worked in a secret organization affiliated with Branch One. In 1974, she went to Solav with her husband. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution , they returned to Duhok and she worked in the Shafaq organization, which was headed by Mustafa Mizuri. In 1976, she joined the Gulan Revolution and Jawhar Namiq Salim .
In June 1977, her husband (Shaaban Barwari) and a large number of members of the Party's secret organizations were arrested. On September 21, 1977, along with three other Party members in Duhok Branch One named Mahmoud Ghalbashi, Lieutenant Abdulqadir, and Abid Abdullah, they were executed by firing squad by the Ba'ath regime in Mosul prison. However, Sabriya Hakari continued her struggle within the ranks of the Party, continuing her party work, secret organizing, and writing poems that were published in Khabat newspaper. She also collected medicine and sent it to the Peshmerga and distributed the Party's statements in Duhok. For this reason, the Amadiya District Committee officially sent her a letter of appreciation.
In 1991, she participated in the popular uprising in the city of Duhok. Sabriya Hakari was appointed as an organizational member in the city of Duhok and at the same time was a member of the Kurdistan Women's Union, Duhok Branch. In 1995, due to poor health, she left Kurdistan and settled in the country of Sweden. She was a member of the Cultural Association of the city of Jönköping. On May 4, 2005, she participated in the Twentieth Congress of the Federation of Kurdistan Associations, and in that congress, she was elected as a member of the Federation's General Committee and served as a member of the General Committee for two years. At the same time, she was a member of the editorial board of Payam magazine at the Jönköping Cultural Association and assisted the Kurdistan Women's Union.
Sabriya Hakari returned to Kurdistan in 2006 and became a member of the administrative board of Branch 1 of the Party in Duhok. She published a book of poetry for children and also a book titled (Understanding the Kurdish Woman). At the Thirteenth Congress of the Party in 2010, due to the services she provided to the Kurd, Kurdistan, and the Barzani path, she was awarded the Barzani Medal by President Barzani.
Source:1- Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.