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Hakim Rebwar

A life remembered through documented history.

Date of death1988
Place of deathAnfal captivity (exact location unconfirmed)

Hakim Rebwar was a Peshmerga who helped protect around 20–25 women and children during the chemical attack on Goptapa on 3 May 1988. His son recounts that Hakim was taken prisoner. His family later accepted that he died in captivity; the exact date and place are unconfirmed.