Dildar

Dildar, born Yûnis Reûf (, 20 February 1918 – October 20, 1948) was a Kurdish poet and political activist, best known for writing the Kurdish national anthem Ey Reqîb. Early life and his studies Dildar was born on 20 February 1918 in the town of Koy Sanjaq located in the Mosul Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. In his youth, he attended school in Ranya, high school in Kirkuk and moved to Baghdad to study law. Life Literary style Many of his poems were written in the classical Kurdish style with quantitative rhythm and monorhyme. His poems were published in the Ronākī and Galawēz literary journals in Erbil and Baghdad. He moreover introduced romantic and realistic elements in Kurdish poetry.