Your Excellency, our President and guiding leader,
On the occasion of your birthday, I am reminded that for 18 years, under the shade of your historic decisions and within your school filled with lessons of patriotism, my soul’s thirst has been quenched with the waters of loyalty, devotion, and love for my homeland and my people.
During those years of service, being close to Your Excellency, I learned how one can become an iron fortress for their nation and a protector of the sacred path of the immortal Barzani—a path that shines within you as the only road to salvation.
When, by your command, I assumed the duty of serving the Kurdistani diaspora and deeply connected with the feelings and emotions of the people, I realized that you are not merely a leader. Rather, you are the breath and hope of a striving nation seeking to achieve its highest goals.
Among the Kurdish diaspora, in the eyes of every individual from this homeland residing at the farthest corners of the world, I see Your Excellency’s image as a compass guiding everyone toward the shores of safety and national dignity.
It was there I truly understood that the Kurdish people see their future in Your Excellency’s confident eyes, viewing you as the loyal captain who will navigate our greatest dreams to the shores of peace.
On the anniversary of your birth, with the utmost loyalty and devotion, I take all the affection I have learned from you over these past 18 years and make it the foundation of a renewed pledge to continue upon this sacred path.
May you live a long life, O merciful shadow under which every Kurd, wherever they may be on this earth, feels a sense of peace and dignity. Your existence is a glory to history and the brightest beacon of hope for the future generations of this homeland.
Shifa Barzani
August 15, 2026.