Zakia Ismael Hakki | |
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| Born | 18 November 1939 |
| Died | 22 August 2021 (aged 81) Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Nationality | Kurdish, Iraqi |
| Occupation(s) | Judge, politician |
| Known for | First female judge in Iraq, advising the drafting of Iraq's constitution |
Zakia Ismael Hakki (Arabic: زكية إسماعيل حقي; 18 November 1939 – 22 August 2021) was an Iraqi Feyli Kurdish lawyer. She and Sabiha al-Shaykh Da'ud became the first female judges in Iraq respectively in 1956–1959.[1][2] Hakki fled Iraq in 1996 after her husband was killed and was granted asylum in the United States. She returned to Iraq in 2003 and was elected to the National Assembly of Iraq and was an advisor in the drafting of the constitution.