Najmadin Shukr Rauf or Mama Risha (Kurdish: مامه‌ ڕیشه‌ meaning Bearded Uncle) (July 1, 1957 – January 25, 1985), was a prominent member of the Peshmerga loyal to the PUK, in Southern Kurdistan. Kurdish prolonged warfare with the Iraqi Government armed forces in their struggle for self-rule northern Iraq (Southern Kurdistan) On his death, the Kurdish society in Iraq were in mourning. Sherko Bekas wrote the following poem for his death: کوڕی بابە گوڕ گوڕ ڕێگە چۆڵکەن هەستنە سەر پێ وا ئەسپێکی سپی ئاڵ سور لە پێدەشتی کەرکوکەوە ئەحیلێنێ و بۆ ئێرە دێ ئەی ئەسپەکەی تەوێڵ ماروی گەرمیانم تۆ ئەناسێ تۆ ئەناسێ