Yûnis Reuf (1918–1948) known as
Dildar, was a
Kurdish poet and political activist. He was born on February 20, 1918 in the town of Koye
Koi Sanjaq located in the
Mosul Vilayet of the
Ottoman Empire (present-day: in
Arbil Governorate). first he started school at [Ranye]. After finishing high school in
Kirkuk, he moved to
Baghdad, where he studied
Law. in 1945 he finished law school. He wrote
Ey Reqîb (
Kurdish national anthem) in 1938, when he was in prison. Dildar died young at the age of 31 of heart problems. However, he lived to see his poem "Ey Reqîb" adopted as the Kurdish
national anthem.