Nigar Marf is an Iraqi nurse and the chief nurse at the Burn and Reconstructive Surgery Hospital in Sulaymaniyah, a province in the Kurdish region.[1][2] Her work focusses mainly on pediatrics burns and intensive care in her 25 years of service at the hospital. She treats and counsels women burn victims resulting from self-immolation – an act of setting oneself on fire. It is a common act among girls as young as 16 years[3] old who had suffered physical and mental abuse at home before setting themselves on fire in protest.[4][1] In December 2022, she was honoured in the BBC's 100 Women.

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  1. 1 2 "BBC 100 Women 2022: Who is on the list this year? - BBC News". News. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  2. ↑ "Middle East Theater Daily Coffie". met.arcellatel.com. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  3. ↑ Fahey, Ryan (2022-12-14). "Inside hospital girls as young as 16 are treated for setting themselves on fire". mirror. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  4. ↑ Rahman, Anjuman (2023-01-01). "'Kurdish women burn themselves, surrender to death out of despair,' says head nurse Nigar Marf, 1 of BBC'S 100 most influential women 2022". Middle East Monitor. Retrieved 2023-08-23.


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