Dara Tawfiq

Dara Tawfiq
Born	1932 Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Disappeared	November 1981 (age 49) Baghdad, Iraq
Status	presumed murdered
Nationality	Iraqi Kurd
Occupation(s)	journalist, politician
Known for	Editor of Iraqi-Kurdish newspaper Al-Taakhi

Dara Tawfiq (Kurdish: دارا توفيق; 1932 – November 1981) was a journalist and prominent member of the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) in the late 1960s and 1970s. An adviser to Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani, he often acted as a conduit for the KDP's relations with the Soviet Union. Considered popular within the Kurdish nationalist movement, his writing focused on national liberation and peace movements.^[1] In November 1981, following opposition to the Iran-Iraq war, Tawfiq was arrested and never seen again.