About Soran Mama Hama Soran Mama Hama Assassinated independent Kurdish journalist and media worker: Name Soran Mama Hama First Name Soran Last Name Mama Hama Date of killing 21-07-2008 12:04 Media house Journalist, Leven Country of origin Iraq Country of death Iraq Soran Mama Hama, 23, had been working for three years for Leven, independent bimonthly magazine published in the Kurd language. According to his colleagues, he received threats after writing articles critical of local officials. The journalist was shot in his home in Rasheed Awa, a suburb of Kirkuk, the evening of July 21 by four unidentified gunmen who fled by car.