Doski had been hiding from her family since 2018 due to the danger she faced as a transgender woman. She parted ways from her family and was working as a make-up artist in a salon in
Erbil. Despite her efforts to keep her location secret, her brother was able to track her down after a one-month search in Babukhki village, shooting Doski twice in the head and chest. According to
IraQueer, Chakdar believed Doski had "degraded the males in her family", Local media reported that her social media accounts were also deleted. Doski's body was only found after a relative had reported it to the police. Chakdar later escaped Kurdistan through Turkey. According to sources, Doski had been receiving death threats from her family for some time and had been living in fear for her life. She had previously contacted
IraQueer, an Iraqi LGBT organisation, to report harassment. Her friends say that she had spoken to them about previous intimidations by her family. == Reactions ==