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Dar Salim was born on 18 August 1977 in Baghdad, Iraq. He is an actor and producer, known for Guy Ritchie's the Covenant (2023), Game of Thrones (2011) and The Devil's Double (2011).- Selim Bayraktar (born 17 June 1975) is an Iraqi-Turkish actor best known for his role as "Sumbul Aga" in Muhtesem Yüzyil. He received international recognition with his role in the Netflix original series Rise of Empires: Ottoman.
Bayraktar was born in Kirkuk, Iraq, in 1975, into a family of Iraqi Turkmen origin. As a child he began performing in gymnastic competitions. During the final days of the Iran-Iraq War, a body double of Sadam Hussein visited Bayraktar's schools in order to recruit boys into the army; when Bayraktar was chosen to serve in the army his family decided to smuggle him into Turkey. He started working at the Turkish State Theatre after graduating from Hacettepe University in 2000. - Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Shero was born in Baghdad on May 15, 1979. After a year the family came back to his homeland Sulaimaniya (Kurdistan - North of Iraq).
After 20 years living and learning in Sulaimaniya and Arbil he decide to take his dream out of Iraq and begin to realize it and make it become true ...
His first step was in 2002 when he met Jean-Claude Van Damme ... later Steven Seagal....And there was a big step when he had the chance to stay in front of the camera for his first character role....in the movie Epoch: Evolution (2003) with David Keith and Billy Dee Williams...
In the same year he had been chosen as a Stunt actor for the movie Troy (2004), as a Trojan Archer facing Brad Pitt...in Mexico.
From 2004 he began to work like a Digital Effects Artist [ Animation ,Particles ,Dynamic ,Modeling ]...for several movies. Waiting for another chance to return back in front of the Camera again, as an Actor or a Stunt Actor!!!
In 2006 he had the chance to work like a 3D Digital Artist in the movie 88 Minutes (2007) with his favorite Actor Al Pacino
In 2007 Jean-Claude Van Damme introduced him to J.J. Perry (fight choreographer) and (stunt coordinator),And he had his first real training to become a Stuntman ,Later he had the chance to be face to face in the same scene with Jean-Claude Van Damme in the movie The Shepherd (2008) .- Actor
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Amrou Al-Kadhi was born on June 23, 1990, in London. They are a writer/director/performer, known for Little America (2020), The Watch (2020), Anemone (2018), Hollyoaks (1995), and Christopher Robin (2018) .
As a screenwriter, Amrou co-write the much lauded finale of Apple's Little America (2020), and is a writer on the BBC America adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, The Watch (2020).
Amrou is the writer/creator of "Targets," a horror in development with BBC Drama and Public Dreams Ltd. Amrou has other TV series in development, alongside ABC & FX Productions, NBC Universal and Playground / Endeavour Content. Amrou Al-Kadhi has two feature films in development - as writer/director, "Layla", with Film 4 & Fox Cub Films and "Oh, Molly" with BBC Films & Sarah Brocklehurst Productions. Amrou is also the author of "Life as a Unicorn: A Journey From Shame to Pride and Everything in Between," (Harper Collins), which is currently being adapted for screen.
Amrou is the writer/director of four short films that all share a focus on queer intersectional people of colour. The latest is Anemone (2018), created with BBC Films and Film London, a film about a non-binary teenager who expresses their non-binary identity through the magic of marine life. The second, [title=tt7140218], is a commission for Nowness, an exploration of how female-bodied drag queen Victoria Sin transforms social space through their drag - this gained official entry into the BFI London Film Festival. The third is an autobiographical short film, [title=tt6884552] - which explores the relationship between drag culture and Middle-Eastern femininity, and a genderqueer Arab boy's memory of their Muslim mother (screened at The London Short Film Festival, BFI Flare, LA Outfest, and distributed by Peccadillo Pictures). The fourth is an experimental short documentary commissioned by the BFI & BBC4, Clash (2017) , critiquing how period dramas erase the diverse reality of Britain. It is told through candid interviews with queer people of colour, alongside staged parodic period drama sequences. It was broadcast on BBC 4 on the 24th of September to 125k viewers, and is now available on BFI-player.
Amrou wrote and starred in the short film Nightstand (2015), executive produced by Stephen Fry and distributed by Peccadillo Pictures theatrically and on DVD. The film has screened at festivals globally, including the BAFTA recognised LSFF and Oscar qualifying Athens International Film and Video Festival, and LGBT Festivals from Paris to Melbourne.
As a performer, Amrou has been acting professional since the age of 13, and recent credits include the upcoming Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), The Souvenir: Part II (2021), Christopher Robin (2018), and The Cleansing Hour (2019). Their solo drag show, Glamrou: From Quran to Queen, premieres at the Soho Theatre later this year.- Sasson Gabay was born in Baghdad, Iraq. He is an actor, known for Rambo III (1988), The Band's Visit (2007) and Polishuk (2009).
- Nadhim Zahawi is an Iraqi-born British politician who served as a cabinet minister under four prime ministers from 2018 to 2023. He is currently the Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon, a seat he has held since 2010. Before entering politics, he was a co-founder and chief executive of YouGov, an international market research firm. He also has a background in chemical engineering and the oil industry. He was born in Baghdad in to a Kurdish family and came to the UK as a child refugee.
Zahawi has appeared in topical news programmes and played himself in the Docudrama "Mr. Bates vs. the Post Office" - Saddam Hussein was a bloody and brutal dictator who kept his country of Iraq at war almost constantly after assuming power in 1979. At least one million people died due to the machinations of Saddam. After his regime was toppled by the U.S. invasion of 2003, he wound up on a gallows, his life terminated at the end of a hangman's noose.
Saddam invaded neighboring Iran in 1980 and waged war for seven years and 11 months, making it the longest conventional war in the 20th Century. Saddam had hoped to take advantage of what he perceived as the chaos of the Iranian revolution to settle border disputes and suppress his own Shi'ite Muslim population. (Iran is predominantly Shi'ite while Hussein was a Sunni Muslim.) The war ended in a stalemate with approximately 500,000 Iraqis and 400,000 Iranians dead. Both sides, major oil producers, suffered economic losses of half-a-trillion dollars. Saddam used poison gas against Iranian troops, an atrocity even Adolf Hitler didn't engage on the battlefields of World War II.
Beginning in 1986 and continuing through 1989, Saddam launched a deliberate campaign of genocide against the Kurds in northern Iraq. The campaign also targeted areas populated by other minorities, including Assyrians and Jews. In 1988, his forces launched a poison gas attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja that killed as many as 5,000 people and injured as many as 10,000. In all, Saddam's three-year-long genocide against the Kurds and other minorities claimed as many as 182,000 lives.
In 1990, the war-monger Saddam invaded Kuwait with the intention of looting and annexing the oil-rich country. An international coalition was put together by the first President George Bush and freed Kuwait but left Saddam in power. His son President George W. Bush put together a second coalition army dominated by American and British forces that invaded Iraq in March 2003 to depose the dictator.
The invasion was launched on the pretext that he possessed weapons of mass destruction and was in league with al-Qaeda, the terrorist group that had launched the 9/11 attacks on the United States. Both charges were false, but it led to Saddam's capture in December 2003. He was subsequently tried and executed by the Iraqi interim government for the killing of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites in 1982. His death sentence was carried out on December 30, 2006. - Actor
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Fajer Al-Kaisi was born on 7 May 1979 in Iraq. He is an actor, known for Jellystone (2021), Future Man (2017) and The Report (2019).- Actress
Born in Iraq and immigrated to the states. Sarab has two sisters and one brother. She speaks 3 languages. She graduated from Albion College MI, class of '91, majoring in Communication Studies and English. She resides in Lathrup Village, Michigan.- About Mohammed Wrya Mahdi known for Zero Nine (2021) & The Exam (2021). Born In The City Of Sulaymaniyah In Iraq. Then In Early At The Age Of 17 He Dropped Out Of School Because Of His Living Conditions His Dream Story And His Passion Here Is That He Now Owns Several Large And Successful Projects And Is Skilled In The Field Of IT and Acting.
- Alexander Zale (aka J. Zakkai) has performed a variety of compelling roles while working with cutting-edge theatre ensembles, playwrights, and directors. He began his acting career in the role of Solly in 1959 with the Living Theatre's international hit, The Connection, by Jack Gelber, and went on to play George Garga in Brecht's In the Jungle of Cities and Rico Veri in Pirandello's Tonight We Improvise. Following two European tours with the Living Theatre, he stayed in Italy to work with Vittorio Gassman's company, Teatro Popolare Italiano, and traveled with it to the Aldwych Theatre in London. After returning to the U.S., he got involved with the off-off-Broadway movement, then in its infancy, at the Judson Poet's Theater and La Mama. During this time, he wrote his first play, Vapors, which was presented at the O'Neill Playwrights Conference. He went on to perform at several regional theaters, including The Arena Stage, in Washington, D.C. Back in New York, he was cast as Beaujo in Sam Shepard's Geography of a Horse Dreamer at the Manhattan Theatre Club. Ellen Stewart, founder of La Mama, introduced him to director Andrei Serban. So began an artistic collaboration that led to his appearance as Jason in Serban's highly successful production of Medea, which, after a run in New York, toured Europe. He then took on the title role in Serban's Agamemnon at Lincoln Center, which was also presented at the Delacorte. Following that he appeared as Sender in The Dybbuk, directed by Joe Chaikin at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre. Back at La Mama, he was Azdak in Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle, then the title role in Goethe's Faust, Part 1, both directed by German director, Fritz Bennewitz. He then went to Los Angeles for the first time to work in film and television, and returned to New York to appear as Burgandy in Henry V, as well as Tanchum in The Golem, both at the Delacorte. At the Center Stage in Baltimore, he played the lead role of Victor Mehta in David Hare's A Map of the World, then worked with director Daniel Sullivan at the Seattle Rep in Red Square as Roosevelt Weinglass. Alexander moved to Los Angeles, where he continues to perform in theatre (Morocco, Ondine, The Disputation, Taking Sides, Flags, The Cherry Orchard) as well as film and television.
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Madan Mohan was one of the most respected Hindi film composers. He was also one of the most overlooked - in a career spanning 25 years, he composed music for only over around 100 films, out of which only 25 became box-office hits. This was due to his extremely fastidious nature and the number of tunes he composed for his films that were never used. Born Madan Kohli in 1924, he was the son of Raj Bahadur Chunilal, who worked in famous studios like Bombay Talkies and Filmistan. From his childhood he was seen as musically inclined and talented. In fact, during his lifetime, he amassed an amazing record of compositions, the majority of which were either unutilized for lack of appropriate films or were alternate tunes composed for his films.
He began working in Bollywood as an assistant to music director C. Ramchandra, and got his first major film with Aankhen (1950), a love triangle. The film was a success. Subsequently, a fair amount of work came to Mohan. Among his earlier films was a trilogy of movies with his childhood friend Raj Kapoor - _Aashiana (1952)_, _Dhoon (1952)_ and Papi (1953). Unfortunately for Mohan, the films he chose to compose for did not create much impact, and it was only with Bhai Bhai (1956), which starred the legendary Kumar brothers, Ashok Kumar and Kishore Kumar, that he got some success. But from then on, things got rough; Railway Platform (1955), Gateway of India (1957), while with excellent music, weren't huge hits. And to make matters worse, all of the top stars had already chosen a particular composer to work with (e.g. Dilip Kumar with Naushad the great composer), which left no room for a débutant, however talented.
Then, in the late 1950s and the 1960s, things changed for the better. His scores for Dekh Kabira Roya (1957) and Adalat (1958) showed that. And in the 1960s, he really began to be noticed with Anpadh (1962), with his songs becoming the rage all over India. It was with this film that he became to be known as the Ghazal King, even though he had already established his reputation for gossamer melodies with Adalat (1958). He acquired further commercial success with two films by Raj Khosla - _Woh Kaun Thi (1964)_ and Mera Saaya (1966). He also began to work with filmmaker Chetan Anand, for which he produced his most outstanding score in Haqeeqat (1964), a war film.
Although he brought out the best in his singers, special mention must be made of his work with Lata Mangeshkar, which showed both of them at their very best. This legendary combination was established in 1951 with Adaa (1951) and continued right up to (and after) his death. Mohan had this special talent of bringing out the best in Lata's voice - she could sound seductive in Sanjog (1961), jaunty in Neela Akash (1965) and perky in Mera Saaya (1966). However, it was in sentimental songs that they were at their best.
In the 1970s, when Western songs from films like _Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971)_, Mohan still composed poetic melodies. His strict aesthetic sense caused him to be in great demand with sensitive if not commercially successful filmmakers, and he collaborated with respected names like Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Sampooran Singh Gulzar and Rajinder Singh Bedi, his collaboration with Bedi particularly standing out as it was with Dastak (1970) that he got the National Award for best music director - it was the only major award he got during his lifetime.
In 1975, at the age of 51, Mohan died from cirrhosis of the liver. Ironically, two films released soon afterwards - The Season (1975) and _Laila Majnu (1975)_ - became resounding musical successes. However, three decades later, two films paid their tribute to Mohan. One was Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo (2004), a war film which, interestingly, took its title from one of his songs from Haqeeqat (1964). The film, however, didn't do well at the box-office. The other film, a romance called Veer-Zaara (2004), paid a more fitting tribute for a composer - the director, Yash Chopra, took some of his unused compositions and used them in the film.
The spectacular success of Veer-Zaara (2004), especially its soundtrack (with a 75-year-old Lata Mangeshkar still as melodious as ever), established Madan Mohan as one of the elite composers of all time...- Mohamed Said was born in 1987 in Iraq. He was an actor, known for Fuerza de paz (2022), Ingen så fin som du (2017) and Ensam tillsammans (2014). He died on 11 January 2024 in Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Ousama Rawi was born on 3 March 1939 in Baghdad, Iraq. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for The Tudors (2007), Killing Jesus (2015) and Borgia (2011). He was previously married to Rita Tushingham.- Professor Jameel Sadik "Jim" Al-Khalili OBE is a British theoretical physicist, Author, respected BBC presenter and frequent commentator about science in British media. He holds the position of Professor of Theoretical Physics and Chair in the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Surrey, and previously held the position as President of the British Humanist Association (promoting Humanism) between January 2013 and January 2016.
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Farhat (also sometimes known as Florence) Ezekiel Nadira, born on December 5, 1932, was a Baghdadi Jew, hailing from Nagpada, South Mumbai, a predominantly Muslim and Jewish locality. At the tender age of 19, she literally stormed her way into Bollywood with the movie The Savage Princess (1952) opposite Dilip Kumar, the reigning heart-throb of the times.
Nadira was chosen mostly for her glowing skin, sharp features, European looks as Khan wanted to dub The Savage Princess (1952) into English as well.
The feisty and boisterous Nadira not only took leading roles, but also went on to accept negative roles, for example the one in "Elaan", and the one in Shree 420 (1955) containing the song "Mud mud ke na dekh mud mud ke...", which continues to be popular even now. And who can forget "Ajeeb dastaan hai yeb..." from Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (1960), picturized on Nadira, Raaj Kumar and Meena Kumari.
Nadira thus reigned supreme in the 1950s and 1960s, usually as a vamp. Thereafter, she appeared in character roles where she played the mother, an aunt, or older woman, adding poise and dignity to these roles. And it was in Julie (1975), in which she played the leading lady's (Laxmi) Anglo-Indian mother that she bagged the award for "Best Supporting Actress".
She went on to play character roles even in Tele-serials, amongst which "Thoda Sa Aasman" has been rated as one of the best television performances ever, in which she plays the wife of Bollywood veteran actor, Shreeram Lagoo.
Despite of her success and popularity, she led a lonely life. Two marriages ended in divorce. Her two siblings, both brothers, had migrated to the United States and Israeli respectively, and she lived alone in her South Mumbai flat in Vasundhara building.
She was known for a small but well maintained library of books ranging from the works of Shakespeare, Adolf Hitler, Vivekananda, World War II, Judaism, and Philosophy, which friends and neighbors used to borrow from time to time.
Shobha, her maid, was the one who took care of her, especially when she entertained friends like Tanuja, Nimmi, Shyama, Deepti Naval, and model-turned-actor Milind Soman, who acted with her in a tele-serial "Margaritta", visited her frequently.
She always celebrated her Birthday on December 5 with mostly children from the neighborhood and served them biryani and cakes.
Nadira suffered from a variety of illnesses, including tubercular meningitis, & paralysis. Her bout with heavy alcoholic drinking also resulted in alcoholic liver disorder.
She was hospitalized on January 2nd and following a cardiac seizure died on Wednesday January 8th at Bhatia Hospital in Mumbai. She was 74. She will always be remembered by her fans worldwide.- Director
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Soleen Yusef was born in 1987, in Duhok/Iraqi Kurdistan. At the age of nine she and her family had to flee to Germany because of the political circumstances. She graduated high school in Berlin and afterwards attended the Academy of Stage Arts, where she was trained as a singer and actress. Meanwhile she also finished her training as a fashion seamstress and tried out her expertise in different creative fields. Eventually she ended up working in the film industry for a few years and was a production and director assistant at Mîtosfilm. In 2008 she then started studying feature film directing at the Baden-Wurttemberg Film Academy. Her film Trattoria, which she had made in her third year, premiered at the 62. Berlin International Film Festival in 2012. Because of her outstanding academic achievements, Soleen Yusef was distinguished with the Germany Scholarship in 2012. She also participated as a Baden-Wurttemberg scholarship holder in the UCLA Workshop at the Film Academy in Los Angeles in 2013. House Without Roof, which is not only her graduating project but also her first feature film, that has been shot in spring 2015 within and around her hometown Duhok, could achieve a great success. Since then, Soleen Yusef has been working as a director for several international series productions. Among others for Netflix and Amazon Prime. In addition to developing her own cinema, serial and television projects as a creator, Soleen Yusef is currently fulfilling a long-awaited dream with writing her first children's film called Winners, which will be produced by DCM Pictures.- Director
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Howard holds his Master of Arts in Cinema from the University of Southern California. He was one of the top students in the cinema department, winning the coveted George Cukor Award. Howard is also a graduate of the London School of Film Technique and has a Bachelor of Arts with honors in English literature. He speaks several languages, including French.
Avedis made his mark writing and directing many motion picture box office hits, including a French-style romantic thriller that received an Academy Award nomination for best theme song. Avedis is a member of the Writers Guild of America West.
He and his wife, Marlene, presently divide their time between Southern California and Paris, France. Hotel Paradise is his first novel, and he is now working on his second.- Kanan Awni was born in Baghdad, Iraq as Kanan Abdullah Awni. He is an actor, known for The Wild Wild West (1965), The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966), The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963), and Mission: Impossible (1967). Currently married to Erin O'Brien.
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Haithem Badrani was born in Basra, an Iraqi city located on the southern border between Kuwait and Iran. One of eight children whose father worked two jobs, Haithem's only true escape was television. He found solace in the American Westerns and TV series he watched every day. The actors (John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Lee Majors, and the like) spoke to him in a way he hadn't expected; he now knew what he would do with his life. He immigrated to America in August of 1994. In early 2000, Haithem began taking acting classes at various studios in Nashville, Tn. Studying with Alan Dysert, Brad Wilson, and Holly Allen. Haithem became a United States Citizen on March 24, 2005, But being serious about his dream and sensing Nashville had very little left to offer him, he packed up his belongings and headed west to Los Angeles. Upon arrival in 2010, he immediately enrolled in Stella Adler Acting School in Hollywood, Also, as a fluent Arabic speaker, he has learned accent reduction and dialect training at Los Angeles City College. Haithem Badrani was recently cast in Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016), and looks to make a big impact in the cinematic arts from this moment on.- Actor
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Kadim Al-Sahir is an Iraqi singer. He started singing from 1980 and he is known as the most romantic singer in the Arabic world. He is now a judge on The Voice - Arabic version. He sang more than 300 songs and he made 31 albums.- Uday Hussein was born on 18 June 1964 in Baghdad, Iraq. He died on 22 July 2003 in Mosul, Iraq.
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Suad Abdullah was born on 2 September 1950 in Basra, Iraq. She is an actress and writer, known for Ala Al-Donia Al-Salam (1987), The Cello (2023) and Houses in That Alley (1978).- Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was born on 28 July 1971 in Samarra, Iraq. He died on 26 October 2019 in Barisha, Syria.
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Screenplay multi-award nominated Lewis Alsamari was born in Baghdad to Iraqi parents. He fled Saddam Hussein's brutal army and military intelligence, was shot in the leg, almost eaten alive by desert canines while fleeing alone on foot at night across the unforgiving Iraqi-Jordanian desert. His safety in Jordan was compromised so he was forced to flee once again to South East Asia on fake documents.
He developed severe PTSD, which then triggered a stabbing stomach-ulcer disease, but he arduously fought on till he finally reached his real home - the United Kingdom - where he spent some of his early childhood. His critically acclaimed biography "Out Of Iraq" was published by the Penguin Random House Group in several languages worldwide, and was launched in North America by Crown USA as "Escape From Saddam".
The book also chronicles Alsamari's continued battle to save his family from torture and persecution at the hands of the same barbaric military he once escaped. He married a Jewish girl from the north of England, and embarked on an international sting operation to bring his family back to Britain. After several failed attempts - most notably when Lewis, his mother, siblings and his British wife were captured and locked up in Kuala Lumpur in ghastly and putrid jail cells - he nevertheless kept trying over and over again till he finally succeeded in bringing his family to England.
Alsamari received his LLB Honors Law degree from a prestigious London University and in 2021 will be awarded his LLM Master of Laws postgraduate degree from the number one law school in the UK. In the meantime, he also trained as a screenwriter and was nominated for best script in the Austin Film Festival script competition in Sept. 2020, a semi-finalist in the Filmmatic script competition in Sept. 2020, and a nomination in the Screencraft best script competition in November 2019.
In sports, Alsamari is a black-belt Muay-Thai fighter. In art, he published his first sci-fi-fantasy graphic novel titled - Scions: www.ScionsKingdom.com
Alsamari is also known for his leading acting role in Universal Studios' Oscar nominated, BAFTA winning film United 93, the BAFTA and BerlinAle award winning BBC series Occupation and the new US film - Blackline.
Described by many as an epitome of diversity, Alsamari's Iraqi-British voice and uniquely raw and virtuous perspective comes from decades of suffering not only as an under-represented Middle Eastern actor and refugee... but also as a writer, soldier, liberator and intellect. His work has only just begun.- Producer
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Mardi Rustam was born on 25 November 1932 in Kirkuk, Iraq. He was a producer and actor, known for Evils of the Night (1985), Eaten Alive (1976) and Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971). He was married to Sarah Rustam. He died on 30 April 2023 in California, USA.- Salwan Momika was born on 23 June 1986 in Tal Afar, Iraq.
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Born in 1992 in Sulaimanyia in the area of the autonomous region of Kurdistan and fled to Germany with his family in 1998, Rauand Taleb began training at the acting school in Nuremberg at the age of 18.
Even while there, he made his first appearances in Philipp Kadelbach's "Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter (2013)," among others, which won an international Emmy Award. Engagements for ZDF, BR, SRF, WDR, SAT1, as well as numerous appearances in short films followed. In 2015, Rauand Taleb was in front of the camera for the episode lead role as a young Syrian refugee in Tatort: Schutzlos and for the ZDF series Die Spezialisten - Im Namen der Opfer. At the end of 2018, the German public broadcaster ARD aired the Frankfurt Tatort, in which Rauand played an important role.
In 2015/2016, Rauand Taleb was on stage for the Broadway play "Geächtet (Disgraced)" by Ayad Akhtar at the Berlin Theater am Kurfürstendamm. For the 2017/2018 season, the Deutsche Oper Berlin signed him. For the play "The Merchant of Venice" he played the young boy Tadzio. In addition to his work as an actor, he is also involved in directing and staging and has already received various awards for his short films.
In 2014, he was also a jury member of the "German Human Rights Film Award" in Nuremberg.
His biggest success to date was in 4 Blocks. A hit series produced by TNT series, which received more than 14 times awards in 2017. In it, he embodies the continuous role Zeki. - Gheed is a young Iraqi/Dutch actress. Staring in several Iraqi series and short films Drama series: Stories of Jaber 2020 (alforat production) Tasjeel Khorouj 2020 (TenTime production) Joury 2021 ( Al Sharqia TV) Heera (first iraqi soap opera) 2022 (MBC Drama, Shahid)
Films: The Last Dispatched Directed by : Muhanned al Sudani Produced by: Ishtar film production
Happy Hour inBaghdad Directed by: Ayman al Shatri Produced by : Ishtar film production - Director
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Kurdwin Ayub was born in Iraq in 1990. She works as a director, screenwriter, and video and performance artist in Vienna, Austria. Studies in Painting and Animation with Christian Ludwig Attersee and Judith Eisler at the University for Applied Arts Vienna from 2008 to 2013. Since 2011, studies in Performing Arts with Carola Dertnig at the University of Fine Arts Vienna.
Her shorts have been shown and awarded at numerous international film festivals. In 2013, Ayub was awarded the Vienna Independent Short Newcomer Prize, in 2011 and 2012, she received the Viennale Mehrwert Short Film Prize. In 2012, she presented a series of her short films at the Viennale. Her feature documentary Paradise! Paradise! - direction, screenplay and cinematography by Ayub - won Best Camera at the Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film, the New Waves Non Fiction Award at the Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo and the Carte Blanche Prize of the Duisburger Filmwoche in 2016.
Ayubs entire works were shown as part of a special short film series at the BAFICI Festival for International Independent Cinema in Buenos Aires (2016) and at the Sevilla European Film Festival (2016).- Composer
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Robin Ghosh was born on 13 September 1939 in Baghdad, Iraq. He was a composer and actor, known for Kiran aur Kali (1981), Jahan Tum Wahan Ham (1968) and Do Sathi (1975). He was married to Shabnam. He died on 13 February 2016 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.- Martin Budny was born in Baghdad, Iraq to Polish-Bulgarian parents. He is an actor and artist who grew up in Europe, Egypt and Canada. He has exhibited internationally and made a return to performing in 2015 after a 10-year break where he traveled the world and got an MFA in Creative Practice from Transart Institute (Berlin/New York).
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Writer, Director, Producer and Editor of numerous narrative features, documentaries and series pilots, Rosebiani's work center on cross-cultural, human rights and gender equality themes. His film debut film was "Dance of the Pendulum" (1995) is a parody to exploitation in Hollywood b-movies. The film was shot entirely in the house of the late Liberace in Studio City, California.
His subsequent films include "Jiyan" (2001), the first film made in the autonomous Kurdistan region. "Jiyan" is about the aftermath of the infamous chemical attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1987, thus often referred to as 'the Halabja movie'. "Jiyan" was nominated for the Tiger award at International Film Festival Rotterdam and became a festival favorite garnering numerous awards and high critical acclaim including four-star ratings by the Guardian and BBC World.
Rosebiani's "Chaplin of the Mountains" (2013) was penned as pick of the week by New York Times Critics during its USA theatrical run. "Chaplin..." is the first English language film made in the Kurdistan region with a mixed cast of locals, Americans, and Europeans.
His "One Candle, Two Candles" (2014) tackles domestic violence in a patriarchal society while depicting a headlong confrontation between the old school and the new generation. "Candles..." was chosen by HFPA for consideration as a Golden Globe candidate.- Sound Department
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Ahmed Al-Daradji was born in 1986 in Baghdad, Iraq. He was involved as a sound recordist on the feature film Ahlaam made after the American invasion of Iraq in 2004. After graduating with a Bachelors in Audio & Visual from the University of Baghdad, he then worked as a director of photography, writer and director for satellite stations and companies based in Baghdad.
Ahmed was involved as a script writer, editor & sound recordist on the short film My Name is Mohammed then worked as production assistant & sound recordist in a second feature film Son of Babylon.
He moved to London to study the MA filmmaking at London Film School. Whilst in London he shot his third short film Between the Two Banks. Recently he worked as part of the Iraq 35mm short film workshop, writing and directing the short film Children of God.- Actor
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Arieh Elias was born on 1 April 1921 in Iraq. He was an actor and director, known for James' Journey to Jerusalem (2003), Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi (2003) and Not a Word to Morgenstein (1963). He died on 7 May 2015 in Tel Hashomer, Israel.- Jawad Al Shakarji was born in 1951 in Baghdad, Iraq. He is an actor, known for Al Hajjaj (2003), Theyab Al-Lail (1992) and Hanging Gardens (2022). He was previously married to Ghazwh Al-Khalidi.
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Hisham Zaman was born in 1975 in Kurdistan, Iraq. He is a director and producer, known for Letter to the King (2014), Before Snowfall (2013) and Bawke (2005).- Actor
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Qaid Al-Nomani was born on 11 June 1946 in Wasit, Iraq. He was an actor and writer, known for Baghdad Texas (2009), Three Kings (1999) and Arrested Development (2003). He died on 4 April 2009 in the USA.- Qusay Hussein was born on 17 May 1966 in Baghdad, Iraq. He died on 22 July 2003 in Mosul, Iraq.
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Samir was born in 1955 in Baghdad, Iraq. He is a producer and director, known for Baghdad in My Shadow (2019), Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection (2002) and Immer & ewig (1991).- Producer
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Mohamed Al Daradji was born in 1978 in Baghdad, Iraq. He is a producer and director, known for Son of Babylon (2009), Ahlaam (2006) and In the Sands of Babylon (2013).- Kaysar Ridha was born on 10 August 1980 in Baghdad, Iraq. He is an actor, known for The Young and the Restless (1973), Half & Half (2002) and Big Brother (2000).
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Ayad Radhi was born on 17 May 1967 in Nasiriyah, Iraq. He is an actor and director, known for Case 238 (2001), A Man Above Suspicion (2000) and The Biggest Liar (2012).- Writer
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Saif is Iraqi American Actor and Athlete, who was Born, Raised, and served in multiple wars in his life, for 27 years, before he miraculously survived the last hellish war in Iraq, and moved to live in united states in 2010, starting a brand new life again from scratch.
His Thirty-Seven years of life have been full of challenges and victories since he was born. In 1982 Saif was born in a city that he takes huge pride in calling it the oldest city and land on Earth, and (the land of Mesopotamia), Baghdad-Iraq. He was born during the middle of the longest war in history (The Iraqi-Iranian (Gulf War) 1980-1988) and grew up in a time of economic and social hardship, where he lost his father in an age of only 3 years old upon that war. Therefore he had to learn how to depend on himself from an early age, just like other hundreds of Orphan Iraqi kids, and started to work selling segregates on the streets of Baghdad after getting off his school to support his widow mother!
Many years later, as he became a young man, a huge passion and outstanding skills in acting, Martial Arts, and soccer, kept sparkling during his years in schools of all levels, participating in many lead roles in theaters in his college and national theater in Baghdad, and quickly was attracting everyone around him in the entertainment industry with his passion and high energy of positivism, despite to the difficult life his family always suffered, as his county Iraq kept suffering constant Wars and bad economy, where he later lost his best friends he grew up with, and the only woman he loved and the one he wanted to spend his life with, when she went missing during the devastating violence after (Operation Iraqi Freedom) War.
That was a turning point to him to join the military serves as contractor with the U.S Army as interpreter and trainer to help serve his country alongside coalition forces, to help build the new Iraqi Security forces and mainly to be able to search for his Fiancé who went missing during the war alongside many other innocent people. But he wasn't able to save her life and they found her dead after a few months. That was very repulsive and extremely unbearable for him, that changed how he viewed the purposes of his life since then!
However, he kept helping the innocent people for almost 4 intensive years of serving his people and his Military fellows during the most chaos era in the Middle East region ever witnessed back then, but soon developed the deepest kind of friendship, brotherhood, and trustworthy reputation with his Military crew as they faced dangers and an uncertain future together. Therefore, with especially his highly intelligent and sharp skills in Army dealing with the detainees while interrogating them and collecting information that helped both the American and Iraqi army to capture many terrorist cells, he earned around 12 high Army recommendation letters from highly ranked officers of the U.S Army who worked with him very closely for years, making their lives and service in Iraq very memorable while helping them survived to go back safely to their homes.
The camaraderie with his combined American Iraqi Units and Soldiers was the only thing that gave meaning to his life after his losses and scars while fighting together. Saif always said that " we never hesitated to give our lives to help and save innocent civilians and kids' lives. Living every day with the thoughts of never coming back to our camp form our continuous parlous missions, just for the sake to help others!"
He continued working with the American military to build and train the Iraqi military, especially the Iraqi Army and Iraqi National Police while helping reconstruct his nation after the War.
Saif moved to the United States when he was 27 years old by himself, to help to save his family before he was successful in bringing them a few years later to the united states. He started a brand-new life and involved with life immediately to make up for all his killed dreams back in his home. Every dream of living in peace with his beautiful fiancé, and all the dreams of big achievements in Athletic and Entertainment Industries, that suffered a lot before got murdered back there!
He moved to Jacksonville, Florida, started back to school again and joined the UNF Ruby club in 2011, where he sparkled a great athletic skills and placed with his team top 4 college Rugby team in the final four in Denver, Colorado. He later joined the city team of The Jacksonville Axemen in 2012 and earned with them the National Championship title. In 2013 he earned the MVP and was chosen to lead his local team the Jacksonville Hatches rugby team in their final game against Orlando Gears.
Saif is also a Personal Trainer who helped so many people to of all ages to change their lifestyle into healthy routine of workouts and nutrition plans. He's a highly competitive in Men's physique division of bodybuilding and his goal to earn his Professional IFBB title soon.
His outstanding performance in leadership, positive energy, and of course his amazing fitness look and body physique attracted modeling agencies and professional modeling photographers to call him for entertainment industry jobs of fitness modeling and acting, which worked as a great therapy for his PTSD and brought him back to his main passion with acting in films and TV.
Saif has built a great name for himself in the entertainment industry in his city of Jacksonville Florida, and became very well known in the modeling industry as he was working to dig his way back into acting industry, where he did cast many extra roles in Netflix, NBC, and TV series in Miami and Orlando areas, and acting in many lead roles in short films in Jacksonville, Fl while he's remarkably working on improving his Screen acting skills with his professional Acting Coaches, to make his own intense drama couple films that he's screenwriting now to hopefully be filmed soon, under his new startup biz TriStallion LLC Productions. A business he dedicated his multiple passions in for Filmmaking, Sports, and Fashion industries.
Saif is working on writing his book, for his goal to convert it in screenwriting and put his multiple wars surviving story in a big-screen film (Maybe a Hollywood film as his dreams has no limits), to make it a worthwhile, and deliver the messages and stories of all the brave men and women who lived and died along his side, both in his Army and civilian lives, in a way that may never be told before!
Although difficult, these experiences made him into the person he is today.
"Trials have taught me to be positive, and keep faith in God. And to believe that everything in life happens for a reason" - Saif Kareem- Khalood Bojanowski was born in Basra, Iraq. She is married to Jerry Bojanowski. They have two children.
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Tamara Dhia is an actress and TV host best known for Total Request Live (2017), Summer in the City (2017) and E! Live from the Red Carpet (2019). She starred in the film The Party is Over (2015) opposite SNL star Kyle Mooney.
She is an active social media personality as well having been an ambassador for companies like Nike, Evian, T-Mobile and many more.- Producer
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Malik is an Iraqi screenwriter and director based in the United States. Along with his enthusiasm for film, he is an avid creator of art and poetry. His work focuses on complex character-driven stories. Drawing from his unique background and personal struggles, Malik's work is a powerful bridge between cultures, demonstrating the transformative power of storytelling.- Amer Jehad was born on 1 July 1955 in Baghdad, Iraq. He was an actor, known for Al Said Al Modeer (1991), Sunadqija (2008) and Case 238 (2001). He died on 28 April 2024 in Baghdad, Iraq.
- Mar Mari Emmanuel was born on 19 July 1970 in Haditha, Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq.
- Maryam Rahi was born in Baghdad, Iraq up until her family decided to move to Dubai, UAE. She was raised in the UAE for 6 years. Until Maryam and her family moved to Los Angeles, California in 2014. That's when Maryam found her true calling, acting. She's Bi-lingual, fluent in Arabic and English. At age 12-14, Maryam realized she'd truly been acting her whole life. Fitting in but also trying to stand out, From the way she talked to the way she dressed. On The journey of finding who she truly is, Led her to the claim that she is an Actress.