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جمهورية العراق
Republic of Iraq
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This is a list of Iraqis or people from Iraq who have been famous and/or have an article.
[edit] Actors/Actresses
- Alia Shawkat, actress known as Maeby Funke on Arrested Development
- Amal Yassin, actress
- Basam Ridha, actor
- Charlotte Lewis, actress most notable for her lead female role in The Golden Child alongside Eddie Murphy
- Fakhriya Abdel Karim, actress/activist/communist
- Heather Raffo, Award winning playwright/actress most known for her role in 9 Parts of Desire
- Jawad Al Shakarchi, actor
- Leila Mourad, actress/singer
- Lewis Alsamari, actor starred in the Universal Pictures film United 93
- Majid Shokor, actor
- Maysalun Qamar, actress
- Nahida Al Rammah, actress
- Naguib el-Rihani, actor
- Nazem Al-Ghazali, actor/singer
- Saaed Khalifa, actor
- Sarab Kamoo, actress starred in Super Sucker as Tamara Thompson and alongside Heather Raffo in 9 Parts of Desire
- Shath Salem, actress
- Shero Rauf, actor and a stuntman in the film Troy (film) alongside Brad Pitt
- Yasmine Hanani, actress featured in documentary films Voices of Iraq and My Country, My Country
- Zina Zaflow, actress
- Namaa Alward, actress
- Jasmine Callan, actress
- Liat Ron, actress and dancer
- Don Hany, actor (Won Best Actor for Winning the Peace (2005)
- Lauren Nadada, actress
- Ban Abdul, actress and dancer
- Yigal Naor, actor
- Osamah Sami, actor
- Shosha Goren, actress and comedian
- Awatif al Salman, actress[1]
- Awatif Naim, actress[2]
[edit] Artists
- Further information: Art and architecture of Assyria
- Faisel Laibi Sahi, artist
- Hassan Massoudy, calligrapher
- Khalil al-Zahawi, calligrapher
- Leila Kubba, artist
- Nedim Kufi, artist
- Dr Princess Nisreen El-Hashemite, painter
- Talal Refit, visual artist, architect, film director and multimedia designer
- Toba Khedoori, artist
- Sama Raena Alshaibi, artist
- Raad Ghantous, interior designer
- Jananne Al-Ani, artist
- Maysaloun Faraj, artist
- Layla Al-Attar, painter
- Tamara Salman, design director
- Tamara Abdul Hadi, photojournalist[3]
- Shatha al-Rawi, artist & designer
[edit] Architects
- Further information: Sumerian architecture and Art and architecture of Assyria
[edit] Fashion Designers
[edit] Business
[edit] Caliphs
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- Further information: Abbasid
[edit] Educators
[edit] Engineers and Scientists
- Further information: List of Muslim scientists, Babylonian mathematics, and Babylonian astronomy
[edit] Film, Theatre, Television, and Radio Personalities
[edit] Film directors
- Carole Basri, filmmaker
- Yael Reuveny, film director
- Amer Alwan, film director known for winning an award for Zaman, The Man From The Reeds
- Anisa Mehdi, Emmy Award winning film director, journalist and director of Inside Mecca
- Baz Shamoun, film director and maker of short documentary Where is Iraq?
- Hana Al Bayaty, film maker and journalist
- Hiner Saleem, film director
- Jawad Assadi, director and playwriter
- Joe Balass, film maker
- Koutaiba Al Janabi
- Layth Abdulamir
- Maysoon Pachachi, director of Return to the Land of Wonders
- Mohamed Al-Daradji
- Omar Hashim, sound-designer and film maker
- Saad Salman, film director known for his documentary Baghdad On/Off
- Samir Ibrahim Zedan
- Tariq Hashim
- Usama Alshaibi, director of Muhammad and Jane and Nice Bombs
- Zana Briski, director of Born into Brothels
- Urban Hamid, film director
- Selma Chalabi, film maker
- Ishtar Yasin Gutierrez, film director (Iraqi father and Chilean mother)
- Rashed Radwan, Spanish film director[6]
[edit] Military figures
[edit] Models
[edit] Monarchs
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[edit] Musicians
Kathem Al Saher in concert.
- Mike Crush, Iraqi-German musician
- Karim Othman-Hassan, oudist[9]
- Filfel Gourgy, singer[10]
- Sahar Taha, singer and artist[11]
- Farida Mohammad Ali, singer
- Niz-r, rapper
- Chemda Khalili, singer/songwriter and co-host of the Keith and The Girl podcast
- Ahmed El Faleh
- Alfred George Al-Babilly
- Amir ElSaffar
- Bruno Coulais, composer
- Dalli, singer
- Dena El Saffar sister of Amir El Saffar
- Fabian Alsultany, DJ
- Jamil Bachir
- Janan Sawa
- Juliana Jendo
- Kathem Al Saher, one of the most successful Arab singers in the Arab world
- Laith Al-Deen, German pop musician
- Leila Mourad
- Majid Al Muhandis
- Mansour Zalzal
- Munir Bashir
- Naseer Shamma
- Nawfal Shamoun
- Nazem Al-Ghazali
- Raed George
- Rahim AlHaj
- Rahma Mezher came 2nd in Najm Al Khaleej
- Shatha Hassoun winner of Star Academy 4
- The Narcicyst, Iraqi-Canadian rapper
- TIMZ Iraqi-American rapper
- Yair Dalal
[edit] Patriarchs
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[edit] Politicians
[edit] Religious Leaders
[edit] Sports
- Avram Grant, Chelsea football manager (Iraqi Jewish mother)
- Bassim Abbas, footballer
- Haidar Abdul-Razzaq, footballer
- Haidar Aboodi, footballer
- Nashat Akram, footballer
- Najah Ali, boxer
- Adnan Al-Kaissie, professional wrestler
- Faris Al-Sultan, professional athlete and winner of the 2005 Ironman Triathlon
- Ammo Baba, footballer
- Youra Eshaya, footballer
- Faisal Faisal, footballer
- Ghanim Ghudayer, footballer
- Basil Gorgis, footballer
- Jassim Muhammad Haji, footballer
- Falah Hassan, footballer
- Louay Salah Hassan, footballer
- Khaldoun Ibrahim, footballer
- Salih Jaber, footballer
- Shwan Jalal, footballer
- Abbas Obeid Jassim, footballer
- Ihab Kareem, footballer
- Mahdi Karim, footballer
- Younis Mahmoud, footballer
- Ahmad Mnajed, footballer
- Emad Mohammed, footballer
- Karrar Jassim Mohammed, footballer
- Hawar Mulla Mohammed, footballer
- Sarhang Muhsin, footballer
- Samal Saeed Mujbel, footballer
- Qusay Munir, footballer
- Mohammad Nasser, footballer
- Yassir Raad, footballer
- Ahmed Radhi, footballer
- Ali Rehema, footballer
- Noor Sabri, footballer
- Saleh Sader, footballer
- Hussein Saeed, footballer
- Thamer Yousif, footballer
[edit] Writers & Journalists
- Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi, poet and philosopher
- Loolwa Khazoom, editor and writer [14]
- Hatif Janabi, poet and writer
- Joseph Braude, author
- Thura Al Windawi, author
- Julie Iny, author and activist
- Farrah Sarafa, poet
- Dunya Mikhail, poet
- Fadhil Al Azzawi, writer, journalist and translator
- Raed Jarrar, writer, architect and human rights activist
- Hafsa Bikri, poet
- Farah Nosh, photojournalist
- Zuhair Al-Jezairy, journalist
- Haifa Zangana, novelist, author and artist
- Jack Marshall (author), poet and author
- Leilah Nadir, novelist and writer
- Reuven Snir, writer
- Betool Khedairi, author
- Daisy Al-Amir, writer
- Alia Mamdouh, author
- Hussain Mohammed Al-Amily, author
- Hana Al Bayaty film maker and journalist
- Walid al-Kubaisi, writer
- Nazik Al-Malaika, poet
- Maria Theresa Asmar, author
- Atwar Bahjat, journalist and reporter murdered in Iraq
- Bilal Hussein, photojournalist
- Jamal Jumá, poet and researcher
- Sam Kubba, author, businessman
- Meitham, journalist
- Salam Pax blogger, translator and journalist
- Zainab Salbi, writer, activist, co-founder and president of Women for Women International
- Victor Sasson, writer
- Ella Shohat, writer and activist
- Taher Thabet, journalist
- Rachel Wahba, writer
[edit] References
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