Dunya Mikhail
imad - January 15, 2021Iraqi American poet Dunya Mikhail was born in Baghdad and earned a BA at the University of Baghdad. She worked as a translator and journalist for theBaghdad Observer before being placed on Saddam Hussein’s enemies list. She immigrated to the United States in the mid-1990s and earned an MA at Wayne State University. Mikhail is the
Beshar Al Azzawi
imad - January 15, 2021I’m an Iraqi born, German citizen permanently residing in the USA. I’ve lived in many countries and I finally felt home in California. Apart from composing and infusing different genres, I sing, produce, play guitar and Oud, with intensive experience in cross cultural music. Beshar was born in Baghdad in June 1970. His love for
Tara Jaff
imad - January 15, 2021I come from Kurdistan on the Iraqi side. My relatives all lived in Halabjah. We used to visit them there but we lived in Baghdad, which was where I was born and where my father worked as a diplomat for Iraq, before Saddam Hussein came to power. From what I remember life was not as
Elliott Yamin
imad - January 15, 2021Yamin was born in Los Angeles, California, to father Shaul Yamin, a Jewish Israeli of Iraqi Jewish descent, and mother Claudette Goldberg Yamin (d. March 31, 2008, age 65), a Jewish American of Ashkenazi (German Jewish) descent[2] and former professional singer known for her “fiery spirit” and for receiving the “Golden Idol for Proudest Family
Frankenstein in Baghdad By Ahmed Saadawi
imad - January 14, 2021Ahmed Saadawi is an Iraqi novelist, poet, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker. He is the first Iraqi to win the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, which he won in 2014 for Frankenstein in Baghdad. In 2010 he was selected for Beirut39, as one of the 39 best Arab authors under the age of 39. He was born in
Wesaam Albadry
imad - January 14, 2021Wesaam Al-Badry was born in 1984 in Nasiriyah, Iraq. When Al-Badry was seven years old, at the outset of what became known as the Gulf War, Al-Badry’s mother fled on foot with her five children, including his six-day-old sister, as artillery shells fell around them. After hiking for three days, sometimes through knee-deep mud, they arrived
Samir Khurshid Painter
imad - January 14, 2021Samir Khurshid is an Iraqi painter living in Portland, Oregon. From humble beginnings sketching portraits in the marketplace of his Iraqi hometown, Samir has traveled a difficult road to arrive in Portland, Oregon. Once a portrait painter of Saddam Hussein, completing almost 400 portraits of the former dictator during his compulsory military service, Samir became
My Baghdad Kitchen By JUMA
imad - January 14, 2021JUMA Kitchen was established in 2012. The head chef & founder, Philip Juma, offers a unique and talented approach which has changed the way people perceive and experience Iraqi cuisine. As an English-Irish-Iraqi, Philip has been influenced by both Middle Eastern and modern European cuisine throughout his upbringing and this is reflected throughout his style
Zaha Hadid Architects
imad - January 14, 2021Zaha Hadid (1950-2016) Zaha Hadid’s pioneering vision redefined architecture for the 21st century and captured imaginations across the globe. Each of her projects transformed notions of what can be achieved in concrete, steel, and glass; combining her unwavering optimism for the future and belief in the power of invention with advanced design, material and construction