Salim al-Shimiri

Salim al-Shimiri is an Iraqi fashion designer. His job entails selecting the fabrics used, the models, positioning the lighting for runway shows as well as creating the garments. He graduated at Baghdad University with a degree in microbiology, he later returned to study art. He has held many fashion shows in Iraq, notably the 1991 show in the Palestine Hotel which was attended by United Nations delegation visiting Iraq, and impressed by his designs they offered him contacts and addresses of fashion houses in the United States and Europe. Before 2003, Salim was quite successful in Iraq, however, the toppling of Saddam Hussein and his regime resulted in loss of revenue and clients for him.

Amer Alwan

Amer Alwan is an Iraqi French film director. Alwan was forced to shoot his movie Zaman, The Man From The Reeds on videotape, as when Iraq was under severe economic sanctions the United Nations and United States, would not allow Iraq to import 35 and 16

Saad Salman

Saad Salman is an Iraqi-French film director. He filmed Baghdad On/Off, a documentary filmed when Saddam Hussein was in power. He has been exiled in Paris since 1976. He attended a School of the Art schools of Baghdad in 1969, he later left Iraq for

Iraqi diaspora in Western Asia

The Iraqi diaspora in Western Asia is mostly located in Syria, Jordan, Iran and Lebanon, in addition to the well established numbers in the Persian Gulf states and Israel. As a result of the Iraq War, the Iraqi refugee crisis is the largest in Western

Liat Ron

Liat Ron is an actress, dancer and dance instructor born to an Iraqi Jewish mother and a Russian Jewish father. Reflecting her cultural heritage she began her Middle Eastern dance journey by training with Israel’s prime dancer Elina Pechersky. She later

Thura Al Windawi

Thura Al-Windawi is an Iraqi writer. She is the author of Thura's Diary, which was written by her on the eve of and during the Iraq War. It shows her life during this time and explains the harsh times there were. Later, it was published and it caught the

Shosha Goren

Shosha Goren is an Israeli actress and comedian of Iraqi Jewish descent. She immigrated to Israel in 1951. While on a visit to the United States, she abandoned her position as teacher of Hebrew Literature and Language and went on to pursue her acting

Namaa Alward

Namaa Alward is an Iraqi actress and political activist who is well known in Iraq. She was forced to flee her homeland in the 1980s and sought refugee status in Norway, along with her two sons

Eliad Moreh

Eliad Moreh is an Israeli citizen, who survived fatal terror attacks at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on July 31, 2002

Kenza Braiga

Manal Braiga better known as Kenza Braiga is a French television contestant, actress and author of Iraqi origin, she is simply known as Kenza Braiga. She and her family left Iraq during the Gulf War, in February 1991, when she was only 14. She is author

Andrei Simonov

Andrei Dmitrievich Simonov was a Russian Armed Forces major general serving as Chief of the Electronic Warfare Troops of the 2nd Army of the Western Military District