The following is a list of important artists, including visual arts, poets and musicians, who were born in Iraq, active in Iraq or whose body of work is primarily concerned with Iraqi themes or subject matter. Note: This article uses Arabic naming customs: the name "al" (which means 'from a certain place') or "ibn" or "ben" (which means 'son of') are not used for alphabetical indexing. Artists are listed alphabetically by their paternal family name. For example, the Iraqi artist Hashem Muhammad al-Baghdadi, is listed under "B" for Baghdadi, the paternal family name while the artist Zigi Ben-Haim, is listed under "H" for Haim.

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Faraj Abbo Faraj Abbo al Numan ( ar, فرج عبو النعمان; November 21, 1921 – March 5, 1984), more commonly Faraj Abu, Faraj Aboo or simply Faraj Abou, was an influential Assyrian Iraqi artist, theatre director, designer, author and educator, n ...

(1921-1984) artist, theatre director, designer, author and educator * Firyal Al-Adhamy (also known as Ferial al-Althami) (b. 1950) hurufiyya artist, calligrapher * Kajal Ahmad (b. 1967 Kirkuk) Kurdish-Iraqi poet *

Najiba Ahmad Najiba Ahmad (born 1954) ( Kurdish:نه‌جیبە ئه‌حمه‌د, Necîbe Ehmed; pronounced ) is a contemporary Kurdish writer, poet, and translator Life and career Ahmad was born in northern city of Kirkuk in 1954. She studied Kurdish lang ...

(b. 1954) poet * Modhir Ahmed (born 1956), visual artist * Sadik Kwaish Alfraji (b. Baghdad, 1960), multi-media artist, photographer, animator, video producer and installation artist *

M.J. Alhabeeb Musaddak Jameel Al-Habeeb (or ''M. J. Alhabeeb'') (born مصدق جميل آل حبيب on in southern Iraq) is an Iraqi American contemporary calligrapher who follows the original traditions in Arabic-Islamic calligraphy. He is self-taught, ...

(born 1954), calligrapher and painter * Ayad Alkadhi (born 1971), visual artist * Rheim Alkadhi (b. 1973) multidisciplinary artist *

Sama Alshaibi Sama Raena Alshaibi also known as Sama Alshaibi ( ar, سما الشيبي born 1973 in Basra, Iraq) is a conceptual artist (video art, performative photography, sculpture and installation), who deals with spaces of conflict as her primary subjec ...

(b. 1973) Media artist (video, photography) and installation artist *

Usama Alshaibi Usama Alshaibi ( ar, أسامة الشيبي) (born in Baghdad, Iraq on November 20, 1969) is an Iraqi-American independent filmmaker and visual artist.Kozarski, Ed:, From Iraq to Iowa', Chicago Reader, published 5 August 2010, retrieved 5 Septe ...

(b. 1969) filmmaker and painter *

Jananne Al-Ani Jananne Al-Ani (born 1966) is an Irish-Iraqi artist. Personal life Al-Ani was born in Kirkuk, Iraq in 1966 to an Iraqi father and Irish mother. She studied Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Art and graduated with an MA in Photography from th ...

(b. 1966) Iraqi-Irish photographer and film-maker *

Latif al-Ani Latif al-Ani (1932 – 18 November 2021) was an Iraqi photographer, often known as "the father of Iraqi photography" and noted for his photographic works that combine both ancient and modern themes. During his active career from the 1950s throug ...

(b. 1932) photographer, known as the 'father of Iraqi photography' * Zahroun Amara, world renowned Mandaean

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Faisal I Faisal I bin Al-Hussein bin Ali Al-Hashemi ( ar, فيصل الأول بن الحسين بن علي الهاشمي, ''Faysal el-Evvel bin al-Ḥusayn bin Alī el-Hâşimî''; 20 May 1885 – 8 September 1933) was King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria ...

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Sinan Antoon Sinan Antoon ( ar, سنان أنطون), is an Iraqi poet, novelist, scholar, and literary translator. He has been described as "one of the most acclaimed authors of the Arab world." He is an associate professor at the Gallatin School of Individ ...

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Layla Al-Attar Layla Al-Attar ( ar, ليلى العطار; May 7, 1944 – June 27, 1993) was an Iraqi artist and painter who became the Director of the Iraqi National Art Museum. Through her art, al-Attar expressed ideals that attempted to recognize the importa ...

(1944-1993), artist and painter * Suad al-Attar (born 1942), painter * Halla Ayla (born 1957), photographer, painter * Apo Avedissian (b. 1990) filmmaker, painter, photographer, and writer *

Dia Azzawi Dia Al-Azzawi (Arabic: ضياء العزاوي) is an Iraqi painter and sculptor, now living and working in London, and one of the pioneers of modern Arab art. He is noted for incorporating Arabic script into his paintings. Active in the arts comm ...

(b. 1939) painter active in Iraq and London *

Fadhil Al Azzawi Fadhil Al Azzawi (Arabic: فاضل العزاوي ; born 1940 in Kirkuk, Iraq) is an Iraqi writer highly respected in the Arab world, as he has published ten volumes of poetry, six novels, three books of criticism and memoir, and several translat ...

(born 1940), 20th century poet

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* Hashem Muhammad al-Baghdadi (1917-1973) calligrapher * Niazi Mawlawi Baghdadi - nineteenth century painter, decorator and calligrapher *

Ahmed Al Bahrani Ahmed Albahrani, ( ar, أحمد البحراني) (born 1967) is an Iraqi sculptor. He is one of the most famous Iraqi sculptors, now living in exile. Life Ahmed Albahrani was born in 1965, in Tuarej on the Euphrates River, near Babylon. He r ...

(b. 1965) sculptor * Ala Bashir (born 1939), painter, sculptor and plastic surgeon *

Basil Al Bayati Basil Al Bayati ( ar, باسل البياتي; born 13 May 1946) is an Iraqi-born architect and designer who has lived and practiced for the most part in Europe, in particular, London and who Neil Bingham, in his book 100 Years of Architectural ...

(b. 1946) architect and designer *

Wafaa Bilal Dr. Wafaa Bilal ( ar, وفاء بلال ; born June 10, 1966) is an Iraqi American artist, a former professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and currently an art professor at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. He ...

(b. 1966), performance artist, author and educator

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* Wasma'a Khalid Chorbachi (born 1944), Iraqi-American ceramist, calligrapher, painter * Kamil Chadirji (1897-1968), photographer * Rifa'at Chadirchi (1926-2020) Iraqi architect (son of photographer, Kamil Chardirji)

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* Issa Hanna Dabish (1919-2009) pioneer painter *

Murad al-Daghistani Murad al-Daghistani, Murad Ajamat ( kum, Murat Acamat, 1917–1984) was a pioneering Iraqi photographer of Kumyk descent. who was active in Mosul from the mid-1930s, and later worked in Baghdad. He achieved international recognition for the qua ...

(b. 1917 Mosul, Iraq - 1984) pioneering photographer * Salim al-Dabbagh (b. 1941) artist and print-maker *

Bassem Hamad al-Dawiri Bassem Hamad al-Dawiri (died 19 September 2007) was an Iraqi sculptor and artist. He helped create a Baghdad artist association, called the "Survivors' Group" following the fall of the Saddam Hussein government in 2003. Life and career Al-Dawir ...

(died 2007), sculptor and artist *

Hafidh al-Droubi Hafidh Al Droubi (1914-1991) was an Iraqi painter and draughtsman, noted for his Cubist paintings and for his approach to professionalising Iraqi art education in the early to mid 20th-century. He was a prolific painter, an important artist in t ...

(1914-1991) (also given as Hafid or Hafez Drubi) (1914-1991) painter and educator

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Enheduanna Enheduanna ( sux, , also transliterated as , , or variants) was the priestess of the moon god Nanna (Sīn) in the Sumerian city-state of Ur in the reign of her father, Sargon of Akkad. She was likely appointed by her father as the leader of t ...

23rd century BCE poetess, wrote on Cuneiform tablets * Ali Eyal (b. 1994) multi-media artist and painter

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* Lisa Fattah (1941–1992), German-born painter, wife of Ismail Fatah al-Turk, active in Iraq *

Fuzûlî Mahammad bin Suleyman ( Classical Azerbaijani: ), better known by his pen name Fuzuli ( az-Arab, فضولی ; ; * ota, محمد بن سلیمان فضولی ; * fa, محمد بن سلیمان فضولی . – 1556), was a 16th century ...

(Muhammad bin Suleyman) 15th century poet *

Mun'im Furat Mun'im Furat (1900-1972) (occasionally given as Monem Furat) was an Iraqi primitive artist, noted for his sculptures resembling Sumerian statuary. His style was very distinctive and he was the only Iraqi artist to produce works in the naive style. ...

(1900-1972) sculptor

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* Abdulameer Yousef Habeeb (b. ?) calligrapher *

Mohammed Saeed Al-Habboubi Sayyid Muhammad Sa'id Al-Habboubi ( ar, السيد محمد سعيد الحبوبي) (1849- 1915) was an Iraqi Poet, Faqīh, and a merchant, born in Najaf to a wealthy family. Life and career He studied Faqih and Arabic language in Hawza of th ...

(1849- 1915) poet *

Zaha Hadid Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid ( ar, زها حديد ''Zahā Ḥadīd''; 31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) was an Iraqi-British architect, artist and designer, recognised as a major figure in architecture of the late 20th and early 21st centu ...

(1950-2016), Iraqi-British architect * Asim Abdul Hafid (1886 - ?) * Kadhim Hayder (alternatives: Kazem Haider, Kadhim Haydar) (1932- 1985), artist, poet, author, stage-set designer, educator * Zigi Ben-Haim (b. 1945) sculptor and painter *

Mansur Al-Hallaj Al-Hallaj ( ar, ابو المغيث الحسين بن منصور الحلاج, Abū 'l-Muġīth Al-Ḥusayn bin Manṣūr al-Ḥallāj) or Mansour Hallaj ( fa, منصور حلاج, Mansūr-e Hallāj) ( 26 March 922) ( Hijri 309 AH) was a Pe ...

9th century Sufi poet and mystic * Jamil Hamoudi, (1924-2003), sculptor, painter and author * Choman Hardi (born 1974), poet, translator and painter *

Faeq Hassan Faeq Hassan (also known as Faiq Hassan, Fayiq Hassan or Faik Hassan) (1914–1992) was an Iraqi painter noted for founding several 20th century art groups, which collectively were responsible for bridging the gap between Iraqi heritage and tradit ...

(1914–1990), painter *

Mohammed Ghani Hikmat Mohammad Ghani Hikmat (April 20, 1929 – September 12, 2011) ( ar, محمد غني حكمت) was an Iraqi sculptor and artist credited with creating some of Baghdad's highest-profile sculptures and monuments and was known as the "sheik of sculpt ...

(1929–2011), sculptor

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Jabra Ibrahim Jabra Jabra Ibrahim Jabra (28 August 1919 – 12 December 1994) ( ar, جبرا ابراهيم جبرا) was a Iraqi-Palestinian author, artist and intellectual born in Adana in French-occupied Cilicia to a Syriac Orthodox Christian family. His famil ...

(1920-1994) painter, art historian, art critic and author *

Khalid al-Jader Khalid al-Jader (1922–1988) was a distinguished Iraqi artist, administrator and scholar. In terms of his artwork, he is seen as a precursor to modern abstract art in Iraq. Life and career Khalid al-Jader was born in Baghdad in 1922. He atten ...

(1922-1988) painter, educator, art historian and author * Muhammad Mahdi Al-Jawahiri (1899–1997) poet * Koutaiba Al Janabi (?-?) film-maker and photographer * Amal al-Jubouri (b. 1967) poet * Jamal Jumá poet * Saleh al-Jumai'e (b. 1939) (alternative: Salih al-Jumaie) contemporary artist

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* Nida Kadhim (b. 1937) sculptor *

Hayv Kahraman Hayv Kahraman (born 1981) is an Iraqi-American-Swedish artist of Kurdish descent, who was born in Baghdad and fled to Sweden with family during the Gulf War, studied in Florence, and is currently based in Los Angeles. She is primarily a painter. ...

(born 1981) painter and sculptor * Farouk Kaspaules (born ?) artist * Hashim al-Khattat, "Hashim the Calligrapher," (1917-1973) calligrapher, considered as the last of the classical calligraphers *

Rachel Khedoori Rachel Khedoori (born 1964 in Sydney, Australia) is a contemporary artist of Iraqi Jewish heritage based in Los Angeles and known primarily for her mixed use of sculpture, film and architecture. Biography Khedoori was born in Sydney and raise ...

(born 1964) Australian-born artist of Iraqi heritage (twin sister of Toba Khedoori) *

Toba Khedoori Toba Khedoori (born 1964 in Australia) is an artist of Iraqi heritage, known primarily for highly detailed mixed-media paintings executed on large sheets of wax-coated paper. Biography Khedoori was born in Sydney of Jewish-Iraqi parentage an ...

(born 1964), Australian-born artist of Iraqi heritage, known primarily for highly detailed mixed-media paintings (twin sister of Rachel Khedoori) *

Paulus Khofri Paulus Khofri ( syr, ܦܘܠܘܣ ܟܦܪܝ, fa, پولوس خفری), was an Assyrian composer, lyricist and painter. He was born August 7, 1923, in Baghdad, Iraq and died in Tehran, Iran in May 2000 at the age of 77. Biography Paulus Khofr ...

(1923–2000), composer, lyricist and painter *

Nedim Kufi Nedim Kufi (also known as Nadem al-Kufi), born 1962 in Baghdad), is an Iraqi-Dutch multi disciplinary visual artist. He is primarily known for conceptual art that explores themes such as war, political conflict, exile, loss, and historical memor ...

(b. 1966), multi-disciplinary visual artist and graphic designer

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Muhammad Hasan Abi al-Mahasin Sheikh Muhammad-Hasan Abi al-Mahasin al-Janaji al-Ha'eri (; 1875–1923) was an Iraqi poet and politician. He was most famous for his participation in the Iraqi revolt of 1920. Early life and family Abi al-Mahasin, was born in Karbala in 1874. ...

poet * Alaa Al-Marjani (b.1967) Photographer from

Najaf Najaf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف) or An-Najaf al-Ashraf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف), also known as Baniqia ( ar, بَانِيقِيَا), is a city in central Iraq about 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated popula ...

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. * Mohamed Makiya (1914-2015) modernist architect and patron of the arts *

Vartan Malakian Vartan Malakian (Armenian: Վարդան Մալաքյան, born February 14, 1947) is an Iraqi-Armenian-American artist and painter. He is the father of Daron Malakian, the guitarist and co-founder of System of a Down and Scars on Broadway.

(b. 1947) painter and artist * Hanaa Malallah (b. 1958) painter *

Hassan Massoudy Hassan Massoudy (حسن المسعود الخطاط), born in 1944, is an Iraqi painter and calligrapher, considered by the French writer Michel Tournier as the "greatest living Calligrapher", currently lives in Paris. His work has influenced a gen ...

(b. 1944) painter and calligrapher * Ahmed Matar (b. 1954) poet * Dunya Mikhail (b. 1965) poet *

Ghassan Muhsen Ghassan Muhsen (Arabic: غسان محسن ; born 1945) is an Iraqi career diplomat, as well as an artist with over 18 solo exhibitions and over 30 joint shows in four continents ranging from New Delhi to New York, from Dubai to Tunis. Currentl ...

(born 1945), artist, painter and ambassador *

Ibn Muqla Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqla ( ar, أبو علي محمد بن علي ابن مقلة, Abū ʿAlī Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muqla; 885/6 – 20 July 940/1), commonly known as Ibn Muqla, was an official of the Abbasid Caliphate of Pers ...

(885/6–940) 10th-century calligrapher

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Rafa al-Nasiri Rafa al-Nasiri (b.1940 Tikrit, Iraq -7 December 2013 Amman, Jordan) was an Iraqi painter, draughtsman, print-maker, educator and author whose works with a social and political message resonated with the Iraqi public in the mid-20th century. He w ...

(1940-2013) painter, print-maker, educator and author *

Muzaffar Al-Nawab Muthaffar al-Nawab or Muzaffar al-Nawwab (; 1 January 1934 – 20 May 2022) was an Iraqi poet and political critic. Life and career Al-Nawwab was born in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1934 into an aristocratic Shi'ite family of Indian origin that appreciate ...

(b. 1934) poet, critic and painter * Abū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī al-Ḥakamī 9th century Iraqi poet *

Farah Nosh Farah Nosh ( ar, فرح نوش) is an Iraqi Canadian photojournalist. Her work about Iraq and its conflicts has been exhibited in galleries in the U.S. and UK. She has appeared on the CNN Inside The Middle East segment "Someone You Should Know", ...

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* Amer al-Obaidi (b. 1943)(alternative: Amer al-Ubeidi), painter *

Mahmoud Obaidi Mahmoud Obaidi (born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1966) is an Iraqi-Canadian artist whose work has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. Life and career Mahmoud Obaidi was born in Baghdad in 1966. He obtained a degree in fine arts fr ...

(b. Baghdad 1966) painter, conceptual artist, sculptor, film-maker *

Madiha Omar Madiha Umar (1908 – 2005 in Aleppo) ( ar, مديحة عمر) was an Iraqi artist who was known for incorporating calligraphy with abstract art. She is generally perceived as the first Arab artist to have done this. Therefore, she is seen as ...

(1908 – 2005) pioneer of the

Hurufiyya movement The Hurufiyya movement ( ar, حروفية ''ḥurufiyyah'', adjectival form ''ḥurufī'', 'letters' (of the alphabet)) is an aesthetic movement that emerged in the second half of the twentieth century amongst Muslim artists, who used their unde ...

* Widad Al-Orfali (b. 1929) artist and musician

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* Fred Parhad (b. 1947) sculptor

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* Qais Al-Sindy (b. 1967), an Iraqi contemporary artist and painter.

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Husain al-Radi Husain Ar-Radi (;1924, Najaf – 24 February 1963, Baghdad), also known as Hashiim, 'Ammar, and Salam Adil (), was an Iraqi communist politician as well as a Poetry, poet and Painting, painter. He was the leader of the Iraqi Communist Party from 1 ...

(1924–1963), politician, poet, and painter * Nuha al-Radi (1941-2004), diarist, ceramicist, painter *

Khaled al-Rahal Khaled Al-Rahal (also given as Khālid al-Raḥḥāl, 1926–1987) ( ar, خالد الرحال) was an Iraqi painter and sculptor and one of the leaders of the modern art movement in Iraq. Described as one of the "pillars of modern Iraqi art," ...

(1926-1987), sculptor and painter * Nadhim Ramzi (1928–2013) artist and graphic designer *

Abdul Qadir Al Rassam Abdul Qadir Al Rassam, عبد القادر الرسام), 1952 - 1882), was born in Baghdad, Ottoman Empire. He was one of the first generation of Iraqi artists to study abroad and paint in the European style. He was influential in terms of intro ...

(1882–1952), painter * Wafaa Abed Al Razzaq (b. 1952) poet

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* Miran al-Saadi (b. 1934) sculptor * Mahmoud Sabri (1927-2012) (alternative: Mahommed Sabri Said) pioneering painter *

Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi ( ar, جميل صدقي الزهاوي, ; 17 June 1863 – January 1936) was a prominent Iraqi poet and philosopher. He is regarded as one of the greatest contemporary poets of the Arab world and was known for his defence o ...

poet, educator and activist (1863–1936) * Ahmed Al Safi (born 1971), sculptor *

Shakir Hassan Al Said Shakir Hassan Al Said ( ar, شاكر حسن ال سعيد) (1925–2004), an Iraqi painter, sculptor and writer, is considered one of Iraq's most innovative and influential artists. An artist, philosopher, art critic and art historian, he was act ...

(1925–2004), painter, art historian, art critic, educator and prolific author *

Issam al-Said Issam al-Said (1938-1988) was a distinguished Iraqi painter, print-maker, designer, etcher, architect, philosopher and author who completed several major public buildings in Baghdad and in London. Life and career Issam al-Said was born in Bag ...

(1938-1988) painter, print-maker, designer, etcher, architect, philosopher and author * Muhammad Sa'id al-Sakkar *

Jawad Saleem Jewad Selim (1919–1961) ( ar, جواد سليم) was an Iraqi painter and sculptor born in Ankara, Ottoman Empire in 1919. He became an influential artist through his involvement with the Iraqi Baghdad Modern Art Group, which encouraged artists ...

(also given as Jawed Salim or Joad Salim) (1920–1961), sculptor * Su'ad Salim (b. 1918) * Tamara Salman 20th century designer *

Lorna Selim Lorna Selim (1928-2021) was an English artist and art teacher, who married prominent Iraqi sculptor Jewad Selim, relocating to Baghdad with him in 1950. She was a practising artist for much of her life up until her death. Selim contributed to the ...

(1928- 2012) artist and English-born wife of Jawad Saleem * Naziha Salim (1927–2008), artist and painter (sister of Jawad Saleem) *

Mohammed Hajji Selim Mohammed Hajji Selim (1883-1941) was among the first generation of modern Iraqi artists to receive a European arts education. He was a talented amateur artist who produced still lifes, landscapes and portraits, most of which have not survived. H ...

(1883-1941) painter, father of Suad Salim,

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Badr Shakir al-Sayyab Badr Shakir al Sayyab ( ar, بدر شاكر السياب) (December 24, 1926 in Jaykur, near Basra – December 24, 1964 in Kuwait) was a leading Iraqi poet, well known throughout the Arab world and one of the most influential Arab poets of all ti ...

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Andy Shallal Anas "Andy" Shallal ( ar, أنس شلال) (born March 21, 1955) is an Iraqi-American artist, activist, philanthropist and entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder and CEO of the Washington, D.C., area, restaurant, bookstore, and performan ...

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Naseer Shamma Naseer Shamma ( ar, نصير شمه) is an Iraqi musician and oud player. He was born in 1963 in Kut, a city on the Tigris River. He began studying the oud at the age of 12 in Baghdad, following in the footsteps of Jamil and Munir Bashir. He re ...

(b. 1963) musician and singer *

Walid Siti Walid Siti (born 1952, Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan) is a Kurdish painter and artist. He is currently based in London, United Kingdom. Education and early life He was born into a family of a Sunni Muslim background and had four brothers and a sister. ...

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Vian Sora Vian Sora (born 1976 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi American artist. Biography Sora was born in Baghdad in 1976. She left Iraq in 2006, during the Iraq War, eventually settling in Louisville, Kentucky with her husband in 2009. Sora works primar ...

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* Ali Talib (b. 1944), painter * Aatqall Taúaa (b. ?) sculptor and author *

Ismail Fatah Al Turk Ismail Fatah Al-Turk ("Ismail Fatah") (1934 or 1938–2004) was an Iraqi painter and sculptor born in Basra, Iraq, noted for his abstract art, monumental sculpture and public works and as part of the Baghdad Modern Art Group, which fostered a sen ...

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* Nazar Yahya (b. 1963), Iraqi-American etcher, sculptor (in metal), installation artist and photographer *

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Yaqut al-Musta'simi Yaqut al-Musta'simi (Persian: یاقوت مستعصمی)(Arabic: ياقوت المستعصمي) (also Yakut-i Musta'simi) (died 1298) was a well-known calligrapher and secretary of the last Abbasid caliph. Life and work He was probably of Gre ...

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* Khalil al-Zahawi (1946-2007), calligrapher * Muqbil Al-Zahawi (b. 1935), ceramicistPocock, C., "The Reason for the Project: Art in Iraq Today", in: Azzawi, D. (ed.), ''Art in Iraq Today'', Abu Dhabi, Skira and Meem, 2011, p. 101 * Salim Mohammed Saleh Zaki painter *

Haifa Zangana Haifa Zangana (born 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi writer, painter, and political activist, known for her novel ''Women on a Journey: Between Baghdad and London'' about political repression, violence and exile. She has written both novels and ...

(born 1950), novelist, author and artist

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