Namaa Alward (born 11 November 1953) is an
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
i 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.
Alward was highly active in the resistance movement against
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutio ...
in the 1970s and 1980s.
Namaa comes from a
Shi'a family. She also has two Sunni brothers-in-law. She also has family back home in
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon. I ...
.
When questioned about US policy and the recent US-led invasion of
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
, she replied, ''"Let them end the sanctions, stop this crazy war and allow us Iraqis sort out our own problems."''
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She currently works in theater and film along with participating in numerous humanitarian organisations.
Alward traveled to Iraq in 2003 as a participant in the human shield action to Iraq.
Filmography
* ''Mørketid'' (1995)
References
External links
*
Namaa Alward at Film Database
1953 births
Living people
Iraqi film actresses
Iraqi expatriates in Norway
Iraqi activists
Iraqi Shia Muslims
Iraqi stage actresses
20th-century Iraqi actresses
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