List of British Iraqis
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This is a list of notable British Iraqis, ordered by surname within section.
Academia
- Jim Al-Khalili OBE - professor of theoretical physics at Surrey University and BBC presenter; born in Baghdad to an Iraqi father and English mother[1]
- Ali Hadawi CBE - Principal and Chief Executive of Central Bedfordshire College[2]
- Alphonse Mingana[3]
- Sami Ramadani - sociologist[4]
- Hormuzd Rassam[3]
Actors/actresses
- Nadia Kamil - actor, comedian and writer (Iraqi father, Welsh mother, born in Swansea, South Wales)[5]
- Andy Serkis - actor
Artists
Lowkey performing in Bristol, 21 September 2009
Business
- Nadhmi Auchi
- Naji Aziz - British Iraqi-born business magnate; Chairman of Iraqi Youth Foundation and President of The Social Amendment[8]
- Samuel Hayek - millionaire real-estate tycoon; chairman of the KKL Charitable Trust[9]
- Nemir Kirdar - Iraqi-born billionaire; President and CEO of Investcorp[10]
- Charles Saatchi - co-founder of the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi; born in Baghdad and is of Iraqi Jewish descent; owner of the Saatchi Gallery [11]
- Maurice Saatchi - brother of Charles Saatchi; co-founder of Saatchi & Saatchi; born in Baghdad and is of Iraqi Jewish descent[12]
Film directors
- Kasim Abid - cameraman, director and producer[13]
Politicians
Nadahim Zahawi MP
- Anood Al-Samerai - Southwark based councillor for British political party, the Liberal Democrats and leader of Southwark's Liberal Democrat Group[14] (Iraqi father, English mother)[15]
- Nadhim Zahawi - born in Baghdad to Kurdish parents;[16] co-founded YouGov with Stephan Shakespeare and was YouGov's CEO from 2005 to 2010;[17] elected as a Conservative councillor in Putney[18] in the London Borough of Wandsworth, and served from 1994 to 2006
Sport
- Youra Eshaya - Assyrian footballer, first Iraqi to play professionally in England
Writers
- Marina Benjamin - author of The Last Days in Babylon[19]
- Tina Brown - journalist, magazine editor, columnist, talk-show host and author of The Diana Chronicles; part Iraqi on her mother's side
See also
References
- ↑ https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/jim-al-khalili-calls-for-scientific-arab-spring/2008698.article
- ↑ http://www.centralbeds.ac.uk
- 1 2 http://www.edessa.com/profiles/rasam.htm
- ↑ Let's Not Forget to Kill All the Smart People article
- ↑ Nadia Kamil's biography
- ↑ http://hiphopdiplomacy.org/hip-hop-geography/europa/united-kingdom/lowkey-uk/
- ↑ Darat al Funun - Tamara Nouri
- ↑ http://iraqiyouth.com/about/
- ↑ Sweet charity
- ↑ Nemir Kirdar, President and CEO of Investcorp Addresses the Future of Iraq
- ↑ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1441121/Charles-Saatchi
- ↑ Goldman, Kevin (1997), Conflicting Accounts – The Creation and Crash of the Saatchi and Saatchi Empire, New York: Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-684-83553-3
- ↑ Kasim Abid
- ↑ http://moderngov.southwarksites.com/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=165
- ↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/parliamentary_candidates_detail.aspx?name=Anood_Al-Samerai_&pPK=bba4e388-f648-4c88-8efd-d6f13d2d987f
- ↑ Parris, Matthew (25 February 2010). "Nuclear reaction wins over rural hearts". The Times. London.
- ↑ "About Nadhim". Zahawi. Zahawi.com. 6 May 2010.
- ↑ http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/nadhim-zahawi
- ↑ BBC - Radio 4 Woman's Hour - Marina Benjamin - The Last Days in Babylon
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