Nahida Al Rammah
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Nahida Al Rammah is a famous Iraq
i actress. She was one of the founders of the Modern Iraqi Theatre. Nahida is now (July 2007) 60 years old. She has starred in a film production Wasteland between London and Baghdad by fellow Iraqi director Koutaiba Al Janabi
. Rammah, who lost her sight last decade, was one of the most famous actresses in Iraq
in the 1950s and 60s. The actress, who first performed in 1956, was sent by the then Iraqi president, Ahmad Hasan al-Bakir was sent abroad to be treated. She defected after receiving treatment and became an opponent of the Baathist government
. She was later targeted by Saddam
's Baath Party
regime for being a communist activist, forcing her to flee Iraq in the 1970s. She eventually settled in London
.
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
i actress. She was one of the founders of the Modern Iraqi Theatre. Nahida is now (July 2007) 60 years old. She has starred in a film production Wasteland between London and Baghdad by fellow Iraqi director Koutaiba Al Janabi
Koutaiba Al Janabi
Koutaiba Al Janabi is a Britain-based Iraqi filmmaker, director and photographer born in Baghdad, who documented Wasteland: Between London and Baghdad.Koutaiba attended the Academy of Drama and Cinema in Budapest, Hungary...
. Rammah, who lost her sight last decade, was one of the most famous actresses in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
in the 1950s and 60s. The actress, who first performed in 1956, was sent by the then Iraqi president, Ahmad Hasan al-Bakir was sent abroad to be treated. She defected after receiving treatment and became an opponent of the Baathist government
Government
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. She was later targeted by Saddam
Saddam
–Saddam is an Arabic name which means "One who confronts", other meanings include: "One who frequently causes collisions", "Powerful collider", "One who causes a collision that had bad results", "Powerful confronter", "One who frequently crashes", or "Powerful commander"...
's Baath Party
Baath Party
The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party was a political party mixing Arab nationalist and Arab socialist interests, opposed to Western imperialism, and calling for the renaissance or resurrection and unification of the Arab world into a single state. Ba'ath is also spelled Ba'th or Baath and means...
regime for being a communist activist, forcing her to flee Iraq in the 1970s. She eventually settled in London
London
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