Salah Al-Hamdani
Illustration — Salah Al-Hamdani (2012) Salah Al-Hamdani (born in 1951 in Baghdad), is an Iraqi poet, actor, and playwright. Imprisoned as a political dissident in the 1970s, he began writing in prison. Some of his writing was published in clandestine journals.
Salah Al-Hamdani
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- 1951 · Baghdad.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- poet · writer · actor · director
- Education
- University of Paris
- Languages
- Arabic · French
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Illustration — Salah Al-Hamdani (2012) Salah Al-Hamdani (born in 1951 in Baghdad), is an Iraqi poet, actor, and playwright. Imprisoned as a political dissident in the 1970s, he began writing in prison. Some of his writing was published in clandestine journals.
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He has continued to write, in Arabic and in French, since moving to France, where he been living for three decades. In his work, Al-Hamdani opposed Saddam Hussein's government, and subsequently the United States-led Occupation of Iraq. He is particularly known in France for his 2003 poem "Baghdad Mon Amour" ("Baghdad My Beloved"). Al-Hamdani also assisted Saad Salman in writing the dialogue of the latter's film Baghdad On/Off, which he appeared in as an actor.
Salah Al-Hamdani studied at University of Paris. The recorded working language is Arabic and French.
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- "Salah Al Hamdani", Le Printemps des Poètes: biography and bibliography (in French)
- Words Without Borders, Literature from the "Axis of Evil", , 2006, pp. 55–6: brief biography
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