Talk:List of British Iraqis

Unsourced entries

I have removed all unsourced entries from the list. In case anyone wants to reinstate them, supported by a reliable source, I have listed those entries that were removed below, as they appeared before I removed them. A couple of the names do have references, but these don't mention Iraq or are unreliable sources. Cordless Larry (talk) 10:46, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Academia

• Dr Hussein Abdul-Raof, internationally renowned academic and author at the University of Leeds, England
• Dr Sheikh Abdullah Al-Judai, internationally renowned islamic scholar, author and member of the European Council of Fatwa and Research
• Jim Al-Khalili, nuclear physicist, academic, author and broadcaster
• Elie Kedourie, historian
• Adnan Koucher, scholar
• Avi Shlaim, historian

Actors/Actresses

• Zaraah Abrahams, actress who is currently starring in Waterloo Road.
• Nahida Al Rammah, actress
• Sarmed al-Samarrai, actor most famous for starring in the Universal Pictures film United 93
• Jasmine Callan, actress
• Brian George, actor
• Charlotte Lewis, actress most notable for her lead female role in The Golden Child alongside Eddie Murphy
• Dina Mousawi

Architects

• Zaha Hadid
• Yasmin Al-Ani Spence - architect and photographer

Artists

• Firyal Al-Adhamy, artist
• Jananne Al-Ani, artist
• Suad al-Attar, painter
• Ala Bashir, plastic surgeon, sculptor, and painter
• Zana Briski, artist, photographer, filmmaker, activist and winner of the Best Documentary Feature at the 77th Academy Awards in 2005. for her documentary film Born into Brothels.
• Faisel Laibi Sahi, artist
• Rashad Salim, London-based artist and activist
• Tamara Salman, creative design director

Business

• Nadhmi Auchi, billionaire businessman
• Sassoon Baronets, part of the Sassoon family
• Khalid Muhmood, director and businessman
• Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi, co-founder and chairman of the organization, Arab Media Watch
• Ghadir Razuki - British multi-millionaire of Iraqi parents. Founder of TNT Magazine Group, the largest publishers of free magazines in the world, with magazine and media interests in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
• David and Simon Reuben, billionaire businessman
• Charles Saatchi, co-founder of Saatchi & Saatchi
• Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi, brother of Charles and co-founder of Saatchi and Saatchi and M&C Saatchi
• Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, philanthropist and merchant
• Sassoon David Sassoon, merchant
• David Sassoon, businessman
• Robert Tchenguiz, billionaire businessman
• Karen El Zein, consultant and programme specialist at the eGovernment Authority in Bahrain. (Born in London to an English-Iraqi mother).
• Selim Zilkha is an entrepreneur who founded Mothercare, one of the United Kingdom's largest retail chains.

Fashion designers

• Reem Alasadi, Iraqi-born British fashion designer

Film directors

• Ja'far 'Abd Al-Hamid, Iraqi-British filmmaker of "Mesocafe".
• Koutaiba Al Janabi, filmmaker, director and photographer
• Selma Chalabi
• Jasmine Dellal, film director and producer who founded Little Dust Productions, to make documentaries and artistic films with a social conscience.
• Tala Hadid, film director of Tes Cheveux Noirs Ihsan

Journalists

• Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, journalist for The Guardian
• Talal Al-Haj, journalist for Al-Arabiya

Misc

• Anas Altikriti, President of the Cordoba Foundation and served as president of the Muslim Association of Britain between 2004- 2005
• Bisher Amin Khalil al-Rawi, Guantanamo Bay detainee
• Alan Yentob, television executive

Musicians

Shlomo

• Alfred George Al-Babilly, oud artist
• Khyam Allami, oud artist
• Lowkey, rapper
• Shlomo, human beatbox and member of UK-hip hop act, Foreign Beggars.

Politicians

• Ayad Allawi

Sport

• Riyadh Al-Azzawi, kickboxer
• Shwan Jalal, footballer
• Teddy Smouha, athlete (sprinter)

Writers

Saadi Youssef.

• Betool Khedairi
• Leilah Nadir
• Rachel Shabi, author and contributing writer to The Guardian.
• Saadi Youssef, author, poet, journalist, publisher, political activist and has published thirty volumes of poetry and seven books of prose.
• Haifa Zangana

References