List of British Iraqis

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This is a list of notable British Iraqis, ordered by surname within section.

Academia

Nisreen Alwan - public health researcher
Elie Kedourie - historian
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]
Alphonse Mingana^[2]
Hormuzd Rassam^[2]
Sami Timimi - psychiatrist

Actors/actresses

Charlotte Lewis - actor; Chilean-Iraqi father
Yasmin Paige - actress
Andy Serkis - actor (Iraqi father of Armenian descent)

Artists

Lowkey - UK rapper, born Kareem Dennis; his mother is of Iraqi descent^[3]
Bashar Lulua - conductor; Iraqi father

Business

Nadhmi Auchi
Samuel Hayek - millionaire real-estate tycoon; chairman of the KKL Charitable Trust^[4]
Naim Dangoor - entrepreneur and philanthropist
Eamon Jubbawy - co-founder of technology company Onfido
Nemir Kirdar - Iraqi-born billionaire; President and CEO of Investcorp^[5]
Charles Saatchi - co-founder of the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi; born in Baghdad and is of Iraqi Jewish descent; owner of the Saatchi Gallery^[6]
Maurice Saatchi - brother of Charles Saatchi; co-founder of Saatchi & Saatchi; born in Baghdad and is of Iraqi Jewish descent^[7]

Film people

Kasim Abid - cameraman, director and producer^[8]
Tala Hadid - film director and producer; Iraqi father
Amrou Al-Kadhi - writer, performer, and director

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^[9] (Iraqi father, English mother)^[10]
Nadhim Zahawi - born in Baghdad to Kurdish parents;^[11] co-founded YouGov with Stephan Shakespeare and was YouGov's CEO from 2005 to 2010;^[12] elected as a Conservative councillor in Putney^[13] in the London Borough of Wandsworth, and served from 1994 to 2006

Sport

Riyadh Al-Azzawi - kickboxer
Youra Eshaya - Assyrian footballer, first Iraqi to play professionally in England
Zidane Iqbal - footballer

Writers

Tina Brown - journalist, magazine editor, columnist, talk-show host and author of The Diana Chronicles; part Iraqi on her mother's side
Mona Chalabi - data journalist; Iraqi parents
Saleem Haddad - author; Iraqi-German mother
Foulath Hadid - writer

Other

Banaz Mahmod - honour killing victim.

See also

References

^ "Jim Al-Khalili calls for scientific Arab Spring". 7 November 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-04-29. Retrieved 2011-03-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Lowkey (London/Iraq) « Hip Hop Diplomacy". hiphopdiplomacy.org. Archived from the original on 2010-05-08.
^ "Sweet charity". Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
^ "Nemir Kirdar, President and CEO of Investcorp Addresses the Future of Iraq". Archived from the original on 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
^ "Charles Saatchi | Biography, Art Collection, & Facts". 29 February 2024.
^ 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". Archived from the original on 2008-01-03. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
^ "Councillor details - Councillor Anood Al-Samerai - Southwark Council". Archived from the original on 2010-09-06. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
^ "Anood Al-Samerai – PPC for Ilford South | Parliamentary Candidates Detail". www.libdems.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-04-14.
^ Parris, Matthew (25 February 2010). "Nuclear reaction wins over rural hearts". The Times. London.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "About Nadhim". Zahawi. Zahawi.com. 6 May 2010. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
^ "Nadhim Zahawi MP - Who is he?".