List of British Iraqis

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]
• Alphonse Mingana[2]
• Hormuzd Rassam[2]

Actors/actresses

• Andy Serkis - actor (Iraqi father of Armenian descent)

Artists

• Lowkey - UK rapper, born Kareem Dennis; his mother is of Iraqi descent[3]

Business

• Nadhmi Auchi
• Samuel Hayek - millionaire real-estate tycoon; chairman of the KKL Charitable Trust[4]
• 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 directors

• Kasim Abid - cameraman, director and producer[8]

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

• Youra Eshaya - Assyrian footballer, first Iraqi to play professionally in England

Writers

• Tina Brown - journalist, magazine editor, columnist, talk-show host and author of The Diana Chronicles; part Iraqi on her mother's side

See also

• British Iraqis
• List of Iraqis
• List of Iraqi Americans

References

1. https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/jim-al-khalili-calls-for-scientific-arab-spring/2008698.article
2. http://www.edessa.com/profiles/rasam.htm
3. http://hiphopdiplomacy.org/hip-hop-geography/europa/united-kingdom/lowkey-uk/
4. "Sweet charity". Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
5. "Nemir Kirdar, President and CEO of Investcorp Addresses the Future of Iraq". Archived from the original on 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
6. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1441121/Charles-Saatchi
7. Goldman, Kevin (1997), Conflicting Accounts – The Creation and Crash of the Saatchi and Saatchi Empire, New York: Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-684-83553-3
8. "Kasim Abid". Archived from the original on 2008-01-03. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-06. Retrieved 2010-11-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
10. http://www.libdems.org.uk/parliamentary_candidates_detail.aspx?name=Anood_Al-Samerai_&pPK=bba4e388-f648-4c88-8efd-d6f13d2d987f
11. Parris, Matthew (25 February 2010). "Nuclear reaction wins over rural hearts". The Times. London.
12. "About Nadhim". Zahawi. Zahawi.com. 6 May 2010. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
13. http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/nadhim-zahawi