Biographies: Mohsen Al-Azzawi - Actor

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An Iraqi artist, who served as the director of the first work written by the late Aziz Abdel Sahib, Cell No. 16 (1958). He has worked in stage directing and acting. He finished his studies at the Institute of Fine Arts in 1960, then completed his studies in the Czech Republic, continuing his postgraduate studies at the Academy of Dramatic and Musical Arts in Prague in 1966. He was appointed as a teacher at the Institute of Arts to teach acting and music theory, after which he traveled to Saudi Arabia in 1968 to teach general culture for two years. He directed nearly 60 theatrical works, including plays Kingdom of Beggars and Romeo and Juliet. As for TV series, he has worked in about twenty Iraqi and Arab series, most notably the series Women in a Story and Citizen J. He suffered a severe stroke, after which he was taken to the Medical City in Baghdad.

• 11 May 2022
• Dalia Saad