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    Asia Kamal

    1961-11-01 (63 years old) in Baghdad, Iraq

    Asia Kamel was born in the 1960s. Her father was involved in politics, and was a member of the Kurdish party. He was artistically inclined due to the fact that he was a photographer. He worked in the government’s Department of Iraqi Dates. Asia’s mother, whose name is Sadiqa Mohamed Amin, worked as a make-up artist in the Public Institution of Cinema and Theater. She left that position and opened her own hair salon. Asia’s acting career began in school theater. She was still a student in middle school when she appeared on stage with Iraqi theater legends in the play “Gilgamesh," directed by Samy Abel Hamid. Afterwards, Asia’s drama teacher suggested that she act in TV drama. She began with the seven-part series The Absent Returns (1979), directed by Adel Taher. Asia’s acting career extended over three decades throughout which she was very successful. Of her most famous dramatic works include The Traveller, Wolves of the Night, Ice in the Time of Fire, The Depths of the Alleys, and Remnants of Love. She also appeared in 11 films and 13 plays. Her most famous stage performance was in The Height of Love, written by Felah Zaki and directed by Fadil Khalil, as well as in the play The Shrines of Abu Samra. She married the director Felah Zaki after the series The Traveller, which Zaki directed. Zaki and Asia had children together, but they got divorced. Asia then married writer and director Basil Shabeeb.

    Movies

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    The Sad Dawn
    0 %|May 11, 1991
    War, Drama
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    Summer Cloud
    0 %|Apr 26, 1989
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    Another Day
    0 %|Jul 9, 1979
    History, Drama

    Series

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    Soul's Revenge
    100 %|Mar 23, 2023
    Drama
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    الماروت
    0 %|Mar 23, 2023
    Drama
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    Dijla W Furat
    0 %|Apr 19, 2021
    Drama
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    Taiba
    90 %|Apr 13, 2021
    Drama
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    واحد زائد واحد
    100 %|May 24, 2020
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    ميم ميم
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Drama
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    Silk threads
    0 %|Mar 11, 2024
    Drama
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    Watan 2
    100 %|Mar 11, 2024
    Drama
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    Swings
    0 %|Mar 11, 2024
    actor
    فضاء داخلي
    0 %|Mar 23, 2023
    Drama
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    Sunadqija
    0 %|Jan 25, 2008
    Drama
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    بيت الشمع
    0 %|Apr 25, 2005
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    لو كنت القاضي
    65 %|Jul 15, 1997
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    مواسم الحب
    70 %|May 1, 1993
    Drama