most notable for her lead female role in The Golden Child alongside Eddie Murphy Anisa Mehdi, Emmy Award-winning film director, journalist and director of Inside Mecca Safia Monney, actress Yigal Naor, actor Rashed Radwan, Spanish film director Heather Raffo, playwright/actress most known for her role in 9 Parts of Desire Liat Ron, actress and dancer Mohamed Said (actor), Swedish actor Osamah Sami, actor Alia Shawkat, American actress known as Maeby Funke on Arrested Development Zina Zaflow, actress Nadira (Farhat Ezekiel Nadira (5 December 1932 – 9 February 2006), commonly known as Nadira, actress in Indian Bollywood cinema Amy Fadhli (born January 30, 1966, in Galveston, Texas), American fitness model, actress and winner of the Fitness America National Champion 1996. Her father is Iraqi, born in Baghdad, a cardiovascular surgeon, and her mother is Czech, a sculptor and breeder of Arabian horses. Randa Chahal Sabag, Lebanese film director, producer and screenwriter born to an Iraqi mother and Lebanese father. Abraham Sofaer (October 1, 1896 – January 21, 1988), stage actor of Burmese-Jewish descent who became a familiar supporting player on film and television in his later years. He was born in Rangoon. Salim Al-Basri (July 7, 1926, in Baghdad – May 8, 1997), Iraqi film director Human rights activists Naziha al-Dulaimi (1923, Baghdad – 9 October 2007, Herdecke), early pioneer of the Iraqi feminist movement. She was a cofounder and first president of the Iraqi Women League 10-3-1952, the first woman minister in Iraq's modern history, and the first woman cabinet minister in the Arab world. Widad Akrawi, Danish writer, doctor, advocate for peace, human rights, justice and equality, co-founder of Defend International. Zainab Salbi (born 1969), Iraqi American author, women's rights activist, filmmaker, humanitarian and social entrepreneur who is founder and former CEO (1993-2011) of Washington-based Women for Women International. Munjed Al Muderis (born 1972), Iraqi born Australian author, Australian ambassador of the red cross, human rights activist and refugee rights activist. Lives in Sydney / Australia. Dalal Khario (born circa 1997), Iraqi-German author and women's rights activist. Safaa Al Sarai (born 1993), human rights activist who has been called the icon of the Iraqi uprising. Worood Zuhair (born 1987), Iraqi feminist and women's rights activist and Biologist. Journalists Alaa Al-Marjani (born 1967), photojournalist from Najaf, worked for Associated Press and is currently working with Reuters. Safa Khulusi (1917–1995), Iraqi historian, novelist, poet, journalist and broadcaster. He is known for