the exploitation of Norway's petroleum resources within the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Lihadh Al-Gazali, geneticist Grigor Gurzadyan, Armenian astronomer, and pioneer of space astronomy, born October 15, 1922, in Baghdad to parents who fled in 1915 Western Armenia. Hunayn ibn Ishaq, scientist and physician Ibn al-Haytham (Alhacen/Alhazen) Ibn Sa'd al-Baghdadi Ibn Tahir al-Baghdadi Jafar Dhia Jafar, Iraqi nuclear physicist. Jim Al-Khalili, Iraqi-born British theoretical physicist, author and science communicator; professor of theoretical physics and chair in the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Surrey. Khidir Hamza, Iraqi nuclear physicist. Kidinnu Naburimannu Seleucus of Seleucia Sind ibn Ali Souad Naji Al-Azzawi Iraqi academic and environmentalist Sudines, Babylonian sage, mentioned as one of the famous Chaldean mathematicians and astronomer-astrologers by later Roman writers like Strabo (Geografia 16:1–6). Film actors and directors Amel Senan, (born October 22, 1966), Iraqi-Turkmen actress known for her role of Nadia of the 1988 Iraqi television series Nadia. Kasim Abid, London-based cameraman and director of Iraqi origin Mohamed Al-Daradji Nazem Al-Ghazali, actor/singer Koutaiba Al Janabi Namaa Alward, actress Naguib el-Rihani, actor Abbas Fahdel, director of Dawn of the World Tariq Hashim Sophia Jawad, actress and model based in the United Arab Emirates Hind Kamel, well-known Iraqi actress and film director now residing in Jordan. Saaed Khalifa, actor Farid Majari, film maker Dina Mousawi, actress Maysoon Pachachi, director of Return to the Land of Wonders Basam Ridha, actor Hiner Saleem, film director Saad Salman, film director known for his documentary Baghdad On/Off Samir, film director based in Switzerland, known for his documentary Forget Baghdad Film actors and directors of Iraqi descent Ibraham Alzubaidy, actor, director, and writer, born in Kut, Iraq in 1978. He studied at California State University, Northridge, majoring in Cinema and Television Art-Film Directing. Andy Serkis (born 20 April 1964), English film actor, director and author. His mother was half Iraqi and half English and taught disabled children. His father was an Iraqi gynaecologist of Armenian ethnicity. David Chokachi (born David Al-Chokhachy on January 16, 1968, in Plymouth, Massachusetts), American film and television actor. He's best known for his role in the TV series Witchblade, Baywatch, and Beyond The Break. His father is Iraqi Turkmen and his mother is Finnish Michael Nouri, American television and film actor. He may be best known for his role as Nick Hurley, in the 1983 film Flashdance. Nouri was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Gloria (née Montgomery)