Biography

In the holy city of Najef, and on a hot summer day of 1953, Said first opened his eyes to this unpredictable world. In this city’s harsh living conditions, Said grew up, worked hard and managed to finish his High School education. With hope to fulfill his dreams, he continued his education in Baghdad’s Institute of Arts.

After graduating in 1974, he decided to continue to study acting in the University of Baghdad. Then, he was put in prison for inheriting his last name from a generation that hated Saddim Hussein and his regime government (BAITH PARTY).

When coming out from prison, he was forced to participate in the first Gulf War that lasted eight years between Iraq and Iran from 1979-1988. Later he was one of the thousands that participated in the Iraqi Revolution against Saddim Hussein in 1991.

Said ran away from Saddim’s Government to Saudi –Arabia and stayed there for about two years.

In 1993, he arrived to America as a political refugee. He has been living in Michigan, Detroit for about ten years. He organized the Iraq-American Organization of Culture and Arts. He started writing poetry in 2004. Later most of his poems were published on more than fifty Arabic newsletters and websites. He has realized that writing poetry was one of his hidden talents and continued with it.