Born in Iraq in 1987, Namir moved to Canada with his family at age 11.

[1] He is a graduate of Simon Fraser University, and lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

[2] God in Pink, a novel about a gay man living in Baghdad during the Iraq War, was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2015.

[3] The book won the 2016 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction.

[7] His work has also been featured on Huffington Post, Shaw TV, Airbnb, in the film God in Pink: A Documentary, Breakfast Television Toronto, CTV Morning Live Saskatoon.