Saleem Al-Basri

He finished his primary education at the Aweyna High School and entered the Faculty of Arts and Literature - Department of Arabic Language of Baghdad University in 1950 graduating with a B.A.

[5] At the beginning of Al-Basri's professional life in 1955 he served as a high school teacher, then as a banker in 1965.

The television was established in Iraq in 1958 and whilst he had other full-time role, he became a theatre writer and performer.

Al-Basri wrote many TV plays such as Tahit Moos Al-Hallaq, Zero-Carr, Always in my Heart, Six Chairs, Do not Agree, The Point of View, An Artist against his Will, New Street, Love in Baghdad, Workshops to Whom it may Concern, Their Patience and If.

He also participated in several films in the cinema such as The Autumn Leaves at the end of 1963 with director Hikmat Labib and Faieq is Getting Married, in 1984 and directed by Abdul Jalil Ibrahim, The Carriage and Horse and Building No.