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[[File:Salah Al-Hamdani.jpg|thumb|right|'''Salah Al-Hamdani''' (2012)]]<br />
'''Salah Al-Hamdani''' ({{langx|ar|صلاح الحمداني}}; born in 1951 in [[Baghdad]]), is an [[Iraq]]i [[poet]], [[actor]], and [[playwright]].<br />
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Imprisoned as a [[political dissident]] in the 1970s, he began writing in prison. Some of his writing was published in clandestine journals. He has continued to write, in [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and in [[French language|French]], since moving to [[France]], where he been living for three decades. In his work, Al-Hamdani opposed [[Saddam Hussein]]'s government, and subsequently the [[United States]]-led [[History of Iraq (2003–2011)|Occupation of Iraq]].<br />
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He is particularly known in France for his 2003 poem "Baghdad Mon Amour" ("Baghdad My Beloved").<br />
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Al-Hamdani also assisted [[Saad Salman]] in writing the dialogue of the latter's film ''[[Baghdad On/Off]]'', which he appeared in as an actor.<br />
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==Sources==<br />
* [http://www.printempsdespoetes.com/index.php?rub=poetheque&page=14&url=http://www.printempsdespoetes.com/poetheque/index.php?fiche_poete%26cle=628%26nom=Salah%20Al%20Hamdani "Salah Al Hamdani"], ''Le Printemps des Poètes'': biography and bibliography (in French)<br />
* [[Words Without Borders]], ''[[Literature from the "Axis of Evil"]]'', {{ISBN|978-1-59558-205-8}}, 2006, pp.&nbsp;55–6: brief biography<br />
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[[Category:1951 births]]<br />
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[[Category:21st-century Iraqi poets]]<br />
[[Category:Iraqi dramatists and playwrights]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from Baghdad]]<br />
[[Category:Iraqi expatriates in France]]<br />
[[Category:Iraqi Shia Muslims]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Iraqi poets]]<br />
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