Duraid A. Ghaieb Acting

Actor, theatre maker, dancer, yoga teacher and a sufi dance (ritual) granter, was born in Baghdad in 1980, joined the Institute of Fine Arts at the age of 15 to study theatre. After graduating with a Diploma in directing in 2001 he went directly to the College of Fine Arts to undertake a Bachelor of Theatre in directing 2007.
During his degree, Duraid took on many extra curricular activities, such as teaching theatre in a kindergarten and orphanage
Most significantly, he participated in Iraq’s first ever Contemporary Dance workshop and went on to join ‘Iraqi Bodies’, one of the first ever Modern Dance theater makers in Iraq. Their first project ‘Crying of my mother’ performed nationally, regionally and internationally.
Duraid’s extensive experience includes acting in many short films within Iraq and also working as the leading actor in a major feature length film ‘Battle for Haditha,’ directed by Nick Broomfield shot in Jordan in 2007. This film took the prize for the ‘Best Director’ at the Toronto Film Festival in 2007.
Duraid was also living and working in Holland. Furthermore he was working in Belgium as an actor and director and was a member of the new theater company Strange fruit.
Duraid's last experience was working as a volunteer in Ecuador for one year in an organization called Inti Sisa, giving English lessons and theater to little children who live in the indigenous communities up the mountains and help in construction work.
From 2017 until 2020 Duraid worked in KunstZ as a maker, a coach and an actor. And right now he is cooperating with other vzw’s such as Tenawa and Funuun; also collaborating individually with various artists such as: Christine Verheyden, Bianca Zueneli, Yousif Abbas, Somalia Williamson, Vera Lambrechts and Teatske Burgerjon.

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Overview

NationalityIraq, Netherlands

LanguagesArabic – modern standard (mother tongue), Kurdish (mother tongue), English (good), Dutch (basic), Spanish (basic)

Born1980, Baghdad, Iraq

Age range35 - 45

Height177 cm

Ethnic typesArabic, Central Asian / Eurasian, South Asian / Indian, Turkish/Kurdish, West Asian / Middle Eastern

Place of residenceAntwerp - Antwerpen (Belgium)

Real nameDuraid

Skills/Talents

Languages Arabic – modern standard (mother tongue), Kurdish (mother tongue), English (good), Dutch (basic), Spanish (basic)

Dance Butoh (Japan) (basic)

Vocal pitch / Dubbing voice Alto

Sports Yoga (very good)

Appearance

Training

CV CV - Film CV - Theatre