Amal Taha

An Iraqi comedic actress, born in 1956, in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq. She joined the College of Fine Arts, Department of Dramatic Arts, in 1974, and graduated in 1978. She was discovered by director Falah Zaki in 1977 on a television evening, and she stood in front of television cameras for the first time with the late artist Muhammad Al-Qaisi, and since that work her fame spread and she became an Iraqi street star. The late artist has many films and series to her credit, and she also participated in many plays with comedic roles, in addition to presenting many television programs. Comedian Amal Taha had suffered a stroke in 2009, causing paralysis on the left side of her body, causing her to be cut off from the artistic community. The pioneer of Iraqi art stated, before her death, that she dreamed of walking on her feet, even a few meters, but it was difficult in light of the possibility of rudimentary treatment in the nursing home where she was staying. She appealed to the government to treat her outside the country, but Amal Taha lost hope without losing her usual smile among her fans. She passed away from our world on the evening of Thursday, May 19, 2016 AD, at the age of sixty years, after a long struggle with illness.