Helket Idris Abid
Helket Idris Abid | |
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 Helket in 2015 | |
| Born | June 28, 1988 Simel, Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq |
| Alma mater | University of Duhok, Artuklu University (Turkey) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Director, Actor, Journalist, Lecturer |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Awards | Best Playwright Awards in Kurdistan, Iran, and Turkey |
Helket Idris Abid (born June 28, 1988, in Simel, Duhok Governorate) is a Kurdish writer,[1] director, actor, and journalist from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Early life and education
Helket Idris Abid was born in Simel, Duhok Governorate in 1988. He completed primary and secondary education at Shahidan School in Simel. He graduated in 2009 from the Department of Theater at the Duhok Institute of Fine Arts and earned a bachelor's degree in theater from the University of Duhok in 2013. He received a master's degree in Kurdish Studies from Mardin Artuklu University in Turkey in 2021.
Career
Abid has written several plays and participated as an actor in films and television dramas. He produced the television program Kurd in Russia in 2020 for Waar TV. He also wrote the play, The Kurdistan Epic,[2] which was performed on 11 September 2024, in the presence of the President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Nechirvan Barzani.
He is a member of the Kurdish Writers' Union and the Kurdish Artists' Union.
Awards
- Best Playwright Award – Sulemani Theater Festival 2011[3]
- Best Playwright Award – Saqqez Festival, Iran (2024][4]
- Best Playwright Award – Erbil (2019)[5]
- Best Street Theater Director Award – Soran (2021)[6]
Published works
- A Dream Outside the Cage (2011)[7]
- Anahita and Gemivan (2012);[8] second edition 2023 in Istanbul[9]
- My Mother Grave (2021)[10]
Theater and film
- Actor in the feature film House Without Roof (2016)[11]
- Actor and casting director in the feature film Reseba: The Dark Wind (2016)
- TV drama Vekolin (2020)
- Several plays authored by him, including Bochi Mar (2013), A Scene in the Gas (2015), A Scene of Killing (2016), Who Is Leaving? (2021)
References
- ^ "Anahita and Gemivan (Seven Theater Texts)". makpirtuk.de.
- ^ https://www.rudaw.net/sorani/kurdistan/1909202413
- ^ "evro711=29/5/2011". calameo.com.
- ^ "The 18th Saqqez Kurdish International Theater Festival announces the winners". en. February 24, 2024.
- ^ https://www.rudaw.net/english/culture/23042019
- ^ "فێستیڤاڵی شانۆی سەرشەقام لە سۆران - رواندز دەستپێدەکات".
- ^ کوردیپێدیا, Kurdipedia-. "خەونەک لە دەرەوەى بازنە دا". Kurdipedia.org.
- ^ کوردیپێدیا, Kurdipedia-. "ناوی بەشداربووانی بیست و پێنجەمین فێستیڤاڵی گەلاوێژ ئاشکرا کران". Kurdipedia.org.
- ^ "Helket Îdrîs 'Abid - Kitêbên din ên nivîskar / Diğer Kitapları". www.avestakitap.com.
- ^ کوردیپێدیا, Kurdipedia-. "گۆڕێ دایکا من". Kurdipedia.org.
- ^ "Helket Idris". www.film.at.