About myself
Hadi Mahood studied film direction at the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad and at Baghdad University. He made several films in Iraq in the 1980s. Between 1988 and 1990, he worked as an assistant director in the Department of Film Production at Baghdad Television. In 1991, he fled persecution in Iraq and worked with the Iraqi Opposition radio in Saudi Arabia. He also directed a segment of the UN Media Peace Award-winning documentary series, Dying to Leave. Since completing Iraq, My Country Hadi has returned to Samawa.