Biography

Saadia Al-Zaidi, born in Maysan Governorate, Iraq, is a distinguished actress and poet. Her family's involvement in political activities led to imprisonments and relocations. Following the July Revolution in the 1950s, they were released, and Saadia settled in Baghdad after 2003. She later moved to Oman with her husband Ramadan Kataea. In the late 1950s, she worked in the textile industry, eventually expanding her cultural knowledge and starting to write poetry, which debuted on radio.