Emel Sinan Saeed Abdullqader (; born October 22, 1966) is an

Iraqi Turkmen The Iraqi Turkmen (, عراق تورکمنلری; Arabic: تركمان العراق), also referred to as Iraqi Turks, (, عراق توركلری; ) are the third largest ethnic group in Iraq. They make up to 10%–13% of the Iraqi population. I ...

actress known for her role of Nadia of the 1988 Iraqi television series ''

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Personal life

Emel Sinan was born in

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to an

father, Sinan Saeed Abdul Qadir (1934 - 06/03/1991), who was a writer and broadcaster, and an Azerbaijani mother. She has worked with her father in Baghdad, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Europe. In the 1980s they settled in

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Filmography

Actress

Awards

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20120425161058/http://www.mesopot.com/old/adad13/47.htm * http://www.allafblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2010/06/blog-post_9477.html * http://annabaa.org/nbanews/2010/08/114.htm * http://www.mocul.gov.iq/arabic/index.php?name=Pages&op=showcat&cid=85 * http://www.ahewar.org/debat/show.art.asp?aid=236395 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CgQwOkJZ5U&NR=1 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DAVNQhqMFg * http://kalema.a7larab.net/t26808-topic {{DEFAULTSORT:Senan, Amel 1966 births Living people Actresses from Baku Iraqi Turkmen people Iraqi television actresses Iraqi people of Azerbaijani descent 20th-century Iraqi actresses