Helket Idris Abid


Helket Idris Abid is a Kurdish writer, director, actor, and journalist from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Early life and education

Helket Idris Abid was born in Simele, 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. n 2022, he was received by the Consulate General in Erbil, which announced their support for his work and activities. And He also wrote the play The Kurdistan Epic, 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

Published works

A Dream Outside the Cage Anahita and Gemivan ; second edition 2023 in Istanbul
  • ''My Mother Grave''

Theater and film