Lewis Alsamari

Screenplay multi-award nominated Lewis Alsamari was born in Baghdad to Iraqi parents. He fled Saddam Hussein's brutal army and military intelligence, was shot in the leg, almost eaten alive by desert canines while fleeing alone on foot at night across the unforgiving Iraqi-Jordanian desert. His safety in Jordan was compromised so he was forced to flee once again to South East Asia on fake documents. He developed severe PTSD, which then triggered a stabbing stomach-ulcer disease, but he arduously fought on till he finally reached his real home - the United Kingdom - where he spent some of his early childhood. His critically acclaimed biography "Out Of Iraq" was published by the Penguin Random House Group in several languages worldwide, and was launched in North America by Crown USA as "Escape From Saddam". The book also chronicles Alsamari's continued battle to save his family from torture and persecution at the hands of the same barbaric military he once escaped. He married a Jewish