Helket Idris Abid

Helket Idris Abid
Helket in 2015
Born (1988-06-28) June 28, 1988
Simel, Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Alma materUniversity of Duhok, Artuklu University (Turkey)
OccupationsWriter, director, actor, journalist, lecturer
Years active2009–present
AwardsBest Playwright Awards in Kurdistan, Iran, and Turkey

Helket Idris Abid (born June 28, 1988, in Simel, Duhok Governorate) is a Kurdish writer,[1] 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 US Consulate General in Erbil, which announced their support for his work and activities. And He also wrote the play The Kurdistan Epic,[2] 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

  • Best Playwright Award – Sulemani Theater Festival 2011[3]
  • Best Playwright Award – Saqqez Festival, Iran (2024][4]
  • Best Playwright Award – Erbil (2019)[5]
  • Best Street Theater Director Award – Soran (2021)[6]

Published works

  • A Dream Outside the Cage (2011)[7]
  • Anahita and Gemivan (2012);[8] second edition 2023 in Istanbul[9]
  • My Mother Grave (2021)[10]

Theater and film

References

  1. ^ "Anahita and Gemivan (Seven Theater Texts)". makpirtuk.de.
  2. ^ "not found". www.rudaw.net. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
  3. ^ "evro711=29/5/2011". calameo.com.
  4. ^ "The 18th Saqqez Kurdish International Theater Festival announces the winners". en. February 24, 2024.
  5. ^ "not found". www.rudaw.net. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
  6. ^ "فێستیڤاڵی شانۆی سەرشەقام لە سۆران - رواندز دەستپێدەکات". 28 October 2021.
  7. ^ کوردیپێدیا, Kurdipedia-. "خەونەک لە دەرەوەى بازنە دا". Kurdipedia.org.
  8. ^ کوردیپێدیا, Kurdipedia-. "ناوی بەشداربووانی بیست و پێنجەمین فێستیڤاڵی گەلاوێژ ئاشکرا کران". Kurdipedia.org.
  9. ^ "Helket Îdrîs 'Abid - Kitêbên din ên nivîskar / Diğer Kitapları". www.avestakitap.com.
  10. ^ کوردیپێدیا, Kurdipedia-. "گۆڕێ دایکا من". Kurdipedia.org.
  11. ^ "Helket Idris". www.film.at.