Hassan Blasim (born 1973) is an Iraqi-born film director and literary author, who writes in Arabic. Following his exile in Finland, he has been a citizen of Finland. Life and career. Blasim left Iraq in 2000 to escape persecution for his films, including The Wounded Camera, filmed in the Kurdish area in northern Iraq and dealing with the forced migration of Kurds by Saddam Hussein's regime. After travelling in Europe for four years, he settled in Finland in 2004, where he was granted asylum. . Blasim made four short films for the Finnish broadcasting company Yle.
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Hassan Blasim (born 1973) is an Iraqi-born film director and literary author, who writes in Arabic. Following his exile in Finland, he has been a citizen of Finland. Life and career. Blasim left Iraq in 2000 to escape persecution for his films, including The Wounded Camera, filmed in the Kurdish area in northern Iraq and dealing with the forced migration of Kurds by Saddam Hussein's regime. After travelling in Europe for four years, he settled in Finland in 2004, where he was granted asylum. . Blasim made four short films for the Finnish broadcasting company Yle.
