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Ammar Al Saffar - Actor and Author

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Life

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Al Saffar was born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq. He graduated from Al-Nahrain University.[1], College of Law. At age 23, he moved to Utah in the United States.

He began writing as a young age when his grandfather, Rifaat Marhoon Al-Saffar[2], asked Ammar to edit his book. In 2019, he wrote the play To The NoWhere Stan. In 2022, he self-published a memoir, The American Kitchen: The Journey of An Immigrant[3], and in 2024 he published the novel The 7th Amendment[4]

Al Saffar started acting at a young age, and after moving to the U.S. he starting taking acting classes at Salt Lake Community College.

Al Saffar is queer and a Muslim.

Acting

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Plays   Shakespeare in Love Ralph/Player Nurse West Valley Performing Arts Center

Around the World in 80 Days Naidu/Man1 Hale Center Theatre

The Winter’s Tale Polixenes New World Shakespeare Company

Hamlet Osric/Player King Parker Theatre

The Lord of Misrule Page Alliance Theatre Its not you…it's me Director 24-Hour Theatre Festival 2021

Raise The Veil Writer 24-Hour Theatre Festival 2020

Fortinbras Claudius SLCC Black Box Theatre

To The NoWhere Stan Writer/Director/Sabir Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival 2019

Love For Three Oranges Clown SLCC Black Box Theatre

Please Call Dr. Horderπ Najee 24-Hour Theatre Festival 2019

Films  

THE REGULAR Man

Paratopia social worker

Their House, My House Paul

  1. ^ "جامعة النهرين | Al-Nahrain University |". nahrainuniv.edu.iq. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  2. ^ "رفعت مرهون الصفار", ويكيبيديا (in Arabic), 2023-10-03, retrieved 2024-05-07
  3. ^ Saffar, Ammar Al (2022-02-13). The American Kitchen: The Journey of An Immigrant. Independently published. ISBN 979-8-4166-2854-3.
  4. ^ Saffar, Ammar Al (2024-04-19). The 7th Amendment. Independently published. ISBN 979-8-3232-2027-4.