The play he’s about to rehearse, however, has a different tone. Osamah Sami says he has always been at war with himself, wrestling with his Muslim faith. He was born in war torn Iran to Iraqi parents and escaped with his family to Australia as a teen.Osamah is the star and writer behind the smash-hit Australian film On screen, he has played several leading roles, including Tony Ayres’ award-winning tele-movie On stage he has performed for Belvoir St. Theatre Company, Big West, La Mama, Malthouse Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre, and over two dozen independent theatre houses.
Our conversation, which ranges across many of the problems facing the Muslim community in Australia today, is serious without becoming sombre.
For more information about our schools performances, visit the ‘School Bookings’ tab Sami’s father, a Shiite cleric from Iraq, had been a political prisoner under Saddam Hussein. Osamah was born in Qom and the family came to Australia in 1995 when Osamah was twelve.
Asked why he is able to find the funny side of the experience, Osamah speaks fondly and at length about his late father, who had endured so much. osamah.sami. His critically acclaimed book Good Muslim Boy, was the winner of the 2016 NSW Premier's Literary Award.
Is that the worst that could happen?”’The production will tour to regional schools from 4-15 May, with a performance at Geelong Performing Arts Centre on 18 May. Sami’s father, a Shiite cleric from Iraq, had been a political prisoner under Saddam Hussein.
Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Melbourne Theatre Company acknowledges the Yalukit Willam Peoples of the Boon Wurrung, the First Peoples of Country on which Southbank Theatre and MTC HQ stand. Due to Melbourne's Stage 4 restrictions, the MTC Box Office phone line is currently not active. His role as Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive new posts by email.|| Award-Winning Actor, Writer, Poet and Comedian || He met his Kurdish wife, Osamah’s mother, in an Iranian refugee camp.
Sami’s story technically should have been titled Osamah’s Wedding but, not for the first time, sharing a first name with al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was problematic. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.
WRITER CV Osamah is the star and writer behind the smash-hit Australian film Ali's Wedding, co-written alongside Andrew Knight (Hacksaw Ridge, The Water Diviner) , shot by… ‘He could put your worries into their place: “Really? #tbt This is the last photo I took in Iran, the night before my father passed away. Osamah was born in Qom and the family came to Australia in 1995 when Osamah was twelve. “I mean post 9/11 world what’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear or see Osamah’s Wedding,” he asks. If you have an enquiry for our ticketing team please email Sign up to get the latest information and updates from MTCMelbourne Theatre Company is a department of the University of MelbourneYou’d think if anyone was a candidate for an identity crisis, it would be actor Osamah Sami, but he seems to be holding together rather well. We pay our respects to all of Melbourne’s First Peoples, to their ancestors and Elders, and to our shared future. Although life can occasionally drift into absurdity for an Australian guy called Osamah living in a post-9-11 world, he has the happy ability to turn adversity into anecdote. Given it’s the holy month of Ramadan, I’m happy to bring it to life again. He speaks Arabic, Farsi and English, which he says gives versatility to his acting career: ‘Yes, I can play both an Iranian asylum seeker and an Arab terrorist.’ He starred opposite Claudia Karvan in the In part, the movie will be based on an incident that occurred to him and fellow cast members travelling to Detroit to perform a musical-comedy called ‘It was too much for the American officials to digest that Osamah and Ali and Mustafah had come to America to do ‘I named the whole team for them – James Hird, Matthew Lloyd – but they just thought I was using it as a front to talk about my terrorist activities.’‘Some of the guys didn’t recover – still haven’t recovered,’ he says. 11.9k Followers, 209 Following, 951 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Osamah Sami أسامه سامي (@osamah.sami)
Osamah Sami is an award-winning actor, writer, director, stand up comedian and spoken word artist. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) He met his Kurdish wife, Osamah’s mother, in an Iranian refugee camp. The 34-year-old was born to an Iraqi family in Iran while the two countries were at war, his father then fighting for Iran and his uncles for Iraq. He can flip almost any experience over and see the funny side.