Armand Nassery

Armand Nassery was an Iraqi-American author and filmmaker, born in 1966, Iraq and died on May 31, 2017, in Iraq. He was involved in the underground Zionist movement in his youth, and participated in the 1991 uprising against Saddam Hussein. He escaped to the United States and became disillusioned with Zionism and Israel. He wrote a novel called Where Wolves Dream, which tells the story of a young boy who grows up in a small town in Iraq and witnesses the horrors of war, dictatorship, and oppression. He also directed a documentary film called The Road to Fallujah, which exposes the atrocities committed by the US military during the 2004 siege of Fallujah. He was a vocal critic of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq, and advocated for peace and justice in the Middle East. He died of cancer in Iraq, where he had returned to visit his family and friends.