Death of Iraqi artist Qusay Al-Basri

The Iraqi artist Qusay Al-Basri passed away. The Iraqi Artists Syndicate mourned him in a statement, writing, “With great sadness and sorrow, we mourn the theatrical artist Qusay Al-Basri, who passed away today due to a terminal illness.” In the following lines, we will review his most prominent works and the awards he received.

The artist Qusay Al-Basri is an Iraqi actor and director, born in Basra in 1943.

Qusay Al-Basri's works and achievements Qusay Al-Basri worked as an artistic supervisor in the school activities of Basra Education in 1967, and also an artistic supervisor for the workers’ band in Basra in 1984, then an artistic supervisor for the Basra University band in 1986, then worked as an artistic supervisor for the radio and television band in Basra. Al-Basri is one of the founders of the Basra Modern Art Band in 1968, and also one of the founders of the Shams Company for Television and Cinema Production in Baghdad in 1991. The artist Qusay Al-Basri was an artistic lecturer at the University of Basra in 1983.

Qusay Al-Basri's international participations

Tunis Festival of Popular Arts - Tunis 1971 World Youth Festival - Germany 1973 Moscow Arts Festival - Moscow 1978 Jordanian National Festival - Jordan 1979 Folk Arts Festival - Bologna 1980 King Hussein Festival - Jordan 1997 Arab Revolution Festival - Jordan 1998.

Awards and certificates received by Qusay Al-Basri

The late Qusay Al-Basri received

His first prize during his participation in the World Theatre Festival for the Southern Region, Basra in 1972. The second prize for the operetta was for the southern region, Basra, in 1972. First prize for popular paintings in public festivals, Baghdad, 1980. He was honored by the Iraqi Ministry of Culture and Information in 1980 and 1990. Appreciation Award from the Workers' Union, Baghdad 1985. Appreciation Award from the Teachers Syndicate, Basra 1986. Appreciation Award from the Teachers Syndicate, Baghdad 1987. Appreciation Award from the Artists Syndicate, Basra 1987. Appreciation Award from the Arab Gulf Academy Syndicate, Basra 1987. Appreciation Award from the Artists Syndicate, Baghdad 1989.

Artworks of the late Qusay Al-Basri The late Qusay Al-Basri participated in directing and acting in many artistic works, including:

Bayader Khair operetta 1969 The Red Keffiyeh Operetta in Amman in 1998. He presented plays that were shown on the stages of Basra, including: Othello 1961 Oedipus 1962 The Rule and the Exception 1965 Macbeth 1965