<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Iraqi actor Nawaf Al-Najm topped search engine headlines and social media sites due to his bold statements he made on the “Below Zero” podcast, where the star revealed hidden aspects of his life before he became famous, which sparked widespread controversy among his fans and followers. </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:703/696;" src="https://static.hiamag.com/styles/autox754/public/article/15/06/2020/9419516-98926836.jpg" alt="Death of the mother of the Iraqi artist Nawaf Al-Najm and Gulf stars console him - Hi Magazine" ></figure><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);">Nawaf Al-Najm reveals bold secrets for the first time</span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The artist revealed for the first time a difficult period in his life when he was an 18-year-old teenager, where he spent three years in prison, indicating that this experience changed his life. After his release, he began a journey to search for work, starting his life first as a correspondent, then as a delivery man, and after several jobs, he found himself in the world of acting. </p><figure class="media"><oembed url="https://www.instagram.com/p/C-YJoKLKM_H/?hl=ar"></oembed></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> According to his statement, he did not enter the acting profession out of love, but rather out of a desire to earn a living. However, he was able to build a career that lasted for 25 years. The artist also stated that he never thought he would become an actor, but his passion and determination made him succeed in this field.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He stressed that for a long time at the beginning of his career he accepted low wages for fear of losing roles, indicating that he faced major challenges at the beginning of his career in the world of art.</p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);">Is Nawaf Al-Najm Iraqi or Kuwaiti?</span> </h3><figure class="media"><oembed url="https://www.instagram.com/p/CZENR10K6EE/?hl=ar"></oembed></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Regarding the controversy surrounding his true nationality, “The Star” replied that he was born to an<a href="https://news.sbisiali.com/news/article/iraqi-artist-abdul-sattar-al-basri-has-passed-away">Iraqi</a> father and a Kuwaiti mother, so he holds Iraqi citizenship but resides in the State of <a href="https://news.sbisiali.com/news/article/kuwait-settles-the-controversy-over-bayoumi-fouads-salary-in-bayoumis-coffee">Kuwait</a> . He explained that he suffered from the death of his father when he was at an early age, as he was no more than two years old at the time.</p><h4 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);">The most important information about Nawaf Al-Najm</span> </h4><figure class="media"><oembed url="https://www.instagram.com/p/CsD4uKlKUwT/?hl=ar"></oembed></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He is an Iraqi artist born in 1982. He began his artistic career in 2002, where he participated in the play “Qannas Khaitan” alongside the artist Tariq Al-Ali.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Nawaf achieved popular success through the series “ <a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2+%28%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%29&wprov=acrw1_0">Al-Kharaz</a> ” in which he starred alongside the star <a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%87%D8%AF&wprov=acrw1_1">Hayat Al-Fahad</a> , and then the successes and works continued, so that he now has about eighty diverse artistic works to his credit between theater and television.</p>