Secular, The Invisible Middle Easterner

Hashim Almadani (Bagdad, Iraq, 11/07/1984) es un empresario, escritor y cineasta nacido y criado en Bagdad. Se mudó a Europa en 2009 y es conocido por sus charlas controvertidas sobre pensamiento libre, laicismo, religión y estilos de vida. Su primer libro, “Emancipation: An insurgent thought that broke its shackles” (“Emancipación: un pensamiento insurgente que rompió sus cadenas”) se publicó en árabe en 2016 y tuvo mucho éxito en Iraq y otros países de Oriente Medio. Publica semanalmente vídeos en su canal de YouTube para incentivar el diálogo entre los occidentales y los laicos de Oriente Medio. También realiza entrevistas con figuras públicas de diferentes orígenes y alcanzó 750 mil visitas en 2018. Su último libro de autoayuda fue publicado por Austin Macaulay (junio de 2018). Almadani vive actualmente en Barcelona (España) y habla árabe, inglés, castellano y catalán. «Secular, The Invisible Middle Easterner» es su primera película como director.

Hashim Almadani (Baghdad, Iraq, 07/11/1984) is an entrepreneur, a writer and a filmmaker born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq. He moved to Europe in 2009. He is known as a controversial speaker on such topics as freethinking, secularism, religion and lifestyle. His first book “Emancipation: An insurgent thought that broke its shackles” was published in Arabic in 2016 and successfully sold out in Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries. On his YouTube channel he publishes weekly videos that promote the discussion between the westerners and the secularists from the Middle East. He also does interviews with public figures of different background and reached 750K views in 2018. His latest self help book was released by Austin Macaulay publishers in June 2018. Almadani currently lives in Barcelona (Spain) and he speaks Arabic (native language), fluent English, Spanish and Catalan. “Secular, The Invisible Middle Easterner” is his first film as a director.