6 Notable alumni of University of Basrah
Updated: June 08, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Basrah is 3420st in the world, 1st in North America, and 8st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 6 notable alumni from University of Basrah sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Basrah won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Majid al-Nasrawi
1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Majid Mahdi Abd al-Abbass al-Nasrawi is an Iraqi politician who was the Governor of Basra Province from June 2013 to August 2017.
2. Abd ar-Razzaq al-Issa
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
Abdul Razzaq Abdul Jalel al-Issa is an Iraqi politician who served in different cabinet posts. He was recently Iraq's Minister of Higher Education.
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3. Dia al-Asadi
1969-. (aged 57)
university teacher
politician
Dhiaa Najm Abdullah Al-Asadi is an Iraqi academic, politician and head of the Al-Ahrar Bloc in parliament, the second largest parliamentary bloc in the Iraqi Parliament after the 2014 Iraqi parliamentary election. The Al-Ahrar Bloc is considered a Sadrist Movement with cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as its spiritual leader.
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4. Luay Hamza Abbas
1965-. (aged 61)
writer
novelist
Luay Hamza Abbas is an Iraqi writer. He now teaches literary criticism at Basra University. Abbas has published several volumes of short stories and one novel.
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5. Shirwan al-Waili
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Shirwan Kamil al-Waili is an Iraqi politician and Minister of State for National Security in the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
6. Raad Salam Naaman
1959-. (aged 67)
teacher
writer
Raad Salam Naaman is an Iraqi-born Spanish author, translator, academic and politician.