Now he had to work out how to rescue his mother, brother and sister, who had been apprehended by security forces and thrown into jail once Lewis's escape became known.
Against the odds, Lewis survived this trek, made it across the border into Jordan, and eventually sought asylum the UK, where he had spent his childhood. Going under the wire of the army compound where he was posted, Lewis was shot in the leg, making his escape - which required a gruelling journey in disguise across the desert at night with a group of Bedouin, at the mercy of ravenous wolves - all the more arduous. This left him with only one option - to escape from his native land, leaving his family behind him. Things went from bad to worse once his superiors discovered his ability to speak English, and Lewis was selected for Saddam's elite, top secret intelligence service, an offer he literally could not refuse. Other screen credits include BBC series: ’Taggart’ ‘Spooks’ (aka MI-5 in the US), BBC TV film ‘Last Flight to Kuwait’ & ‘Black September’.Aged 17, Lewis Alsamari was conscripted into the Iraqi army. Alsamari trained as a British lawyer (LLB Hons degree a.k.a Juris Doctor) at London Metropolitan University, then trained as an actor at the prestigious London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts (LAMDA) and is a black-belt Muay-Thai fighter.Īlsamari performed in the Edinburgh Fringe award winning play ‘What I Heard About Iraq’. The book adaptation is finding its way to the screen. He continued arduously fleeing across the Middle East and South East Asia to finally reach the UK - where he grew up as a child - and sought political asylum.Īlsamari had to return back to the Middle East on a stint operation to rescue his family who were being tortured by the same Iraqi military intelligence he was due to serve. While escaping, Alsamari was shot in the leg, chased by and almost eaten alive by desert wolves crossing over to Jordan on foot. The book chronicles Alsamari’s real life story as an Iraqi soldier back in the 1990’s who escaped Saddam Hussein’s brutal army & military intelligence. Crown USA Published it as Escape From Saddam in North America. Lewis Alsamari is a British actor, best known for his leading role in Universal Studios’ Oscar-nominated, BAFTA winning movie ‘United 93’, the BerlinAle winning BBC film ‘Occupation’ and new US movie “Blackline”.Īlsamari is also a trans-media producer (member of PGA & ATAS), an interactive video games publisher and screenwriter (member of WGA) and published International author known for his acclaimed autobiography Out of Iraq published by the Penguin-Random House Group in 5 languages worldwide.
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