<p style="margin-right:0px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr">Iraqi artist and actor Ayad Al-Taie passed away this Friday morning at the age of 60, after a short battle with illness. </p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:552/555;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/a026eb6e-7b6b-4de2-96dc-d34f591cc68f.jpeg" ></figure><p style="margin-right:0px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Iraqi Artists Syndicate mourned the deceased this morning in an official statement, stressing that the art scene has lost one of its most prominent figures in theatrical and television. </p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:707/846;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/b26ee34f-e405-4f19-a859-182c355edb9a.png" ></figure><p style="margin-right:0px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Artist Al-Taie was born in 1965. He holds a diploma in management and accounting and a bachelor's degree in theater arts, and taught at the Institute of Fine Arts.</p><p style="margin-right:0px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It's worth noting that he began his artistic career in 1990 at the invitation of director Emad Mohamed to participate in the first youth festival, where he won the Best Actor award. He then continued his participation in theater and television. </p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:225/225;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/d88db56b-f17b-4246-875c-f69cd1e764f2.jpeg" ></figure><p style="margin-right:0px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> During his artistic career, Al-Taie presented hundreds of theatrical and television works. He was a member of the Iraqi Artists Syndicate and the National Acting Troupe in the Cinema and Theatre Department. He represented Iraq in international artistic forums, leaving a prominent mark on the Iraqi cultural scene.</p>