Intilaq Mohammad Ali

Intilaq Mohammed Ali (Arabic:انطلاق محمد علي), an Iraqi writer, and graphic illustrator whose interest focus on children and young adults. She has published a number of Arab children's magazines, adult books and children's animation films. She won 9 international prizes and participated in nearly 55 international and Arab participation.

Education and career
Intilaq was born in Baghdad. The beginning of her career was in the 1981, at the Children's Culture House. After her graduating from school, her dream was to join the College of Fine Arts, but she was not accepted since being a member of “Ba’ath Party” was one of the conditions for admission to study in the college. Therefore, she started learning drawing. In 1988, she was able to enroll in the Faculty of Fine Arts and start studying in the field of print design, but after month she decided to leave the college. Ali worked in “Al Nahj-Al Sheraa” animation studio and “Lana” animation studio and has 6 different songs for children. She participated in the series called “Uncle Salem” and “Juha & his Funny Stories”. She designed and drew the characters of the song “My Mother” produced by “Al Nahj” studio. In cooperation with UNICEF and the Ministry of Health in Iraq, she worked on 16 short films on children's rights.