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In 1979, Nabeel Yasin fled his homeland Iraq with his wife Nada and three-year-old son because he had published poetry that did not conform to the views of Saddam Hussein and his regime, including the work The Poet Satirizes the King. Branded an 'enemy of the state', Yasin faced imprisonment and likely death if he remained in Iraq. He continued to write and publish poetry from exile in the UK, his works smuggled back into Iraq where they became a popular symbol of resistance. Filmmaker Georgie Weedon tells Yasin's story in her film, The Poet of Baghdad.