Bakhdida (Classical Syriac: ܒܓܕܝܕܐ‎, Arabic:بخديدا) IPA: [bɑχdɛːdə], also known as Baghdeda, Qaraqosh, Karakosh or Al-Hamdaniya, is an Assyrian town in the northern Iraq Ninawa Governorate, located about 32 km southeast of the city of Mosul amid agricultural lands, close to the ruins of the ancient Assyrian cities Nimrud and Nineveh. It is connected to the main city of Mosul by two main roads. The first runs through the towns of Bartella and Karamles which connects to the city of Arbil as well. The second which was gravel until the 1990s when it was paved, is direct to Mosul.

The name Bakhdida (Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܟܘܕܝܕܐ; Beth Khdeda), is of uncertain origin and when translated from the Syriac language it has two components Beth which means "land" or "town", and Khodida which could either mean "Youths" in Aramaic or "God's gift" in Old Persian. Some also believe that Bakhdida comes from the Aramaic Beth Deta, meaning "Land of the Kite". During the Ottoman Turks rule, the Turkish name Qara Qoş (Turkish for black bird) came into use. Finally, and as part of the Arabization policy in the 1970s, the Iraqi Ba'ath government changed the village name to Hamdaniyya, naming it after the Arab tribe of "Banu Hamdan", who ruled Mosul in the middle ages.

Nancy Nabil Ajram (Arabic: نانسي نبيل عجرم‎), (born May 16, 1983) is a multi-platinum recording artist and Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. With the support of her father, Nancy began performing as a child and released her first studio album by the age of 15. Her breakthrough occurred with the start of her collaboration with well-known producer Jiji Lamara, when she released her smash-hit "Akhasmak Ah" and 3rd studio album, Ya Salam. In 2004, she released her second international best-seller "Ah w Noss", which spawned several smash-hits, "Ah w Noss", "Lawn Ouyounak", and "Inta Eih" at which point Nancy had established pop icon status in the Middle East.

Her 2008 album "Bitfakkar Fi Eih" spawned seven singles and won Nancy's first World Music Award as Best-selling Middle Eastern Artist, the youngest Arab WMA winner to date. She has released seven studio albums to date and numerous other chart-topping singles such as "Sehr Ouyouno", "Atabtab", "Moegaba", "Ehsas Jdeed", "El Donya Helwa", "Mashi Haddi", and "Fi Hagat".

Tuba Büyüküstün (born on July 5, 1982, in Istanbul), Turkish serial and cinema actress.

Tuba Büyüküstün was born in Istanbul on July 5, 1982. She graduated from Doguş High School and studied Costume and Stage Design at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts in Istanbul. When she was at university she started to act in commercials. After she met Tomris Giritlioğlu, she started acting.

The series Sultan Makamı which was shown at Channel D and directed by Aydın Bulut in 2003 was her first series and she acted in the last 4 episodes. Directed by Çagan Irmak, she aroused attention in the series Çemberimde Gül Oya. She played the role Zarife and it was shown at Channel D in 2004. In the same year she portrayed the character Gülizar in the same called television film and received an award for Best Actress at the Serbia and Montenegro International TV Festival Bar. Her final breakthrough was in the series Ihlamurlar Altında published in 2005 and directed by Aydın Bulut. She shared the leading role with Sinan Tuzcu and Bülent İnal. In the same year playing a Aysun in the movie My Father and My Son and was directed by Çagan Irmak. Playing a teacher in 2006 in the movie The Exam which was directed by Ömer Faruk Sorak, she had the opportunity to act next to Jean-Claude Van Damme. In Antakya she played Asi alongside Murat Yıldırım and Çetin Tekindor directed by Cevdet Mercan in 2007. In these years Çemberimde Gül Oya, Ihlamurlar Altında and Asi were shown in Arab world and so she gained a high popularity and had a huge role in expanding of Turkish series abroad. Because of the enourmous rating in 67 countries Asi series was nominated as Best Soap Opera at the 51st Monte-Carlo Television Festival. In 2012 her first leading role in cinema was in the movie Yüreğine Sor by Yusuf Kurçenli. Afterwards she acted next to Cansel Elçin in the series Gönülçelen.