Ayad Rahim ɗan jaridar Iraki ne - Ba’amurke . Ya yi rubuce-rubuce da yawa game da al'amuran Gabas ta Tsakiya, gami da jerin labarai kan Takaddun Takardar 'Yancin Iraki tare da marubuciya Laurie Mylroie . Kari akan haka, yana gabatar da shirin rediyo a tashar WJCU a Cleveland. Nunin nasa ya kunshi masana da baki daga Gabas ta Tsakiya kuma ya tattauna kan yaki, ta’addanci da Iraki. Jami'ar John Carroll ce ke gudanar da gidan rediyon. An haifi Rahim a Landan a ranar 16 ga watan Fabrairu, shekarar 1962. Ya zauna a Baghdad tare da iyalinsa daga 1965-1971. Mahaifinsa likita ne wanda ya yi ƙaura zuwa Amurka a cikin shekara ta 1970. A cikin shekarar 1971, danginsa suka haɗu da mahaifinsa a Cleveland, Ohio. A kwaleji, Rahim ya karanci tarihi, kimiyyar siyasa da aikin jarida. A cikin shekarar 1983-84, Rahim yayi aiki a yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa na Gary Hart. Daga shekarar 1989-1991, Rahim yayi aiki na tsawon watanni 18 a matsayin dan jarida a Kudus . Yayin da Falasdinawa da yawa suka goyi bayan Saddam Hussein, Rahim bai goyi ba.