Omar Amiralay

Omar Amiralay

DirectorWriterProducerActorProduction Jan 1 (died age 67) Damascus, Syria 1970–2003 (33 year career)
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Biography

Omar Amiralay (Arabic: عمر أميرالاي‎‎) (1944 — 5 February 2011)was a Syrian documentary film director and prominent civil society activist. He is noted for the strong political criticism in his films and played a prominent role in the events of the Damascus Spring of 2000.