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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1944-01-01
Deathday
2011-02-05
Place of Birth
Damascus, Syria
Omar Amiralay
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.