Omar Amiralay

Born

January 01, 1944 in Damascus, Syria

Died

February 05, 2011

Popularity

0.0987

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.