Date of Birth:

Jan 01, 1944 (83 years)

Place of Birth:

Damascus, Syria

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.