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Duraid Lahham
Damascus, Syria
Duraid Muhammad Hassan al-Lahhaam is a Syrian actor-director born in al-Kumayreyya, Damascus in 1934. His talent appeared in 1958 on the university stage at the faculty of Science…
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Duraid Muhammad Hassan al-Lahhaam is a Syrian actor-director born in al-Kumayreyya, Damascus in 1934. His talent appeared in 1958 on the university stage at the faculty of Science where he majored in chemistry and later taught it. His artistic career began in the sixties, when the director Sabah Qabbani offered him to participate in Damascene Night (سهرة دمشق). At the same time, he formed an artistic duet with the artist Nihad Qalei until the mid-seventies, he also cooperated with the poet and playwright Muhammad Al-Maghut in several successful works. He created the Syrian character called “Ghawwar al-Tawsheh” who became a household name in Syria and the Arab world. Among his plays, as actor-director, are Cheers, My Homeland (كاسك يا وطن), Ghorba (الغربة) and October Village (ضيعة تشرين). Among his television works are Hammam Al-Hana (حمام الهنا), My Family and I (عائلتي وانا) and The Return of Ghawwaar (عودة غوار). The Borders (الحدود) and The Report (التقرير) are among the films he directed.
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2025
Roxy Nights
TV show
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2024
Two Days
Movie
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2023
The Sage
Movie جابر عبد الودود
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2020
Chicago Street
TV show نعمان - ضيف شرف
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2019
Damascus... Aleppo
Movie عيسى عبدالله
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2018
Disorder
Movie Thanks
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2013
We Will Be Right Back
TV show
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2011
Al Kherba
TV show بو نمر بوقعقور
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2006
أيام الولدنة
TV show
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2006
The Young Parents
Movie Wadoud
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2000
My Family and I
TV show مطيع بك
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1998
Return of Ghawar
TV show Ghawar
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1996
Abu El-Hana's Dreams
TV show Abu Al-Hana Tawakalna
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1992
Rain Maker
Movie
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1992
Aldighri
TV show
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1992
The Happy Bird
Movie
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1990
Kafrun
Movie ودود
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1987
Shaqayiq Al Nueman
Movie
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1986
The Report
Movie عزمي بك
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1984
The Borders
Movie Abdul Wadood
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1982
Wadi Al-Mesk
TV show
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1982
Ghawar's Empire
Movie Ghawar Al-Tawsheh
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1979
Cheers, My Homeland
Movie
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1979
Wayn Al-Ghalat
TV show غوار الطوشة
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1978
Fish Without Spines
Movie Ghawar
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1976
Gherbah
Movie
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1975
Al-Muziafoun
Movie
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1975
Wake Up
Movie غوار الطوشه
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1975
When Wives Are Absent
Movie Ghawar
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1974
Tishreen Village
Movie غوار الطوشة
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1974
Ghawar James Bond
Movie Ghawar
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1973
My Hippy Wife
Movie
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1973
Salt & Sugar
TV show غوار
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1973
Ghawar The Football Player
Movie Ghawar / Zaki
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1973
Mesk and Anbar
Movie
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1972
Sah Al-Noum
TV show Ghawar
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1972
Sah Al Nom
TV show غوار
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1972
The Mexican Hoax
Movie دريد خال الاطفال
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1971
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
Movie
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1971
The Fox
Movie
