Omar Amiralay

Birthday: January 1st, 1944 Date of Death: February 5th, 2011 Place of Birth: Damascus, Syria

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.