FILM:
2023 FALLEN LEAVES Aki Kaurismäki/Sputnik
2022 BOY FROM HEAVEN Tarik Saleh/Atmo Production
2017 THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE Aki Kaurismäki/ Sputnik
TELEVISION:
2022 BLACK HEART Ziad Doeiri/Mandarin Television
2020 SYKE Annika Grof/Yellow Film & TV
2019 ROBA Inari Niemi/Yellow Film & TV
2018 BULLETS Pete Riski/Vertigo
2009 MARSUM EAYILI (Family Decree) Maher Salibi/Action Art Production Company
2008 Zahret Al Narjis. Rami Hanna/ Tareq Zuaiter Production.
2008 ANA WA EKHWATY (Me And My Brothers) Samer Jaber/Aljazeera TV
2007 HAZA ALALAM (This World) i Alaa Arabi Katbi / Filmy Studio
VOICE OVER:
2020 PEACEMAKER /MRP
2017 VASKIVUORENTIE 20 Maija Ruuskanen/YLE
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS:
2018 Nominated, Best Supporting Actor for Toivon tuolla puolen, East-West: Golden Arch International Film Awards
2018 Nominated, Best Leading Actor for Toivon tuolla puolen, Finnish Jussi Awards
2017 Nominated, Best Actor for Toivon tuolla puolen, Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
2017 WINNER, Best Actor for Toivon tuolla puolen, Dublin International Film Festival
2017 WINNER, Best Actor for Toivon tuolla puolen, Jameson Dublin International Film Festival
EDUCATION:
2015 – 2016 Cambridge School of Creative Industries – Masters of Arts (MA) Film and TV Production
2013 Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu Specialization Diploma Course in Drama pedagogy with Multicultural Approach
2012 London Film Academy, London – Certificate in Filmmaking
2010 The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Stage Combat
2004 – 2008 The Higher Institute of Dramatic Art , Damascus (BA), Acting and Performing Arts
SPECIAL SKILLS:
Languages; Arabic, Kurdish, English, Finnish, Turkish, French
Fencing, driver’s license, stage Combat
HEIGHT: 173 cm
