Dellair Youssef
Dellair Youssef is a Syrian journalist, writer and filmmaker. He has directed several films, including The Princes of the Bees, Exile, Banyas: The Beginnings and Clothesline. He is also the author of Tales of this Time, which was published in 2014, Good Morning Lovelies, published in 2020, and, most recently, The Golden Rule of Fear (2022). Youssef lives in Berlin.
A picture of Omar
01 April 2023
It’s as if the film is actually two films: one that talks about Omar, his work, thoughts and life, and another that tells of Hala’s relationship with Omar, their conversations...
‘Let us say tonight that sadness has no place’
01 April 2022
I know that Qamishli was my beginning—the first images I saw, the first things I experienced in life, my first football skills and personal relationships. And what the world wanted...
Maha Hassan: ‘I grew up surrounded by storytellers’
18 February 2022
"My life is full of contradictions: I live the French language in my daily life, in my friendships, with institutions, administrative transactions, shopping, communicating with official bodies. Meanwhile I inhabit...
Fares Helou: Resistance through art
16 December 2021
"There is no doubt that we Syrians have experienced the existential question—Who are we today?—especially after our social rupture and scattering across all corners of the globe. In our search...
