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.
The Origin of Things is Their Demise
05 May 2024
On May 5, 2023, while riding my bike, I was struck by a tram. I hadn’t noticed the traffic signal or the approaching train. I didn’t hear its sound or...
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...
