Omar Amiralay
AKA: عمر أميرلايBirthday: 1944-01-01
Died: 2011-02-05
Birthplace: 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.