Duraid Lahham
Duraid Muhammad Hassan al-Lahhaam is a Syrian actor-director born in al-Kumayreyya, Damascus in 1934. His talent appeared in 1958 on the university stage at the faculty of Science where he majored in chemistry and later taught it. His artistic career began in the sixties, when the director Sabah Qabbani offered him to participate in Damascene Night (سهرة دمشق). At the same time, he formed an artistic duet with the artist Nihad Qalei until the mid-seventies, he also cooperated with the poet and playwright Muhammad Al-Maghut in several successful works. He created the Syrian character called “Ghawwar al-Tawsheh” who became a household name in Syria and the Arab world. Among his plays, as actor-director, are Cheers, My Homeland (كاسك يا وطن), Ghorba (الغربة) and October Village (ضيعة تشرين). Among his television works are Hammam Al-Hana (حمام الهنا), My Family and I (عائلتي وانا) and The Return of Ghawwaar (عودة غوار). The Borders (الحدود) and The Report (التقرير) are among the films he directed.
Sands of Gold
The Adorable Thief
The Three Swindlers
(Guar)
Mesk and Anbar
The Pearl Necklace
Hotel of Dreams
I Am Antar
(عنتر ابن حداد)
The Two Friends
My Hippy Wife
The Mexican Hoax
(دريد خال الاطفال)
The Vagabonds
Al-Muziafoun
The Two Drifters (Al Sharidan)
Rain Maker
Shaqayiq Al Nueman
The Fox
Cheers, My Homeland
Damascus... Aleppo
(عيسى عبدالله)
Love in Istanbul
Kafrun
(ودود)
Fish Without Spines
(Ghawar)
Bir Damat Aranıyor
(Ghawar / Zeki)
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
One + one
The Report
(عزمي بك)
لقاء في تدمر
(نبيل)
El Ragol El Monaseeb
(شحرور)
The Millionaire
Two Days
The Borders
(Abdul Wadood)
Wake Up
(غوار الطوشه)
Womens' Tailor
Ghawar James Bond
(Ghawar)
The Young Parents
(Wadoud)
Ghawar's Empire
(Ghawar Al-Tawsheh)
Ghawar, The Secret Agent Antar
When Wives Are Absent
(Ghawar)
Ghawar The Football Player
(Ghawar / Zaki)
The Happy Bird
Gherbah
Tishreen Village
(Ghawar)
Chicago Street
صح النوم
(غوار)
Salt & Sugar
(غوار)
Aldighri
Al Kherbah
(بو نمر بوقعقور)
Return of Ghawar
(Ghawar)
Ahlam Abu Al-Hana
(Abu Al-Hana Tawakalna)
Hammam Al-Hana
(Ghawar El-Tosheh)
Ghawar's Pranks
(Ghawar El-Tosheh)
Wadi Al-Mesk
My Family and I
Wayn Al-Ghalat
(غوار الطوشة)
We Will Be Right Back