Rafiq Subaie

Acting

Biography

A Syrian actor, born in Al-Buzuriya neighborhood in Damascus, nicknamed "People's Artist". He began his artistic career in the late 40s by presenting improvised comedy parts on Damascus theaters and its private clubs, then moved on to singing and acting in several artistic groups such as Ali Al-Aris, Abdul Latif Fathi and Al-Bayrouti. In the late 1950s, he played the famous character of Abu Sayyah. His first appearance on television was in the series Happiness Restaurant (1960) with Duraid Lahham, followed many Syrian TV series, including: Salhiya Nights, Ghawar's Pranks and The Struggle of Time. He died in Damascus in 2017, at the age of 86, after a long artistic career during which he was one of the pillars of Syrian drama, in theatre, television, radio and cinema.

Born: February 9, 1930

Place of Birth: Syria

Known For

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Forced marriage

Mona and her friend Suheir travel to Syria to meet her fiancé. Mona's father requests the son of his friend Kamal residing in Syria to take care of his daughter Mona there, so he goes to her to meet and care for her so he gets to know Suhair and admire her. On the other side, events escalate as Salwa (to his heart), a client of a foreign country, tries to win over Dr. Khairat, the nuclear energy scientist, and tries to persuade him to go abroad again so that his country does not benefit from his knowledge.

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We Will Return

The story of a young Palestinian who left his refugee camp to become a resistance fighter in the Palestine Liberation Organization.

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The Falcon of Quraish

A historical series that traces the rise and fall of the Umayyad dynasty, and follows the life of Abd al-Rahman I, founder of the Umayyad regime in Andalusia.

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Talea Al Feda

A story that examines the unique social fabric of the city of Damascus through the neighborhood of Talea Al Feda, where Muslims live alongside Christians and Jews, coexisting in tolerance and peace.

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Omar

A historical saga about the second caliph and Commander of the Faithful Omar Bin Al-Khattab and his pivotal role in the Islamic State.

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Daughter of the Guardian

Chaos erupts in a village after a series of burglaries take place, prompting Najma, the daughter of a guard, to think of a solution. She disguises herself as a man and becomes the village vigilante.

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Safar Barlek

The film is set around 1914 when Lebanon was under the Ottoman Empire rule. The empire enslaved men to work for free. Abdou goes to get Adla the engagement ring but he's arrested with others and are taken to cut lumber. Meanwhile the Ottomans prevent the wheat from arriving to certain villages because they want to defuse the ongoing resistance operations led by Abou Ahmed. Adla travels to where some say Abdou is held prisoner and she meets with Abou Ahmed. She along other villagers start helping the resistance get the wheat to the people. When they accomplish their mission, Abou Ahmed, freed Abdou and others escape because now they're wanted, but on a promise to return and to continue fighting.

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Dreams of the City

Dib moves with his younger brother and their mother from his home town of Quneitra to Damascus after the death of his father. The children’s grandfather, who was known for his tyranny, reluctantly agrees to shelter the grieving family, and tries to force his daughter to marry again. The magic of the city of Damascus takes over the conscience. Dib, whose main concern has become discovering all the secrets of this city, is driven by his heart full of dreams, but he sees nothing in his life except humiliation and cruelty. The fragrance of childhood dies in Dib's heart, as he grows up in light of the political fluctuations that prevailed in the fifties (the end of the military dictatorship in Syria at that time, the nationalization of the Suez Canal, Nasser’s rise to power in Cairo, and Egyptian-Syrian unity in 1958), so that his rosy childhood dreams were shattered on the rocks of cruelty and violence. The city's dreams turn into a nightmare..

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The Night

In the destroyed city of Quneitra is the grave of a resistance fighter for Palestine. His son, the director, tries to restore the dead man's history by mixing echoes of his mother's memory and his desire to give his father a more honorable death. Through the daily lives, dreams, fears, and hopes of its citizens, Malas chronicles his hometown Quneitra in the Golan Heights between 1936, the year of the first revolts against the British and Zionists in Palestine until the year of the city's destruction. He seeks to exorcise a feeling of shame and humiliation that long accompanied the image of his father and also his town, occupied by Israelis in 1967.

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Sacrifices

As an elderly man on his deathbed looks to give his name to one of his newborn grandsons, he's unable to acknowledge any of them. The three boys grow up with no name in the Syrian mountains, as they struggle to survive in a war-torn country.