May Skaf
May Skaf (born April 15, 1969 in Ashrafiyya , Lebanon , † July 23, 2018 in Dourdan ) was a Lebanese-Syrian film and television actress, comedian and activist .
Life
Skaf made her acting debut in 1993 in the drama Echoes of Sides directed by Maher Kaddo. In addition, she played from 2005 to 2011 in a leading role Al Yamamah in the historical series Akher Ayyam Al Yamamah .
She gained notoriety in May 2011 when she was part of a group of public figures who sparked a revolt in the civil war in Syria . On July 13, 2011, Skaf was arrested in Damascus by security authorities and arrested along with a group of authors, journalists and artists. Four days later, on July 18, she and her fellow inmates were released. The 30 briefly arrested artists became a symbol of the revolt against the Assad regime.
In the summer of 2016, she again caused a stir when she demonstrated against European refugee policy by volunteering as one of the volunteers who wanted to be eaten by Libyan tigers. The campaign for the introduction of a legal route for the immigration of refugees was organized under the name "Refugees eat - distress and games" in front of the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin . The project was an action by the artist Philipp Ruch .
She died on July 23, 2018 in exile in Paris at the age of 49 of a heart attack.
Web links
- May Skaf in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jamal Halaby ( AP ): TV star figures in Syria uprising and pays a price. In: Yahoo.com . November 4, 2013, archived from the original on June 20, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hassan Serraji: “Syrie: l'affaire May Skaf” , Métro , May 22, 2013.
- ^ L'actrice syrienne anti-Assad May Skaf est décédée. In: lorientlejour.com. July 23, 2018, accessed on July 24, 2018 (French).
- ↑ Keep hope alive to honor Mai Skaf, 'icon of the Syrian revolution'. In: thenational.ae. July 23, 2018, accessed July 24, 2018 .
- ^ Center for Documentation of Violations in Syria
- ^ Storytelling from Syria - BBC News , bbc.com, September 18, 2014.
- ↑ Sahil al jihat (1993) in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Akher Ayyam Al Yamamah in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Point of Order: Interview with Syrian artist May Skaf - Al Arabiya English
- ↑ Syrian forces arrest 30 in Damascus protest ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Reuters, July 14, 2011.
- ^ Nour Ali: Syrian TV star joins anti-regime protesters , Guardian , July 18, 2011.
- ↑ Alice Michaux: La révolution frémit à Damas: "Incroyable, ils n'ont plus peur" , Rue89 , August 7, 2011
- ↑ Melanie Berger: “Campaign 'Refugees eat' presents volunteers” , Tagesspiegel , June 20, 2016.
- ^ "Art campaign 'Refugees Eat' in Berlin" , muensterschezeitung.de, June 20, 2016.
- ↑ Mai Skaf, prominent face of the Syrian revolution, dies , The National , July 23, 2018, accessed July 24, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Skaf, May |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lebanese-Syrian film and television actress, comedian and activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ashrafiyya , Lebanon |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23rd July 2018 |
| Place of death | Dourdan |