Berlin-based director, journalist, and writer Dellair Youssef hails from the city of Damascus, Syria. With a background in ecology from Damascus University, Youssef's passion for storytelling led him to pursue a career in films. Dellair combines his diverse expertise to craft compelling narratives that captivate audiences worldwide.
His films have been screened at various international venues. His first book, Stories From This Time (حكايات من هذا الزمن), was published in the year of 2014, his second book, Good Morning Lovelies (صباح الخير يا أحبّة), was published in 2020, and then a novel under the title, The Golden Rule Of Fear (قاعدة الخوف الذهبيّة) , was published in 2022, and his last novel, The Story of Adam Bergman, or How The Man Became The Wind (حكاية آدم بيرغمان أو كيف أصبح الرجل ريحًا), was published in 2024. His articles and essays have been regularly featured on relevant Arabic blogs and in newspapers, as well as in a selection of German newspapers and magazines, and been translated into Spanish, Italian, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Russian, Persian, and German. Dellair is a co-founder of reelink.media.
Films
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Das letzte Gedicht, das Stefan Buchwald schreiben wollte (2022)
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Banias: The Beginnings (2016)
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Habel Ghasil (2016)
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Chronolog Qamshli (2016)
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Ya hoo (2016)
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Damascene Features (2015)
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Nediyari / Exile (2014)
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Princes of Bees (2013) (with Bassel Shehadeh)
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Play (2012)
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Two Houses and a Story (2010)
Exhibitions
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‘We See Heaven Upside Down’ - short film “Exile”
Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art in Charlotte, NC, USA 2019
Ross Gallery at CPCC in Charlotte, NC, USA 2017
Novilla Gallery Berlin, Germany 2016
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‘Syria Off Frame’ - Photograph
Venice, Italy 2015
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‘Opening of the Youth Year’ - Photograph
Damascus, Syria 2010
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‘Handmade art exhibition’
Damascus, Syria 2008
Independent writing and journalistic work
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'The Story of Adam Bergman, or How The Man Became The Wind', Khan Aljanub publishing house, Berlin (Germany) 2024.
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'The golden rule of fear', Khan Aljanub publishing house, Berlin (Germany) 2022.
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'Good morning, Lovelies, An incomplete biography', Mosaic for studies and publication, Istanbul (Turkey) 2020.
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'Stories from this Time', Beit El-Mwaten publishing house, Beirut (Lebanon), 2014.
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Arabic and German newspapers and magazines such as:
Al-Hayat, The New Arab, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Raseef 22, Syria Untold, Aljumhuriya net