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Interview with Yara Sabri

2021



Yara Sabri speaks about her work as an actor in musalsalat and Syrian drama, the differences between series from elsewhere in the Arab world, and how the field of drama and the work of actors has changed during her career.

Yara Sabri is a Syrian actor working in television, theater and film.  She is known for the 2016 musalsal Samarqand, based on the novel of the same name by Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf, and Ramadan 2017’s Orkadia, directed by Hatem Ali, as well as the award-winning 2021 film Peace by Chocolate.