Salah Dehni

Salah Dehni was born in Deraa in 1925 and studied in Damascus. Having entered the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in Paris in 1947, he graduated in 1950 and also attended the filmology institute of the Sorbonne, becoming one of the first Syrians trained in cinema. In 1952 he presented the first radio programme devoted to cinema, in 1960 he headed the cinema department at the ministry, then the artistic affairs of the public body, and he presided over the union of film critics. A short-story writer from the earliest days, he died in Dubai on 27 October 2017.

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• Feature filmالأبطال يولدون مرتينSalah Dehni · 1977Cinema