Ayman Zeidan

Biography: Ayman Ghaleb Shukri Zidane or Ayman Zidane, a Syrian actor, director, producer, writer, and presenter. He was born on September 1, 1956 in the city of Al-Rahiba (located 50 km northeast of Damascus). He is the older brother of actors Shadi Zidane and Wael Zidane. He joined the Institute of Dramatic Arts in Syria when he was 22 years old. After graduating, he participated in several plays, both as an actor and as a director, and gave much of his creativity to the National Theater. He traveled to Germany to take a course in theater directing in Berlin. Several years later, he became the director of the traveling theater and decided to try his hand at standing in front of a television camera for the first time in 1983 when director Mamoun Al-Bunni gave him a role in the series (Women Without Wings). Director Muhammad Malas also gave him an important role in the film (Dreams of the City), which won the Cannes Film Festival Award in 1984. It was his first opportunity in front of the cinema cameras, and he continued to work after that.