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Lahham, Duraid (–)
The Syrian comedian Duraid (Durayd, Dureid) Lahham is one of the most popular and recognized Arab comedians of the second half of the twentieth century and the start of the twenty-first century.
He is particularly remembered for his iconic television and film character, Ghawwar al-Tawsha, and for the not-so-veiled political jabs in his plays and films directed at the Arab world and its leaders.
PERSONAL HISTORY
Lahham was born in into a Shi'ite Muslim family in the Hayy al-Amin district of Damascus, Syria.
His father was Syrian, his mother came from south Lebanon, and the family lived in modest circumstances.
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While in secondary school, Lahham performed in several plays, as well as when he attended Damascus University where he studied chemistry. After graduation, Lahham started out on a career as a chemistry professor at the university.
Because of dance lessons he gave at the time, he became acquainted with actors and the artistic scene in Damascus. These conne