A leading Syrian comedian and director famous for acting the role of "Ghawwar" in a number of movies and series.
He is the most famous actor in Syria since the 1960s as well as throughout the Arab world, and is considered by some as the finest Syrian actor of all time.
He was featured in Hammam Al-Hana and Sah Al-noom, two of the funniest Arabic TV series. Since then, he co-starred many movies in Syria and Egypt before he moved to act on stage. He cooperated with Mohammed Maghout to produce some of the most popular plays in the Arab world. Such plays include: Kasak Ya Watan, Shaqae'k Al-No'man, Ghorbeh, and Daye't Teshreen, all of which where played in major Arab capitals and, in some cases, some international cities like London.
Since 1990, Duraid's ability to act started to shrink, mainly because of his advanced age (in his 60s). He, however, made a couple of TV series like Al-Doghri (1990), Abo Al-hana (1996), and the most recent one, Awdat Ghawar (return of Ghawar).
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