Osama El Romany

Osama Al-Romani (1942–2023) was a Syrian actor and director. He was the younger brother of actor Hani Al-Romani.

Osama bin Mohammad Ali Al-Romani was born in Damascus on Friday, July 3, 1942, into a Shiite family. The family name “Al-Romani” traces its origins to the village of Kafr Rumman in the Jabal Amel region of Lebanon.

He began his artistic career in the 1960s with productions such as *Zuqaq Al-Mayleh* and appeared in the plays *Day‘at Tishreen* and *Ghorba*. In 1979, he joined the Joint Program Production Institution in Kuwait, where he worked on numerous television series and children’s programs, most notably *Iftah Ya Simsim* and *Salamatak*. He remained in Kuwait for more than 40 years before deciding to end his long period abroad and return to Damascus approximately one year before his death.