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06-05-1962
Born in Hilversum, the Netherlands
With twin brother Badi.
His father is the Palestinian Poet Youssef Alkhatib
Of Dura Alkhalil.
His mother is Baha Alrayyes, of Gaza City.
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1963-64
Family moves back to Syria.
Brother Waddah is born.
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1970
Sister Asil is born.
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1973
Completes primary education (Hurriya Institute, Damascus).
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1977
Sister Hadeel is born.
Completes Preparatory education (Dimashq Alarabiya High School)
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1979
Brother Talid is born.
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1980
Completes Secondary Education (Ibn Khaldoon High School).
Start up Player, Palestine Youth Soccer Team.
Enrolls as an English Major, Damascus University.
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1981
Travels to the Soviet Union.
Enrolls in the Department of the Film & TV Direction.
The Moscow Higher Institute of Cinema ( VGIK).
under the supervision of the well-known director Aleksandr
Zguridi .
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1982
Directs his first short film Junoon (Mania).
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1984
Directs short film Alruh Althaniya (Second Soul).
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1985
Sister Anda is born.
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1986
Directs short film Amina ( Amina ).
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1987
Directs his graduation film from VGIK, Alla’ana (The
Curse).
Returns to Damascus.
Begins writing his novel Ahlam Alghars Almuqaddas (Dreams
of the Sacred Plant).
On 18.12.1987, Basil meets his homeland Palestine across the
border from the Northern Jordan Valley during a visit with his
parents.
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1988
Begins working with his father’s establishment
"Palestine House for Media and Culture".
Founds Canaan for Film and TV Production,
Later to become known as Jawa.
(The curse) participates in the Leipzig Film Festival
And receives high acclaim.
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1989
Dreams of the Sacred Plant wins the Suad Alsabah Award
for Arab Creativity.
The novel is subsequently published by the Egyptian Book
Corporation.
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1990
Amina and The Curse participate in a number of Arab and
international film festivals,
Basil contributes critical and creative writings to a number of
Arab periodicals.
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1991
Publishes his book Cinema and Life (in Arabic) about the life
and works of the Russian Director Andrei Tarkovsky, in the
Syrian Cinema Establishment’s book series The Seventh Art.
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1992
26.12. Marriage to Syrian journalist Diana Jabbour.
Writes the script and directs the TV film Alru’ya Alakheera (The
Last Vision).
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1993
Directs two TV films: Jalila (Jalila) and Waqa’i wa Ahlam
Faraj (Annals and Dreams of Faraj).
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1994
Writes the script and directs the TV series Alkhareef
(Autumn).
Publishes a translation of Magic Lantern, the autobiography of
Ingmar Bergman, in the Syrian Cinema Establishment’s book series
The Seventh Art.
Visits the USA as part of a cultural exchange program, and
becomes acquainted with its film industry.
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1995
5.5. Son Majid is born.
Directs two short films: Qiyamat Madina
(The Resurrection of a
City) and Massarat Alnoor (The Paths of Light).
And two TV films:
Alasswar (Walls) and Muzhakaraat Rajul Fashel
(Memoirs of a Failure) .
First Screening of Qiyamat Madina in Abu Dhabi in the For
Jerusalem Festival (Lajliki ya Quds).
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1996
Directs the TV series:
yawm bi yawm (Day by Day).
Ayyam Alghadab (Days of
Rage).
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1997
Directs the TV series
Hawa Bahrai (Sea fervor).
And two TV films:
Alyaqazha (Wakefulness).
Arsumu Hilmi (I Draw My Dreams).
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1998
Directs the TV series
Tweibi,( Tweibi).
and his first feature film
Alrisalah Alakheera (The Last Letter).
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1999
Directs the TV series
Jawad Allayl (The Night’s Horse).
Nida’ Almutawasset (Mediterranean Call)
the completion of which was banned for unknown reasons, after
having shot most of the series.
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2000
Directs a video clip for his father’s poem A’asha Alwalad
(Long Live the Boy) written on the death of the martyr Muhammad
Aldurra.
Directs the TV series Nissa’ Sagheerat (Little Women) .
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2001
Directs a video clip for his father’s poem Ajras Beit
Lahem (The Bells of Bethlehem).
Directs the TV series Zhi Qar,(Zhi Qar) in his first
collaborative work with Jordanian TV industry.
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2002
Directs the TV series:
Haneen (Longing) .
Hulaku
(Hulugu).
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2003
Directs the TV series:
Unshudat Almatar (The Rain Requiem).
Abu Zeid
Alhilali (Abu Zeid Alhilali).
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2004
Directs the TV series:
Ayyash (Ayyash).
‘A’id Ila Haifa (Returning to
Haifa).
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2005
Directs the TV series :
Mawkeb Aliba’ (Procession of Dignity).
Nizar
Qabbani (Nizar Qabbani).
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2006
Directs the TV series :
Ghaltat ‘Umr (Mistake of a Lifetime).
Assad Aljazeerah
(The Lion of the Peninsula) in his first collaborative work
with the Gulf TV industry.
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2007
Directs the TV series Rasa’l Alhub wa Alharb (Letters
of Love and War) and begins writing the script for the TV series
Ana Alquds (I am Jerusalem).
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2008
Directs the TV series Nasser (Biography of the late
Egyptian president Gamal Abdul Nasser) in his first
collaborative work with the Egyptian TV industry.
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2009
Directs the TV series:
Adham Alsharqawi (Adham Alsharqawi).
Balqees
(Queen of Sheba).
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2010
Directs the TV series Ana Alquds ( I am Jerusalem).
Pays his first visit to Gaza, the birthplace of his
mother, with a delegation of Palestinian artists.
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2011
Directs the TV series Alghaliboon (The Victorious) in
his first collaborative work with the Lebanese TV industry.
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2011
His father, the renowned Arab Palestinian poet
Youssef
Alkhatib passes away (1931-2011).
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2012
Directs the Cinema Movie
Mariam.
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2013
Directs the TV series:
- Once upon a time in Damascus.
- Habiba ( Kuwait ).
