Khaled Omar Harrah (; 1985 – 11 August 2016) was a Syrian man who volunteered for the Syrian Civil Defense Force, known as the

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, an organization dedicated to providing humanitarian assistance. He was a painter and decorator when the war in Syria broke out. He rose to international fame in June 2014 after he rescued a baby trapped in a building destroyed after an air strike in

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, an act which gave him the nickname "the hero of Aleppo". The rescue was caught on video and viewed around the world. The documentary film director

Feras Fayyad Feras Fayyad (born September 20, 1984) is a Syrian film director, producer, and writer. Fayyad best known for his 2017 documentary ''Last Men in Aleppo and his 2019 documentary The Cave,'' both films earned him critical acclaim and numerous aw ...

dedicated his 2017 documentary ''

Last Men in Aleppo ''Last Men in Aleppo'' (in Arabic آخر الرجال في حلب) is a 2017 documentary film about the Syrian Civil War. Written and directed by Feras Fayyad, produced by Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen, it documents the life in Aleppo d ...

'', which chronicles the search-and-rescue missions of Aleppo's White Helmets, to him. At age 31, August 11, 2016, he was killed in an airstrike, leaving behind a wife and two daughters. In 2017 ''

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'' listed him as one of the 28 people "shaping, shaking and stirring Europe".

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Khaled Omar Harrah, 2014, Aleppo
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