Yazan Atassi

Writing

Yazan Atassi is a Syrian screenwriter, former child actor, and visual artist. He studied sculpture at Damascus University's Faculty of Fine Arts and participated in several group art exhibitions through 2005. Before pursuing screenwriting full-time in 2006, he worked in advertising design and journalism, including writing for the Syrian magazine Shababeek. Atassi began his career in entertainment as a child actor, playing Wasim in Kafroun (1990), a film starring and directed by Duraid Lahham. He later shifted his focus to television writing, contributing to several productions, including the three seasons of Ana Wa Ikhwati (2007–2009), Siret Al-Hob (2007), Al-Zaheba (2015), and the fourth season of the Arabic educational series Iftah Ya Simsim (2015). His career has also included producing and writing children's programming. Among his projects was Yalla Nehlam, a television program developed for Syrian children.