Khaberni - Syrian drama bid farewell to one of its figures who continued to contribute until his last days, while none of Osama Al-Sayed Youssef's colleagues expected that the working hours that brought them together would be the last.
On the night before his departure, Syrian artist Osama Al-Sayed Youssef stood in front of the camera as usual, performing his scenes in the series "Beit Al-Yasmeen" with his customary smile, before being suddenly snatched by death a few hours later due to a sudden heart attack, leaving the Syrian artistic community in great shock.
The departure of the Syrian artist Osama Al-Sayed Youssef was not just news of a death of an artist, but a sudden farewell to a person who remained present among his colleagues until the last moments, turning the eulogies into affecting testimonials about a friend and lifetime companion rather than mere farewell messages.
Syrian artist Firas Ibrahim experienced the hardest moments of loss, as he waited outside the ICU door for about an hour and a half, clinging to the hope that his four-decade friend would survive, but the ending was heartbreaking. He wrote, mixing sadness with helplessness: "An hour and a half between life and death, and I waited outside the ICU door for the miracle to happen.. but your heart betrayed you this time and betrayed me with you, forty years we shared our friendship, memories, passion, and madness, and I could never imagine living the moment I lose you and cry over you like never before."
He concluded his message with prayers for his lifetime friend, comforting his children, family, and everyone who loved him.
As for the artist Laith Mufti, he was the last to bid him farewell without realizing that it would be the final goodbye. He had finished a day of shooting with him and had dropped him at his home, only to be shocked by the news of his departure the next morning, writing with agony: "So, Abu Najeeb.. So, uncle... this quickly? We had so many stories left to do. We finished shooting at night and I dropped you at your home.. May God have mercy on you, my kind, my beloved."
Meanwhile, artist Omar Ziad Mawlawi recalled the last hours he spent with the deceased, remembering the last picture, the last meal, and the last day of shooting, saying:
"I can't imagine how the last picture of your entire life brought us together just four hours ago, and the last meal we shared.. Oh God, how difficult it is that your last day in your artistic career was 13 hours of shooting while we were together."
In words mixing astonishment with grief, artist Qasim Malho mourned his colleague saying: "Oh my Lord, what is this news.. Abu Najeeb died just like that without any warning.. He simply died. Oh beloved Osama... greet all the dear ones who preceded us, may God have mercy on you and be gracious to you."
All the artists unanimously acknowledged one truth, that Osama Al-Sayed Youssef left as he lived, close to his colleagues, engaged in his work, leaving behind sincere love and a humanitarian legacy that preceded his artistic presence.
With his departure, Syrian drama loses one of its faces who continued to contribute until his last days, while the last day's shooting backstage remains witness to an artist who did not know that his journey from the shooting location to the hospital would be his final journey, and that his colleagues' farewell to him at the end of the workday would be the last in a life extended by art, love, and loyalty.
