ABDUL AZIZ
AL KHAYAT

Born in Damascus, Syria, he fled his war-torn hometown in 2012 with just two family members, seeking refuge in Cairo, Egypt. After completing high school, he ventured to Germany in 2018. His initial exposure to the world of theater came through a student theater group in Marburg during 2018/19. Since 2019, he has been pursuing his passion for acting at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt, where he was awarded a prestigious scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. He was a member of the Studiojahr at the theatre Schauspiel Frankfurt for the 2021/22 season. In 2023 he won the audience award for performing the monolog ''A bomb in the heart'' by Wajdi Mouawad during the ''Woche junger Schauspieler*innen'' organized by Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste.