Mohammed Rafeh
{{Short description|Syrian actor}}
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| name = Mohammed Rafeh
| image = Mohammed Rafeh.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1982|03|09|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Aleppo, Syria
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|11|02|1982|03|09|df=yes}}
| death_place = Damascus, Syria
| nationality = Palestinian
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| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1999–2012
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Mohammed Rafeh ({{langx|ar|محمد رافع}}; 9 March 1982 – 2 November 2012) was a Palestinian Syrian actor popular around the Arab world. He was notable for his role as Ibrahim in the popular Syrian television series Bab Al-Hara.
Rafeh was born in Aleppo, a half Syrian and half Palestinian. His father was a Palestinian refugee and as well an actor, Ahmad Rafeh.{{cite news|title=Bab al-Hara actor murdered for alleged pro-regime activity |url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Nov-05/193896-bab-al-hara-actor-murdered-for-alleged-pro-regime-activity.ashx#axzz2C8uB5C1t |last=Dick |first=Marlin |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=5 November 2012 |access-date=13 November 2012}} Mohammed Rafeh was notable for his support of the Syrian government. During the Syrian Civil War, Rafeh's picture appeared on a Facebook page titled "The black list of Syrian artists".{{cite news|title=Prominent Syrian-born Palestinian actor killed by anti-Assad gunmen |url=http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/11/04/247652.html |publisher=Al Arabiya |date=4 November 2012 |access-date=13 November 2012}} Rafeh's father said that Mohammed loved Syria and the president Bashar al-Assad.
Death
Rafeh was kidnapped by the Free Syrian Army's al-Siddiq battalion on 2 November 2012 in Damascus' Barzeh neighborhood. On the same day, he was executed by gunshots to his head, neck and shoulders. On 4 November, his body was returned to his family and buried the next day.{{cite news|title=Tepid response to U.S. move |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/tepid-response-to-us-move/article4091267.ece |last=Aneja |first=Atul |newspaper=The Hindu |date=12 November 2012 |access-date=13 November 2012}}
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Category:Syrian male television actors
Category:Syrian people of Palestinian descent
Category:People of the Syrian civil war