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name: "Naji Jerf"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/naji-jerf"
fi1m_id: "naji-jerf"
tmdb_id: 1914466
roles: []
died: "27 December 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-02T23:53:39.685668+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Naji Jerf

## Identity

Naji Jerf

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/naji-jerf
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** naji-jerf
- **TMDB ID:** 1914466
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1914466

Actor. Born in Salamiyah, Syria. Died 27 December 2015.

## Details

- **Died:** 27 December 2015
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1914466

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*City of Ghosts*](https://film.one/film/city-of-ghosts.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Naji al Jerf was a Syrian journalist, filmmaker and activist. He co-founded the citizen journalism group Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) and served as its spokesperson and filmmaker while based in Gaziantep, Turkey. He produced documentaries exposing Islamic State atrocities, including one on the killing of media activists and health workers in Aleppo.

Al Jerf was shot dead on 27 December 2015 in Gaziantep. He appears in archive footage as Self in the 2017 documentary *City of Ghosts*, which follows RBSS members.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, bbc.com, cpj.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *City of Ghosts* (2017), Fi1m 78, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/city-of-ghosts.md)

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