| Khaled Omar Harrah | |
| Birth Date: | 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Aleppo |
| Death Date: | 11 August 2016 |
| Death Place: | Aleppo |
| Nationality: | Syrian |
| Occupation: | Painter and decorator, later White Helmet |
| Years Active: | 2014-2016 |
| Known For: | Search and rescue operations in Aleppo |
Khaled Omar Harrah (; 1985 – 11 August 2016) was a Syrian man who volunteered for the Syrian Civil Defense Force, known as the White Helmets, an organization dedicated to providing humanitarian assistance.
He was a painter and decorator when the war in Syria broke out.[1] He rose to international fame in June 2014 after he rescued a baby trapped in a building destroyed after an air strike in Aleppo,[2] [3] an act which gave him the nickname "the hero of Aleppo". The rescue was caught on video and viewed around the world.[4]
The documentary film director Feras Fayyad dedicated his 2017 documentary Last Men in Aleppo, which chronicles the search-and-rescue missions of Aleppo's White Helmets, to him.
At age 31, August 11, 2016, he was killed in an airstrike,[4] leaving behind a wife and two daughters.[2] [1] In 2017 Politico listed him as one of the 28 people "shaping, shaking and stirring Europe".[5] [6]