In 2010, Yassin played the leading role in a Daoud Abdel Sayed movie Messages from the Sea, for which he was awarded Best Actor at the Carthage Film Festival, and Malmö Arab Film Festival.
Yassin, an alternative of Yasin, Yassine, Yaseen and Yacine (Arabic: ياسين, romanized: Yāsīn, [1 ] IPA: [jæːˈsiːn]), is a unisex given name mostly common in the Arab world and Muslim countries, and a surname.