Baydoun is a Lebanese artist and stage designer. Born in 1972 in Beirut, a war torn city of architectural and urban chaos. From an early age Hussein found himself questioning the relationship between the private space and the public space, their borders and their overlapping. In 1996, he received a certificate in Architecture from the Institute of fine arts in Beirut. After six years of working and experimenting with interior architectural design he decided to turn his attention to plastic arts and stage design. Hussein has collaborated with many artists such as Issam Bou Khaled, Ahmed El Attar, Sawsan Bou Khaled, and Catherine Boskowitz. In 2005 he worked on Waiting by Rashid Masharawi and in 2008 The Dawn of the world by Abbas Fadhel. His work has been shown at numerous festivals most notably Berlin Festeshpile, Picolo theatro di Milano, the Theatrical Days of Carthage, Cairo, Europa festival in Lisbon and in Das der Welt in Berlin. Most recently he is working with director Annemarie Jacir on her new film "When I Saw You".