Bassam Kousa

Sabah is a creative writer who goes through the complexities of life in a city that pushes its children from its center to its outskirts where expatriates reside. He suffers from financial hardships, while a love story grows between a boy and a girl who meet at night in the rain.

A love story grows between a young man and a girl, there is a second person who loves the girl, and for her he tries to hang himself, so the lovers decide to sacrifice love and happiness to save a human soul, the lover is a simple young man, while the girl is a loving female, mixed in the depths of many worlds of childhood and innocence And intelligence, the girl marries the man she does not like, and by this she has lifted the gallows from his neck, in order to wrap her around her neck.

After the 1967 setback, Abu Ramzi is displaced from the Golan with his family, and he is tired in order to secure a livelihood and his wife who works in sewing helps him. As for the son Ramzi, he dreams of riches quickly and in the easiest way, which drives him to collide with his father, who dreams of a roof that shelter him through halal earnings.

A young woman lives alone in isolation in her home and experiences many events inside her imagination or in her dreams; however, the only real thing in her life is her little goldfish.

The film tells the story of a lonely man with a chronic hunger to rejoice and communicate with others, holding a party for his friends but ...

Syria, 1967, rumors of war. Abu Kamel, a peasant who farms tomatoes near Latakia, bullies his family. One by one, each rebels against him or finds a route to break away.

As an elderly man on his deathbed looks to give his name to one of his newborn grandsons, he's unable to acknowledge any of them. The three boys grow up with no name in the Syrian mountains, as they struggle to survive in a war-torn country.

A journey in the world of the little employee Sobhi Halogi, a conservative, conservative woman, occupies the axis of his thinking. He seems to be an object, but we do not reveal his intimacy unless life has given us a special experience with him. Sobhi Halouji is confronted by a girl he encounters by coincidence, but fails to bear the spiritual expenses imposed on him by this relationship. The film reveals and exposes the model of this segment with all its contradictions, motives and aspirations to overcome the bitterness of living and deprivation at all costs, bearing one goal is to climb.

The biopic of 19th century Syrian scholar Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi who battled against the injustice in Syria during the downfall of the Ottoman Empire. His efforts actually managed to overthrow the Ottoman viceroy. However, he was banished to Cairo, only to continue his fight there.

Salem dreams of being an actor but is still working in a gas station, only his love for Nada can make things easier for him.

Based on Ghassan Kanafani's novel, 'Returning to Haifa,' this film, set in 1967, centres on a Palestinian couple who return to the war-torn city to search for their young son Farhan, whom they were forced to abandon when fleeing Zionist acts of terrorism in 1948. Saeed and Atefeh's own house has even been taken over by a Polish Jewish family, who, it transpires, are holding Farhan hostage. It is up to the couple, with the assistance of Farhan's steely grandmother, to find a way to reclaim their lost son. One of the few Iranian films to tackle the Palestinian issue from a historical perspective, this stunning piece of work from Seifollah Daad features meticulous attention to period detail and moving performances.

Therese, the mayor's wife in a Lebanese village, joyfully prepares for an overnight visit of her daughter's suitor and his parents. She excitedly shares the happy news of the engagement with pictures of her beloved brother who was killed by a Syrian bomb 20 years ago and is still bizarrely present in every corner of her house. Only when the long-awaited guests are at her doorstep, she discovers they are Syrian; this engagement will only happen over Therese's dead body!

A modern classic of Arab television. A social drama set in the 1920s in Damascus- It highlights Damascene life, noble values, and ancient customs and traditions represented by the people of Harat al-Dabeh who fled to Harat al-Salihiyah after the French bombed Harat al-Dabeh. The events take place after the gold is stolen from the house of the cloth merchant Abu Ibrahim, and the guard Abu al-Samu is killed. The men of the neighborhood try to find the thief.

Naji Saeed is a ruthless Damascus businessman who built his empire by climbing over everyone beneath him. When Nader — desperate and naive — walks into his orbit seeking money, he finds there's no clean way back out. A Syrian social drama that traces how class, greed and moral compromise trap people in invisible prisons long before any actual bars appear. Starring Bassam Kousa, Bassem Yakhour and Sulafa Mimar. Directed by Allaith Hajjo.

Spotlight, a Syrian social series, presents separate stories in various drama and comedy episodes of public life, and critically sheds light on political differences in Syria. The series has been airing since 2001 and consists of 15 parts

“Rozana” is a Syrian social drama that explores the tense relationship between two families representing old money and newly wealthy elites. Their interactions are marked by rivalry, resentment, and shifting power dynamics, where status and influence shape personal and social outcomes. The series suggests that while tradition and authenticity persist, financial power often dominates decisions and destinies. It stars Bassam Kousa, Giana Eid, Milad Youssef, Andre Skaf, and Nadine Tahseen Bek.

Chronicling the Basus War between two Arabian tribes and their allies, the drama follows the emergence of renowned Arab figure, Al Zeer Salem.

A man entrusts Abu Al Makhraz with a huge sum of money and disappears. When Abu Al Makhraz dies, his family finds themselves pitted against his relatives.

Events of the series take place in a poor neighborhood, shedding light on the lives of its people, especially the life of an illegitimate young man who makes every effort to be helpful to others.

Set in one of Damascus’s neighborhoods during the late Ottoman period and the early Renaissance, depicting the customs, traditions, and social relationships that prevailed at that time.

They Asked Me is an entertainment program and contains a variety of useful paragraphs and provides information and facts in a fun and interesting narrative way, presented in the nineties of the last century, which is presented by the distinguished media Sherif Alami, They Asked Me is a well-known and distinctive program in Jordan, ancient and modern, and it has a great herbal "

The series deals with social life and raises many important issues that the Arab society suffers from, such as authoritarianism, social pressures. It also presents the negatives and positives in a dramatic comic style.

Damascus in the late 1990s. Kareem and Nabila are raising five very different daughters — each with her own personality, ambitions and complications — alongside a scene-stealing aunt Jamila. Every episode centres on a family issue that brings everyone together to argue, laugh and muddle through. Warm, witty and deeply rooted in Syrian daily life, it remains one of the most beloved family comedies in Syrian television history. Stars Jamal Suleiman and Khaled Taja.

The series revolves around failed love stories as a result of a compelling circumstance or because of a social or financial problem or a problem related to religion so that the audience develops a state of sympathy with the series characters In each episode the series presents a separate station from the other detailing a glowing love relationship that was extinguished by various circumstances

A drama series that tells the story of the coastal environment during the era of the French mandate in Syria, especially the environment of fishermen in light of the exploitation and greed of some people and the bitter struggle of others against the French occupier.

The Halaby family works in trade. When the father decides to write all his property over to one of his sons, the two brothers clash, until the eldest brother falls ill, and his younger son is forced to give up his ambition to take care of their business.

Set in the town of Al-Rukniya in the early 1930s, the work explores the conflict between Bedouin and urban communities, the impact of World War II on Syrian politics, the outbreak of the Great Syrian Revolution, and the subsequent withdrawal of the French occupation from the country. The work also highlights the opportunists who continue to spread colonialist ideas, in contrast to the strength and unity of the people as they confront tyranny despite the conspiracies plotted against them.

During World War II, Taj, the renowned boxer in Damascus, is accused of treason, tarnishing his honor and reputation. His life takes a drastic turn as he finds himself forced to engage in a fierce battle to reclaim his family, while Syria witnesses significant events leading up to independence.

A Syrian family — warm, funny and profoundly ordinary — finds itself facing the impossible choice millions of Syrians faced: stay in a home torn apart by war, or pack up everything and leave. They choose to go. But the road out proves just as punishing as what they left behind, with each episode delivering a new obstacle, a new heartbreak and a new reason to laugh through the tears. From the creator of Lost Village — tragicomedy at its most human.

The series deals with the Al-Midan neighborhood in the year 1930 through a large family living in one house, and many issues arise among its members that appeal to viewers, and the work is not satisfied with that, but goes out to the neighborhood to notice the intertwined relations between its members, especially since Al-Midan neighborhood is one of the oldest neighborhoods of Damascus and was at that time in the heart of City.

Having spent most of her 20s taking care of her sick mother and her family's household, a sexually repressed woman elopes and has to face the hypocrisies of middle eastern society.

Taking place in the Thieves' Market located in the Syrian capital, Damascus, the events deal with a number of stories dealing with counterfeiting currencies, drug trafficking, and others.

The series monitors the social, political and cultural life in Syria from the period 1932 to 1936, where the events take place in two neighboring areas: the city of Aleppo, and a supposed rural area called Kom alHajar.

A gold salesman is a professional in his field where he deals with plenty of women and takes advantage of them along the way, resulting in unpleasant consequences.

The series explores the difficult circumstances faced by people from diverse backgrounds and professions, including a university professor, a new journalist, a low-income employee, and others. The central character is the general manager of a large, responsible construction company, where the potential for illicit gain is significant. He is a fickle man, a master of manipulation, who feigns honor and morality because he respects the law out of sheer fear of it—the core premise of the show. The series unfolds in a satirical, socially relevant, and humorous style, relying on witty situations to elicit a smile.

The events revolve around the Levantine environment and the social problems that permeate it, during the period of the French occupation of the country.