Acting
Bassem Yakhour
Born August 16, 1971 · Syria (age 55)
Bassem Yakhour is a Syrian actor and comedian known for his sharp satire, character work, and strong theatre background. He became widely recognised through the sketch comedy series Spot Light, where he showcased impersonations and social humour, and has since built a career spanning drama, comedy, and television hosting across the Arab world.
Known For
Tuesday 12 · 2021Tuesday 12
★ 10.02021
MovieDrama
The story of three families; the first family consists of a surgeon separated from his psychiatrist wife and lives with his daughter, Salma. The second consists of a man imprisoned for manslaughter while driving a car and leaves prison with extreme religious ideas that he inflicts on his daughter, Amal. The third consists of a husband whose wife has passed away in an accident, leaving him and his daughter, Nour
Salma · 2024Salma
2024
MovieDrama
Salma searches for her husband’s death certificate so that she can continue her life. This search journey leads her to collide with some problems, financial and otherwise, and she suddenly finds herself in a situation imposed on her by her self-esteem, so she runs for the “People’s Assembly.”
Neama Bay · 2007Neama Bay
★ 5.32007
MovieDrama
When Jannah escapes from her abusive husband and returns back to Cairo, she decides to reopen her father's atelier in Naama Bay where she meets a group of young people trying to work in Sharm el-Sheikh. As she falls in love with one of them, she starts to suspect that her husband is on her tail.
Al Thuraya · 1997Al Thuraya
★ 9.01997
SeriesDrama
Akkash is a nationalist resistance fighter against Ottoman rule in Syria. Thuraya, the daughter of the wealthy Turkish aristocrat Ismail Pasha, falls in love with him, and he loves her in return. Determined to be with him, she is willing to sacrifice everything, including her family and privileged position in society.
A Very Hard Birth · 2011A Very Hard Birth
★ 10.02011
SeriesCrimeDrama
The series presents the social differences between the rich and the poor, and the problems that arise from them, highlighting the contradictions experienced by prominent personalities as well as the dangers that young people face in life, and it also displays the problems of employees in the state.
The Falcon of Quraish · 2002The Falcon of Quraish
★ 9.52002
SeriesWar & PoliticsDrama
When the Abbasids overthrow the Umayyad Caliphate in Damascus, slaughtering nearly the entire dynasty, one young prince escapes — Abd al-Rahman. Hunted across deserts and seas, he eventually reaches the fringes of the Muslim world and, through sheer will and political genius, founds a new Umayyad emirate in Andalusia. Written by Walid Seif and directed by Hatem Ali, this is the first chapter of their celebrated Andalusian trilogy — epic, human and historically meticulous.
Salah Al-Deen Al-Ayoubi · 2001Salah Al-Deen Al-Ayoubi
★ 8.02001
SeriesWar & PoliticsDrama
A sweeping historical epic tracing the life of Saladin from his humble origins to his unification of fractured Muslim kingdoms and his legendary recapture of Jerusalem from the Crusaders after nearly a century of occupation. Starring Jamal Suleiman and directed by the late Hatem Ali, written by Walid Seif — the same partnership behind Palestinian Alienation — this is widely regarded as one of the finest historical dramas in Arabic television, epic in scale yet deeply human in its portrayal of leadership, faith and sacrifice.
Lost village · 2008Lost village
★ 10.02008
SeriesComedyFamily
Tucked away in the Syrian mountains, the fictional village of Umm al-Tanafs al-Fawqa has been completely bypassed by modern technology — and its simple, warm-hearted residents have no idea what they're missing. Each episode follows their hilarious attempts to navigate life's big and small dramas with nothing but common sense, stubbornness and each other. A gentle, sharp satire that uses village innocence as a mirror for modern society's complications — described by many viewers as the greatest Arab comedy ever made.
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