Acting
Antoinette Najeeb
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Known For
Damascus with Love · 2010Damascus with Love
★ 6.02010
MovieDrama
A Jewish Syrian girl sets for departure from home city Damascus, but reverses her decision because her father discloses a secret that was kept for years. The secret being about a Lover who was thought to be dead. The girl reveals the mysteries of the past in search of another side of magical Damascus, hence falling in love with a Christian man who disappears in Lebanon’s civil war. She finds herself facing a difficult choice, but the city itself will keep the door of love and choices wide open to infinite possibilities.
Four O'Clock at Paradise · 2015Four O'Clock at Paradise
2015
Movie
A close look at the modern life details of people representing different social strata, from a street vendor to a political intellectual, touching upon the story of two lovers whose life paths have faltered, as well as a crane operator who doesn't want to leave his homeland despite the circumstances.
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha · 1971Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
Movie
Two friends are trying to find a suitable place to stay. They find a suitable residence for a woman to live alone. The owner of the house rents a room in the apartment to the two friends without the woman knowing during her absence, which generates funny ironies among everyone.
One + one · 1971One + one
1971
Movie
Forbidden Love · 1976Forbidden Love
1976
MovieRomanceThriller
When a pretty girl suffers from a psychological crisis, her mother takes her to a psychiatrist. As the doctor discovers that the girl's condition is the result of her stepfather's attempts to rape her, she decides to take revenge on him and kill him for what he did to her.
Cherry Messages · 2015Cherry Messages
★ 10.02015
MovieDramaRomance
In the Syrian deserts of war, a love story blossoms between a young man and a young woman who turn cherries into pens as they write love letters to one another. The couple has to live a national struggle as they witness the Six-Day War and the October War, as war changes the scene around them.
The Long Night · 2009The Long Night
2009
MovieMysteryDrama
Four political activists friends are arrested by the repressive regime in Syria in the 1970s and spend twenty years in detention, three of them are released, and the fourth remains. The three friends are shocked by the huge changes they found in society, while showing the hardships their fourth comrade faces in prison.
The Four Seasons · 1999The Four Seasons
★ 10.01999
SeriesDramaFamily
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.
Movies
Damascus with Love · 2010Damascus with Love
★ 6.02010
MovieDrama
A Jewish Syrian girl sets for departure from home city Damascus, but reverses her decision because her father discloses a secret that was kept for years. The secret being about a Lover who was thought to be dead. The girl reveals the mysteries of the past in search of another side of magical Damascus, hence falling in love with a Christian man who disappears in Lebanon’s civil war. She finds herself facing a difficult choice, but the city itself will keep the door of love and choices wide open to infinite possibilities.
Four O'Clock at Paradise · 2015Four O'Clock at Paradise
2015
Movie
A close look at the modern life details of people representing different social strata, from a street vendor to a political intellectual, touching upon the story of two lovers whose life paths have faltered, as well as a crane operator who doesn't want to leave his homeland despite the circumstances.
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha · 1971Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
Movie
Two friends are trying to find a suitable place to stay. They find a suitable residence for a woman to live alone. The owner of the house rents a room in the apartment to the two friends without the woman knowing during her absence, which generates funny ironies among everyone.
One + one · 1971One + one
1971
Movie
Forbidden Love · 1976Forbidden Love
1976
MovieRomanceThriller
When a pretty girl suffers from a psychological crisis, her mother takes her to a psychiatrist. As the doctor discovers that the girl's condition is the result of her stepfather's attempts to rape her, she decides to take revenge on him and kill him for what he did to her.
Cherry Messages · 2015Cherry Messages
★ 10.02015
MovieDramaRomance
In the Syrian deserts of war, a love story blossoms between a young man and a young woman who turn cherries into pens as they write love letters to one another. The couple has to live a national struggle as they witness the Six-Day War and the October War, as war changes the scene around them.
The Long Night · 2009The Long Night
2009
MovieMysteryDrama
Four political activists friends are arrested by the repressive regime in Syria in the 1970s and spend twenty years in detention, three of them are released, and the fourth remains. The three friends are shocked by the huge changes they found in society, while showing the hardships their fourth comrade faces in prison.
TV Shows
The Four Seasons · 1999The Four Seasons
★ 10.01999
SeriesDramaFamily
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.
Small Hearts · 2009Small Hearts
★ 7.02009
SeriesDrama
The series tackles a number of negative contemporary social phenomena, shedding light on the challenges encountered by young people, like violence against children, poverty, homelessness, begging, slave trade, motherhood, family disintegration, and honor crimes.
Love Has Decreed · 2006Love Has Decreed
2006
SeriesDrama
The series discusses the stories of young university students, their reality during their studies, and the hardships and unknown fate they endure after graduation.
The Invasion · 2007The Invasion
2007
SeriesDrama
A socio-political series which highlights the horrific events that accompanied Operation “Defensive Shield” in 2002 when the Israeli army invaded Palestinian cities
Al-Hout · 2008Al-Hout
2008
Series
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.
كوم الحجر · 2007كوم الحجر
★ 10.02007
SeriesDrama
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.
Al Khawali · 2000Al Khawali
2000
SeriesDrama
The story of Nassar Ibn Oraibi, a fighter against injustice, that sheds light on the life in the Damascus neighborhood and the role of one woman who becomes responsible for the house and her four daughters in light of her husband's absence during the Hajj.
Congratulations · 2001Congratulations
2001
SeriesFamilyComedy
The series presents archetypes that reflect the issues encountered by people who are about to marry, as all the romance fades once the groom is forced to pay all he has in order to secure a house, turning his life after marriage into a struggle to pay off his debts.
Big Dreams · 2004Big Dreams
★ 10.02004
SeriesDrama
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.
Marzouq On All Fronts · 2004Marzouq On All Fronts
2004
Series
In which dramatic events are mixed with funny comedy, the main character "Marzouk" is a man who always cares about the concerns of others and tries to find solutions for them just because he knows that this is one of the duties of the respectable man, as he tries to solve the problems of neighbors and relatives, but he often falls into serious problems because of that, until personal problems occur.
Chicago Street · 2020Chicago Street
★ 10.02020
SeriesDrama
An epic love story between a well-to-do blind girl and a rebel, set against a historical background spanning 60 years of conflicts, secrets and intrigue.
Rijal Al-Hara · 2014Rijal Al-Hara
2014
SeriesComedy
Rijal Al-Hara is a 2014 Syrian ensemble comedy set in the heart of a lively Damascus alley, where a cast of quirky, larger-than-life characters navigate the daily chaos of neighborhood life. From petty rivalries and community gossip to personal mishaps and social entanglements, the series mines humor from the everyday absurdities of living side by side. Warm, chaotic, and endlessly entertaining — a comedic love letter to Damascus neighborhood culture.