Acting
Esam Abjy
Born February 9, 1941 · Damascus, Syria
Died November 24, 2014 · aged 73
A Syrian actor, born in the Al-Muhajireen neighborhood of the Syrian capital Damascus on February 9, 1941. He began his artistic career in the 1960s while working with the National Theater troupe alongside the late Rafik Al-Suba’i, after being invited by the then Minister of Information, Mr. Youssef Shuqra, who asked them to form the Dramatic Arts Troupe affiliated with television. After the unif…
Known For
Another Face of Love · 1973Another Face of Love
1973
Movie
A newly graduated young doctor has hopes of making his way steadily in his country, or of traveling to another country in order to achieve his dreams. In the village, he wakes up from his rosy dream he lived before he traveled to a harsh reality, after he is accused of murder.
Kafr Kassem · 1974Kafr Kassem
★ 6.71974
MovieDocumentary
On the eve of the Israeli attack on Egypt in 1956, Israel declares martial law in all the occupied Arab territories without any previous notice. When the villagers of Kafr Kassem returned home from the fields, they were butchered and killed in what is known today as the massacre of “Kafr Kassem”.
Jungle of Wolves · 1977Jungle of Wolves
1977
Movie
With the housing crisis worsening and cement blocks constantly creeping up to swallow old houses with their inhabitants, a jungle of wolves that live in a fierce world lies behind the cement jungle. As a young journalist and his beautiful wife clash with what they think is the wolf of the jungle, it turns out that this wolf is only one of several wolves in a whole jungle of wolves.
Seven Floors · 1994Seven Floors
1994
Movie
Screenwriter Goes to the hospital for medical examinations, but he heard strange news. This hospital has seven floors, whenever it is moved to the bottom floor, becomes close to death
The Usurer · 2000The Usurer
2000
MovieDrama
A feudal lord and his business manager lead a careless life, squandering huge sums on their debauched lifestyle during their trips to France. As the scope of exploitation expands in front of the business manager, he oppresses the peasants and practices usury, so Zanouba decides to enter a special game with the usurer so that she can bring him down.
Al-Yazerli · 1974Al-Yazerli
★ 6.01974
MovieDrama
The Yazerli is the foreman who provides work to day laborers. The film’s poetic, non-narrative structure simulates the fractured thoughts of a young boy who is forced to leave school and find work on the docks. Using minimal dialogue but evocative music and sounds, separate vignettes introduce characters the boy encounters in a single workday. The filmmaker explores the child’s vivid imaginary world while tangibly conveying the physical harshness and repressed sexuality of a life spent in poverty and manual labor. Based on a novella by Hanna Mina.
The Report · 1986The Report
1986
Movie
Azmi, a legal adviser refuses to sign the budget of the celebration of a project as it's twice what was spent on the project itself. He gets fired from his work, and decides to write a comprehensive report of all the daily atrocities in the hope of presenting it to higher authorities.
That Which Remains · 1995That Which Remains
★ 6.91995
MovieDramaHistory
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.
Movies
Another Face of Love · 1973Another Face of Love
1973
Movie
A newly graduated young doctor has hopes of making his way steadily in his country, or of traveling to another country in order to achieve his dreams. In the village, he wakes up from his rosy dream he lived before he traveled to a harsh reality, after he is accused of murder.
Kafr Kassem · 1974Kafr Kassem
★ 6.71974
MovieDocumentary
On the eve of the Israeli attack on Egypt in 1956, Israel declares martial law in all the occupied Arab territories without any previous notice. When the villagers of Kafr Kassem returned home from the fields, they were butchered and killed in what is known today as the massacre of “Kafr Kassem”.
Jungle of Wolves · 1977Jungle of Wolves
1977
Movie
With the housing crisis worsening and cement blocks constantly creeping up to swallow old houses with their inhabitants, a jungle of wolves that live in a fierce world lies behind the cement jungle. As a young journalist and his beautiful wife clash with what they think is the wolf of the jungle, it turns out that this wolf is only one of several wolves in a whole jungle of wolves.
Seven Floors · 1994Seven Floors
1994
Movie
Screenwriter Goes to the hospital for medical examinations, but he heard strange news. This hospital has seven floors, whenever it is moved to the bottom floor, becomes close to death
The Usurer · 2000The Usurer
2000
MovieDrama
A feudal lord and his business manager lead a careless life, squandering huge sums on their debauched lifestyle during their trips to France. As the scope of exploitation expands in front of the business manager, he oppresses the peasants and practices usury, so Zanouba decides to enter a special game with the usurer so that she can bring him down.
Al-Yazerli · 1974Al-Yazerli
★ 6.01974
MovieDrama
The Yazerli is the foreman who provides work to day laborers. The film’s poetic, non-narrative structure simulates the fractured thoughts of a young boy who is forced to leave school and find work on the docks. Using minimal dialogue but evocative music and sounds, separate vignettes introduce characters the boy encounters in a single workday. The filmmaker explores the child’s vivid imaginary world while tangibly conveying the physical harshness and repressed sexuality of a life spent in poverty and manual labor. Based on a novella by Hanna Mina.
The Report · 1986The Report
1986
Movie
Azmi, a legal adviser refuses to sign the budget of the celebration of a project as it's twice what was spent on the project itself. He gets fired from his work, and decides to write a comprehensive report of all the daily atrocities in the hope of presenting it to higher authorities.
That Which Remains · 1995That Which Remains
★ 6.91995
MovieDramaHistory
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.
TV Shows
Bab Al-Hara · 2006Bab Al-Hara
★ 7.92006
SeriesDrama
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.
They Asked Me · 2000They Asked Me
2000
SeriesDramaDocumentary
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 "
Diaries of a General Manager · 1995Diaries of a General Manager
★ 7.01995
SeriesDramaComedy
A journalist working in the same newspaper as her husband, and intellectual conflict arises between them because of the differences between the nature of men and women. The series shows the relationship between the spouses, revealing many attitudes of the “Eastern Man”.
The Five · 2005The Five
2005
SeriesComedy
Five young people from different regions and cultural and social backgrounds gather to live in one rented house to study at the university, where everyday several paradoxes and comedic adventures happen with the neighbors and the owner of the house.
Layali Al-Salehiya · 2004Layali Al-Salehiya
★ 6.42004
SeriesDramaFamily
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.
Holding Back Tears · 2005Holding Back Tears
2005
SeriesDrama
The series examines the change in the composition of the Syrian family, through the life of a number of Damascene families that are connected by a number of intertwining relationships, as love blossoms between the lawyer Riyad El Emary and the interior designer Riad El Merady.
Return of Ghawar · 1998Return of Ghawar
★ 8.01998
SeriesComedyDrama
The Arab world's most beloved rogue is back. In this long-awaited return, Duraid Lahham resurrects his iconic Ghawar Tawasha — this time wrongly accused of murdering his wife and thrown behind bars for decades. Upon his release, he walks into a Syria grappling with the harsh economic realities of the nineties, determined to find his daughter and prove his innocence. Equal parts comedy and drama, it's warm, funny, and quietly heartbreaking — a homecoming worth waiting for.
The End of a Brave Man · 1994The End of a Brave Man
★ 8.01994
Series
Mufid the monster, the naughty teenager, did not find anyone who knew how to deal with him properly, so he did not discover anyone around him and develop the good qualities that Mufid was distinguished for.
The society in which he lived, starting from the harsh father at home, to the ignorant and arrogant teacher at school, to the mukhtar who punished him for cutting off the tail of Abboud's donkey... All of these were the cause of Mufid's loss and his premature end.
As a result of this treatment, Mufeed could not bear to stay even for a single minute in the farm, so he ran away and decided never to return to this farm that caused him pain and persecuted him.
Abu El-Hana's Dreams · 1996Abu El-Hana's Dreams
★ 8.01996
SeriesComedy
The series deals with the life of the simple man, Abu Al-Hana, who is constantly exposed to unenviable situations, and grows when he begins to search for solutions to them, for he is a simple and kind-hearted person, but he has self-confidence that makes his wife Umm al-Khair always obey him, and he is a ninth-degree employee in a government department.
5 Stars Family · 19945 Stars Family
1994
SeriesComedyDrama
The story revolves around the family of Umm Ahmed Bilalish who lives in one of the old Damascene neighborhoods. When Farhan proposes to marry Samar, her mother reluctantly agrees. The events start taking a comic twist when the family wins the lottery and their social status changes.
Aldighri · 1992Aldighri
★ 10.01992
Series
AlDaghari is a Syrian social comedy series, based on the story of Turkish writer Aziz Nesin, produced by Syrian Arab Television in 1992, directed by Haitham Haqqi. It tells the story of a fraudulent person who exploits the gullibility of the villagers.
The Slums · 2009The Slums
2009
SeriesDrama
In one of the slums, a group of intertwined stories revolve around residents whose movement may extend outside this neighborhood due to work or study, and their fates intersect with the paths of some characters from other neighborhoods of the city.
6 Stars Family · 19976 Stars Family
1997
SeriesComedy
When Fardous, Gamil's mother, gets an apartment from a film production company as compensation for mistakenly using her name in a movie, her life changes completely as she becomes a reputable businesswoman and lives with her son and daughter, as well as their spouses, in the apartment.
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.
What Did We Say · 2001What Did We Say
2001
SeriesComedyDrama
After Marwan and Nada get married, the couple moves into a building full of residents and little peace due to the endless pranks of Sankouh, the rooftop tenant. Each day, the building's neighbors find themselves in a new comedic story.
Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama · 1993Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama
1993
SeriesFamilyComedy
A historical comedy series produced in 1993 that talks about one of the famous Arab jokers, Abu Dalama, and tells a number of stories and jokes that took place during the era of
عيلة أكابر · 1998عيلة أكابر
1998
Series
In a social drama setting, the series tells the story of a very poor family whose circumstances mysteriously change. New developments unfold for the family as they interact with society and experience personal transformations, especially after they begin to consider themselves part of the wealthy class.
Esh almajanin · 2001Esh almajanin
2001
SeriesDramaComedy
The series tells the story of a man who owns a car repair shop but never gets any customers. One day, a woman comes to him, and he learns that she owns a large house where she lives alone, while her son lives at his uncle’s house with his wife. The shop owner becomes greedy and decides to marry her.