Acting
Zuhair Abdel Karim
Born August 29, 1960 · سوريا (age 66)
Syrian actor born in the village of Maarba on 29 August 1960. He graduated from the High Institute of Performing Arts with a degree in acting. He began his career in 1984 appearing in the series Al-Zeer Salem. His film debut, however, was in 1988 on Stars of the Day. He appeared in several other works, most notably The Banner People, Zero Hour, and The Weary Journey.
Known For
Stars in Broad Daylight · 1988Stars in Broad Daylight
★ 6.91988
MovieDrama
In his debut feature film, director Muhammad explores the inexorable dissolution of a family, ironically during the planning of a wedding, the kind of ritual that ought to bond family members together in shared joy. The film exposes the divisive dynamics of patriarchal oppression, and the terrible connections between familial and sociopolitical violence.
Temporary Darkness · 2024Temporary Darkness
2024
MovieDrama
The film tells the story of two characters at a new stage in their lives, whose fates intersect, a meeting that will force them to reconsider their reality.
Sacrifices · 2002Sacrifices
★ 6.92002
MovieDrama
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.
Hayat · 2025Hayat
2025
Movie
In a sad land, violence takes over one of its girls, turning her life into a hell whose flames are fanned by those closest to her. Hayat, a simple girl lives governed by ignorance, bigotry, and deprivation. She spends her days according to what is destined for her, growing up without love, without dreams, without hope. One day, fate brings her a disaster from which there is no escape except a death sentence. At the moment death appears imminent, fate intervenes once again to open a new horizon for life, but with an irreplaceable loss. Hayat, a story of a journey through worlds of secrets, fear, and escape in search of salvation.
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.
Hammam AlQishani · 1994Hammam AlQishani
1994
Series
The series goes into details of the events that Syria went through between the years 1955-1959, including the tripartite aggression against Egypt in 1956, the establishment of unity between Syria and Egypt, and the revolution against the monarchy in Iraq, through the Qishani neighborhood, where its people work as merchants, lawyers, doctors, intellectuals and other works.
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.
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.
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