Acting

Wafik Al Zaeem

Born December 31, 1960

Died March 15, 2014 · aged 53

Wafik Al Zaeem is a Syrian actor from the city of Hammah, born in 1960. Throughout his career, Al Zaeem has worked mainly in television and radio series, including An Alley that Time Forgot, Algury's Alley. Wafik's breakthrough role was of Abu Hatim in the first five seasons of the famous Syrian television series The Alley Gate. Due to suffering from cancer, Wafik wasn't able to continue shooting …

Known For

Hasiba

Based on one of the most famous novels by Syrian novelist Khairy Al-Zahabi, the film tells the story of a woman from a Syrian family who is married but always treated badly by her husband, and is good at embroidery.

Bab Al-Hara

Bab Al-Hara · 2006

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.

Al-Jouri Neighborhood

Al-Jouri Neighborhood · 2001

Al-Jouri Neighborhood

The events of the series revolve around a social and dramatic framework around Al-Juri neighborhood, where it represents the homeland, and the work aims to show the value of the homeland and that it is not just dirt, stones and houses, and that it is something precious that deserves love and loyalty.

Hammam AlQishani

Hammam AlQishani · 1994

Hammam AlQishani

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.

Al-Hout

Al-Hout · 2008

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.

A Neighborhood Forgotten By Time

A Neighborhood Forgotten By Time · 1988

A Neighborhood Forgotten By Time

The series tells about a young man named Adel who moves to live in a new neighborhood with his family, but he gets into great problems with the people of the new neighborhood, especially Abdo because of his imposition of royalties on the residents of the neighborhood

The Leader

The Leader · 2011

In 1918 Damascus, after the downfall of the Ottoman Empire and before the French colonization of the country, six Damascene neighborhoods decide to choose one head to rule over them, only for clashes over the throne to crystalize and extend.

kum alhajar

kum alhajar · 2007

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.

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Hasiba

Based on one of the most famous novels by Syrian novelist Khairy Al-Zahabi, the film tells the story of a woman from a Syrian family who is married but always treated badly by her husband, and is good at embroidery.

Bab Al-Hara

Bab Al-Hara · 2006

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.

أبو حاتم

Al-Jouri Neighborhood

Al-Jouri Neighborhood · 2001

Al-Jouri Neighborhood

The events of the series revolve around a social and dramatic framework around Al-Juri neighborhood, where it represents the homeland, and the work aims to show the value of the homeland and that it is not just dirt, stones and houses, and that it is something precious that deserves love and loyalty.

Writer

Hammam AlQishani

Hammam AlQishani · 1994

Hammam AlQishani

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.

Al-Hout

Al-Hout · 2008

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.

A Neighborhood Forgotten By Time

A Neighborhood Forgotten By Time · 1988

A Neighborhood Forgotten By Time

The series tells about a young man named Adel who moves to live in a new neighborhood with his family, but he gets into great problems with the people of the new neighborhood, especially Abdo because of his imposition of royalties on the residents of the neighborhood

The Leader

The Leader · 2011

In 1918 Damascus, after the downfall of the Ottoman Empire and before the French colonization of the country, six Damascene neighborhoods decide to choose one head to rule over them, only for clashes over the throne to crystalize and extend.

Writer

kum alhajar

kum alhajar · 2007

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.