Holding Back Tears

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.

On June 6, 1996, a group of girls gathered on the day they received their baccalaureate degrees to take a photo. They agreed to meet again a decade later, specifically on June 6, 2006. This is the starting point for the events of the series, as each of its separate episodes we live the story of each girl, and we see what time has done to her.