
Jamal El-Ali
Actor · b. 1963 · Syria
Series11
TV7.5Action & AdventureDramaThe series deals with the struggle Harun Al-Rashid faced when his brother Al-Hadi tried to dethrone him. After his mother helped him stay in his position, he had to deal with all the plots that were coming his way. The show also examines the civilization under Harun Al-Rashid's rule.
TV10.0ComedyFamilyTucked away in the Syrian mountains, the fictional village of Umm al-Tanafs al-Fawqa has been completely bypassed by modern technology — and its simple, warm-hearted residents have no idea what they're missing. Each episode follows their hilarious attempts to navigate life's big and small dramas with nothing but common sense, stubbornness and each other. A gentle, sharp satire that uses village innocence as a mirror for modern society's complications — described by many viewers as the greatest Arab comedy ever made.
TVDramaAt a Damascus girls' high school, the school counsellor Hanan is the quiet centre of everyone's storms — helping teenagers navigate family pressure, social expectations and the bruising complexities of adolescence, while quietly managing the unravelling of her own marriage. Each student carries a different wound; each episode peels back another layer. A warm, perceptive Syrian drama about the hidden costs of growing up female in Arab society. Directed by Rasha Sharbatji, starring Salma Al-Masri and Qusay Khouli.
TV9.7ComedyDramaThe events takes place in the village of (Al-Kharba), near Al-Suwayda Governorate, as it highlights the lives of two families living in the village within a comedic framework.
TV8.0DramaMysteryThe story opens with the murder of businessman Faisal Muthanna, ruled a homicide likely perpetrated by someone who wanted to rob him of his wealth. Elsewhere, Samir, a despairing tailor and taxi driver, reunites with his friend Yazen after years of war separated them.
TV9.5DramaThe first comprehensive dramatic telling of the Palestinian Nakba, seen through the eyes of a poor rural family from the 1930s British Mandate era through the massacres of 1948 and the defeat of 1967. Written by Palestinian poet Walid Seif — based on his own family history — and directed by the late Syrian master Hatem Ali, this is widely considered one of the greatest Arab television dramas ever produced. A monumental work of collective memory, historical witness and human endurance.
TV7.0DramaThe events revolve around the cruel and tyrannical Abu Nadhir, who seeks to control the lives of his family members without any regard for the psychological pain he causes them, while it becomes clear that there are secrets in his life and his past returns to haunt him.
TV9.0DramaCrimeOn the run from his past and his community, Jaber becomes a fugitive and assumes the identity of a sacred heir—setting off a ruse in a forgotten village awaiting a saviour to revive its will to endure.
TV7.0ComedyDramaA comedy that revolves around a number of people who normally won't be able to stay in one place as fate forces them together when they all get stranded on an island. Forced to come together to survive, they resolve to pick one of them as a leader
TVDramaA love story fueled by conflict and mystery, falls between two, and major changes in their lives.
TV8.0DramaThe events follow a series of crimes starting with a smuggling operation that leaves Hajj Salem paralyzed and Abu Aziz dead, followed by the assassination of Judge Saba Ezzat and her husband Aws's confession.
Movies3
Movie10.0DramaRomanceThe autobiography of a film director who grows up in a small town then leaves for the city to finish his studies. When he became famous, he decided to make a film about his upbringing in the village based on his childhood memories.
MovieThe film tells the story of four children living with their father on the Golan front in 1958, who live in constant weariness because of the war. After the military escalation on the front occurs, they are forced to return to their mother in her village.
MovieDramaWhen a popular doctor takes his own life, leaving behind a video will and a series of films of his life, everyone who knew him is forced to reassess their own life, creating a mirror of contemporary Syrian society.