
Mohammad Qanoua
Actor · 1973 – 2023 · Damascus, Syria
Mohammad Qanoua is a Syrian actor, who is best known for his comedic character in the hit television comedy series “Maraya” (Mirrors), which aired from 1995 to 2006. Among his other memorable roles is the character of Abu Selim in “Bab El hara” (Door of the Alley). He also starred in “Beit Jaddy” (Grandfather's House) and “Layaly Al Saliheya” (Al Saliheya Nights).
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TV6.4DramaFamilyA 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.
TV10.0DramaThe story of four young men who were high school classmates. Despite the differences in their understanding of life, their work and their tendencies, they somehow share something in common, as their destinies intersect to tell a story about love, friendship and the double standards of morality.
TV6.5DramaIn the alleys of old Damascus, Abdo makes his living driving a horse-drawn carriage — an honest man in a neighbourhood ruled by the scheming Abu Hamza Al-Nashwati, who has stolen his dead brother's inheritance and turned the whole quarter against anyone who stands in his way. When Abdo falls for a girl and dares to defy the powerful family, a personal conflict spirals into a battle between ordinary decency and entrenched corruption. A warm, character-driven Syrian period drama starring Bassem Yakhour and Salloum Haddad.
TVComedyDramaAbu Janti — self-proclaimed "King of the Lancer" — is a Damascus taxi driver whose cab doubles as a confessional, comedy club and social mirror. Each episode brings a new passenger with a new story, and Abu Janti can't help but get involved. Written by and starring Samer El Masri, born from a beloved sketch on Spotlight (2003), this Syrian black comedy uses the taxi as a window into everyday Damascus life — funny, sharp and occasionally heartbreaking.
TVHaving spent most of her 20s taking care of her sick mother and her family's household, a sexually repressed woman elopes and has to face the hypocrisies of middle eastern society.
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.
TVDramaThe series discusses the living conditions of middle-class families by presenting the daily lives of a group of educated characters looking for job opportunities and self-fulfillment in the capital, Damascus, and it deals with the relationships between spouses, siblings, friends, and lovers, as well as between parents and children.
Movies3
Movie6.0DramaRomanceWhen Zuhair is forcibly absent for ten years, Amer dedicates himself to the wife of his absentee friend and his daughter. But things take a surprising turn when Zuhair returns after a long absence, as Amer begins to wonder about his own fate.
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A short narrative film starring Abbas Al-Nouri, Yazan Rishani, Abdel Moneim Amayri, Marah Hassan, Hema Ismail and Muhammad Qanoua.
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.