Hasan Oweiti

A historical saga about the second caliph and Commander of the Faithful Omar Bin Al-Khattab and his pivotal role in the Islamic State.

The Halaby family works in trade. When the father decides to write all his property over to one of his sons, the two brothers clash, until the eldest brother falls ill, and his younger son is forced to give up his ambition to take care of their business.

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.

A journalist working in the same newspaper as her husband, and intellectual conflict arises between them because of the differences between the nature of men and women. The series shows the relationship between the spouses, revealing many attitudes of the “Eastern Man”.

The series revolves around the Arab Revolt that broke out in Syria against the Ottoman occupation that had ruled the country for four centuries.

The 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.

A socio-political series which highlights the horrific events that accompanied Operation “Defensive Shield” in 2002 when the Israeli army invaded Palestinian cities

The second chapter of the acclaimed Andalusian trilogy by Walid Seif and Hatem Ali. Set in the golden age of Umayyad Cordoba, it traces the extraordinary rise of Muhammad ibn Abi Amir — known as Al-Mansur — from a young scholar arriving in Cordoba seeking knowledge, to the most powerful man in Andalusia. A sweeping story of ambition, political genius and the glittering, fragile peak of Arab civilisation in Spain. Stars Taim Hassan and Jamal Suleiman.

A poor man makes a great fortune, but his wife believes that the richer he gets, the more likely he is to marry another woman. So she takes it upon herself to rid him of all his money to prevent a possible second marriage.

Based on Ghassan Kanafani's novel, 'Returning to Haifa,' this film, set in 1967, centres on a Palestinian couple who return to the war-torn city to search for their young son Farhan, whom they were forced to abandon when fleeing Zionist acts of terrorism in 1948. Saeed and Atefeh's own house has even been taken over by a Polish Jewish family, who, it transpires, are holding Farhan hostage. It is up to the couple, with the assistance of Farhan's steely grandmother, to find a way to reclaim their lost son. One of the few Iranian films to tackle the Palestinian issue from a historical perspective, this stunning piece of work from Seifollah Daad features meticulous attention to period detail and moving performances.

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.