Acting

Huda Shaarawi

Place of birth

Syria

Known for

Acting

Credits

17 titles

A Syrian actress who is considered one of the founders of the Syndicate of Syrian Artists. Her distinguished voice had an impact on her work on Damascus Radio, especially in the series The Rule of Justice. Her work has varied between film, theater and television, including the series The End of a Brave Man (1994).

Known for

Rijal Al-Izz poster
9.7

Rijal Al-Izz — Men of Honor — is a 2011 Syrian Damascene period drama set in the Saroujeh neighborhood of Damascus during the French occupation of the 1930s. The series follows Abd Al-Rahman Al-Shami, a wrongfully accused man who escapes a death sentence and transforms into a resistance fighter, striking fear into the French occupiers while navigating betrayal and injustice within his own community. Starring Rashid Assaf and Qusai Khouli.

Rijal Al-Izz

2011

Chicago Street poster
8.5

An epic love story between a well-to-do blind girl and a rebel, set against a historical background spanning 60 years of conflicts, secrets and intrigue.

Chicago Street

2020

The Leader poster
8.0

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.

The Leader

2011

A Hero From This Time poster
NR

The series revolves around a poor man who wants to get rich. As he has a dream that he has found a treasure, his social status changes as he goes out every night to abandoned areas and begins digging and goes home by day to rest.

A Hero From This Time

1999

In the Shade of Jasmine poster
NR

“In the Shade of Jasmine” is a cultural and artistic Ramadan program broadcast by Al Araby 2 from Damascus. It brings together a group of intellectuals and artists to discuss social and cultural issues, with a focus on the role of creativity in rebuilding cultural identity. The program hosts prominent figures and allows young people to express their aspirations.

In the Shade of Jasmine

2025

Aldighri poster
10.0

AlDaghari is a Syrian social comedy series, based on the story of Turkish writer Aziz Nesin, produced by Syrian Arab Television in 1992, directed by Haitham Haqqi. It tells the story of a fraudulent person who exploits the gullibility of the villagers.

Aldighri

1992

Film credits

1970s · 4 titles

The Memory of a Night of Love poster
NR

Adel lives happily with his wife until he meets his ex-girlfriend, who works as a dancer. During her visit to his home, she faints and then he discovers that she has died. Adel is arrested and his wife is shocked, while his friend the police officer tries to find out the real killer.

The Memory of a Night of Love

1973

Jungle of Wolves poster
NR

With the housing crisis worsening and cement blocks constantly creeping up to swallow old houses with their inhabitants, a jungle of wolves that live in a fierce world lies behind the cement jungle. As a young journalist and his beautiful wife clash with what they think is the wolf of the jungle, it turns out that this wolf is only one of several wolves in a whole jungle of wolves.

Jungle of Wolves

1977

Shore of Love poster
NR

Nawal is involved in a boating accident near an island at sea. She wakes up to find herself in the care of two brothers, Ghassan and Adel. They soon discover that she has lost her memory, and both of them fall in love with her, each trying to get closer to her. Nawal eventually falls for Ghassan. When Adel consults a doctor to understand her condition, the doctor informs him that if she regains her memory, she will no longer recognize either of them. Despite this, Adel continues to search for clues about her past and eventually discovers that she has a sister in Egypt who closely resembles her.

Shore of Love

1977

Women for the Winter poster
3.0

When Abu Sayyah decides to travel to Beirut in search for a trading opportunity, he meets a filming crew and falls in love with one of the actresses, who aspires to be the film star. He decides to produce the film for her sake, but the girl warns him against it.

Women for the Winter

1974

Series credits

Rijal Al-Izz poster
9.7

Rijal Al-Izz — Men of Honor — is a 2011 Syrian Damascene period drama set in the Saroujeh neighborhood of Damascus during the French occupation of the 1930s. The series follows Abd Al-Rahman Al-Shami, a wrongfully accused man who escapes a death sentence and transforms into a resistance fighter, striking fear into the French occupiers while navigating betrayal and injustice within his own community. Starring Rashid Assaf and Qusai Khouli.

Rijal Al-Izz

2011

Chicago Street poster
8.5

An epic love story between a well-to-do blind girl and a rebel, set against a historical background spanning 60 years of conflicts, secrets and intrigue.

Chicago Street

2020

The Leader poster
8.0

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.

The Leader

2011

A Hero From This Time poster
NR

The series revolves around a poor man who wants to get rich. As he has a dream that he has found a treasure, his social status changes as he goes out every night to abandoned areas and begins digging and goes home by day to rest.

A Hero From This Time

1999

In the Shade of Jasmine poster
NR

“In the Shade of Jasmine” is a cultural and artistic Ramadan program broadcast by Al Araby 2 from Damascus. It brings together a group of intellectuals and artists to discuss social and cultural issues, with a focus on the role of creativity in rebuilding cultural identity. The program hosts prominent figures and allows young people to express their aspirations.

In the Shade of Jasmine

2025

Aldighri poster
10.0

AlDaghari is a Syrian social comedy series, based on the story of Turkish writer Aziz Nesin, produced by Syrian Arab Television in 1992, directed by Haitham Haqqi. It tells the story of a fraudulent person who exploits the gullibility of the villagers.

Aldighri

1992

The End of a Brave Man poster
8.0

Mufid the monster, the naughty teenager, did not find anyone who knew how to deal with him properly, so he did not discover anyone around him and develop the good qualities that Mufid was distinguished for. The society in which he lived, starting from the harsh father at home, to the ignorant and arrogant teacher at school, to the mukhtar who punished him for cutting off the tail of Abboud's donkey... All of these were the cause of Mufid's loss and his premature end. As a result of this treatment, Mufeed could not bear to stay even for a single minute in the farm, so he ran away and decided never to return to this farm that caused him pain and persecuted him.

The End of a Brave Man

1994

5 Stars Family poster
NR

The story revolves around the family of Umm Ahmed Bilalish who lives in one of the old Damascene neighborhoods. When Farhan proposes to marry Samar, her mother reluctantly agrees. The events start taking a comic twist when the family wins the lottery and their social status changes.

5 Stars Family

1994

Ayyam Shamiyya poster
4.0

Set in one of Damascus’s neighborhoods during the late Ottoman period and the early Renaissance, depicting the customs, traditions, and social relationships that prevailed at that time.

Ayyam Shamiyya

1992

Rude and Fussy poster
NR

After his wife passes away, Azmy tries to get married again and asks his sister to help him find a new wife, but his sons, Sobhy, Fathy, and Ribhy, don't like the idea of having a stepmother, so they plot together to sabotage his marriage.

Rude and Fussy

2002

Grandpa's house poster
NR

The series deals with the Al-Midan neighborhood in the year 1930 through a large family living in one house, and many issues arise among its members that appeal to viewers, and the work is not satisfied with that, but goes out to the neighborhood to notice the intertwined relations between its members, especially since Al-Midan neighborhood is one of the oldest neighborhoods of Damascus and was at that time in the heart of City.

Grandpa's house

2008

بناتي وحياتي poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

بناتي وحياتي

2012