Salim Sabri

Acting

Salim Sabri

Born

1939-12-07 (86)

Place of birth

Damascus, Syria

Known for

Acting

Credits

34 titles

Known for

Bab Al-Hara poster
7.5

A modern classic of Arab television. A social drama set in the 1920s in Damascus- It highlights Damascene life, noble values, and ancient customs and traditions represented by the people of Harat al-Dabeh who fled to Harat al-Salihiyah after the French bombed Harat al-Dabeh. The events take place after the gold is stolen from the house of the cloth merchant Abu Ibrahim, and the guard Abu al-Samu is killed. The men of the neighborhood try to find the thief.

Bab Al-Hara

2006

The Four Seasons poster
10.0

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.

The Four Seasons

1999

Sons of Oppression poster
NR

Essam and Ragaa experience unsolvable problems and disputes over one of Essam's colleagues. These disputes increase to affect their children negatively over time.

Sons of Oppression

2002

Soft Thorns poster
NR

At 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.

Soft Thorns

2005

Sert Alhob poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sert Alhob

2007

Takht Sharqi poster
10.0

The 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.

Takht Sharqi

2010

Film credits

2000s · 3 titles

Series credits

Bab Al-Hara poster
7.5

A modern classic of Arab television. A social drama set in the 1920s in Damascus- It highlights Damascene life, noble values, and ancient customs and traditions represented by the people of Harat al-Dabeh who fled to Harat al-Salihiyah after the French bombed Harat al-Dabeh. The events take place after the gold is stolen from the house of the cloth merchant Abu Ibrahim, and the guard Abu al-Samu is killed. The men of the neighborhood try to find the thief.

Bab Al-Hara

2006

The Four Seasons poster
10.0

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.

The Four Seasons

1999

Sons of Oppression poster
NR

Essam and Ragaa experience unsolvable problems and disputes over one of Essam's colleagues. These disputes increase to affect their children negatively over time.

Sons of Oppression

2002

Soft Thorns poster
NR

At 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.

Soft Thorns

2005

Sert Alhob poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sert Alhob

2007

Takht Sharqi poster
10.0

The 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.

Takht Sharqi

2010

The Knights poster
NR

The series revolves around the historical conflict between the Arabs, Persians, and Romans in the Levant during the pre-Islamic period, and highlights the relationships of friendship, love, jealousy, and enmity that unfolded during the war.

The Knights

1999

On Fear and Isolation poster
NR

Four brothers, each living a life filled with fear and isolation: Akram (Abdel Moneim Amayri), the eldest brother, is an employee who appears committed and reserved, but in reality suffers from a sexual complex that causes him to fail in his repeated attempts to get engaged; As for Lamis (Caresse Bashar), she is a teacher involved in a forbidden love affair with her friend’s husband; she works to ruin their lives so she can be alone with her lover. As for Hosam (Rami Hanna), is a computer teacher who falls in love with Najwa, a relationship that changes his negative view of women. Basma (Maysoun Abu Asaad), a pharmacist searching for rational love, gets involved with Ghassan (Khaled Al-Qish), only to discover later that he is a deceiver; she breaks up with him and gets involved with someone else who is just as bad as he is. How will things end for these siblings? And will love return to set their lives back on track?

On Fear and Isolation

2009

Khan Al-Hareer poster
NR

The series is set in 1950s Syria during a period of serious political conflict that eventually led to the Syrian-Egyptian union. It delves deep into human relationships in Aleppo's silk market, with at its heart a love story between Murad and Souad.

Khan Al-Hareer

1996

Qus Quzah poster
NR

The story of a family consisting of a father who is about to retire, his wife who works as a seamstress, and their four children who are in various grades of school, shedding light on the challenges that each of them faces.

Qus Quzah

2001

Memories of the Next Era poster
NR

Matar disappears under mysterious circumstances for 20 years, during which everyone has believed he had died a martyr. However, he returns in a new form and builds a financial empire amidst the mystery surrounding the source of his wealth. Using the spider's method, he tightens his grip on everyone and exploits them to achieve his goals of doubling his wealth and taking revenge on his past friends.

Memories of the Next Era

2003

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

Palestinian Alienation poster
9.5

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.

Palestinian Alienation

2004

The Age of Shame poster
NR

Having 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.

The Age of Shame

2009

Love Has Decreed poster
7.0

The series discusses the stories of young university students, their reality during their studies, and the hardships and unknown fate they endure after graduation.

Love Has Decreed

2006

Al Thuraya poster
9.0

Akkash is a nationalist resistance fighter against Ottoman rule in Syria. Thuraya, the daughter of the wealthy Turkish aristocrat Ismail Pasha, falls in love with him, and he loves her in return. Determined to be with him, she is willing to sacrifice everything, including her family and privileged position in society.

Al Thuraya

1997

Ashtar poster
7.0

After her parents get divorced, Ishtar goes to live with her grandmother. When her grandmother passes away, she leaves the house to Ishtar , but her boyfriend tricks her into writing it over to him. She then goes to her aunt, who introduces her to the world of art through her voice.

Ashtar

2004

Behind the Sun poster
10.0

Alaa Al-Din Zeibak, a man from a well-off family, has Down syndrome, and he crosses paths with Badr, a man of a humble origin, who has autism spectrum disorder. As they interact, several situations ensue, shedding light on the lives and struggles of the differently-abled people.

Behind the Sun

2010

AlMazar neighborhood poster
NR

The Syrian series *Hay Al-Mazar* unfolds within a social framework that reflects the daily lives of the residents of Hay Al-Mazar. It explores various humanitarian and social issues, including family relationships, class struggles, and the challenges faced by characters in a rapidly changing environment.

AlMazar neighborhood

1999

Al Khawali poster
NR

The story of Nassar Ibn Oraibi, a fighter against injustice, that sheds light on the life in the Damascus neighborhood and the role of one woman who becomes responsible for the house and her four daughters in light of her husband's absence during the Hajj.

Al Khawali

2000

The Time of Fear poster
NR

Fadel, a customs employee, rethinks his life. He leaves his second wife, Badiaa, with whom he has lived for four years. For the first time, he considers praying and avoiding bribes, and moves to work in the archives. He also observes the lives of his children: Sobhi, the sheep merchant; Hussein, the leftist fighter; Zakia, the independent woman; and Zahra, the religious woman.

The Time of Fear

2007

Big Dreams poster
10.0

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.

Big Dreams

2004

Neighborhood Live On Air poster
NR

The series deals with social life and raises many important issues that the Arab society suffers from, such as authoritarianism, social pressures. It also presents the negatives and positives in a dramatic comic style.

Neighborhood Live On Air

2008

Roses in salty soil poster
NR

The life and suffering of seven girlfriends in our modern society, as each has her own demands and hopes, from searching for work, to achieving self-fulfillment, human dignity, and balanced living psychologically and socially.

Roses in salty soil

2002

The Man X poster
NR

The story revolves around Wael (Hatem Ali), who is involved in a taxi accident after moving to Latakia to escape something, and as a result, he loses his memory. During his stay in the hospital, Wael meets Dr. Hanan (Farah Bseiso). The plot unfolds in a suspenseful manner as his family searches for him while he begins a new life with a different identity, attempting to recover his lost memory.

The Man X

2001

Rayiht Al Ruwh poster
NR

A social drama centred on Ghada, a woman who marries a powerful, controlling man and finds herself emotionally deprived. As she struggles within this cold marriage, she becomes drawn into a search for emotional fulfilment, which leads to inner conflict and difficult choices. The series explores themes of emotional neglect, power imbalance in relationships, and personal freedom.

Rayiht Al Ruwh

2018

الخط الأحمر poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الخط الأحمر

2008

وحدن poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

وحدن

2018