
Acting
Saleem Kallas
Born — Died
1936-11-13 — 2013-12-02
Known for
Acting
Credits
43 titles
Salim Kallas was a Syrian actor. A Damascus-native, He worked at the national theater and at Syrian TV.
Known for
7.5A 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
8.4Created and starring the legendary Yasser Al Azmeh, Maraya ran for 20 seasons from 1982 to 2013 — making it one of the longest-running comedy series in Arab television history. Each episode presents standalone stories skewering the social, political and economic frustrations of everyday Arab life with sharp wit and biting satire. A mirror held up to an entire society, it entered homes across the Arab world for three decades and never stopped being relevant.
Maraya
1982
NRThe series goes into details of the events that Syria went through between the years 1955-1959, including the tripartite aggression against Egypt in 1956, the establishment of unity between Syria and Egypt, and the revolution against the monarchy in Iraq, through the Qishani neighborhood, where its people work as merchants, lawyers, doctors, intellectuals and other works.
Hammam AlQishani
1994
7.3A retired Egyptian officer working at the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv decides to plot revenge against Israel for freezing his bank accounts when he objected to its monstrous conduct in Palestine. In Egypt, he recruits five of his former students to rob Israel’s largest bank.
Ferqet Naji Atallah
2012
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sert Alhob
2007
NRThey Asked Me is an entertainment program and contains a variety of useful paragraphs and provides information and facts in a fun and interesting narrative way, presented in the nineties of the last century, which is presented by the distinguished media Sherif Alami, They Asked Me is a well-known and distinctive program in Jordan, ancient and modern, and it has a great herbal "
They Asked Me
2000
Film credits
2000s · 2 titles
6.3A seemingly ordinary life is shattered when a woman uncovers a hidden truth about her husband, plunging her into a high-stakes international conflict. As loyalties blur and danger escalates, an Egyptian intelligence officer is tasked with a critical mission where failure is not an option.
Escaping Tel Aviv
2009
5.0A carefree tour guide in Sharm helps a minister's daughter escape from her controlling dad, leaving his two friends to deal with the dire consequences.
Short and Shirt and Cap
2000
1970s · 7 titles
10.0The events take place between Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. Chases and searches occur between the police and smugglers, where a group of villains stole the head of King Santrouk II, who held a significant position in history.
The Head
1977
7.3The film follows three Palestinian refugees brought together by dispossession and hope for a better future. Hiding in the tank of a truck, the men attempt to make their way across the border into Kuwait, the "promised land."
The Dupes
1972
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Hamido's Return
1971
NRA strict father refuses to let his beautiful daughter marry the young pilot she loves, believing that the life of a pilot is filled with danger. The pilot sees a dead end, but that does not prevent him from using his cunning to persuade his beloved's father of their marriage.
The Two Friends
1970
5.0Based on the famous story, “Sa’ay El Bareed La Yaduq Babek Maratein” (The Postman Doesn’t Knock Twice), an adventurer escapes from danger by hiding in a small motel along the road. The motel is owned by an old, miserly man who is married to a young beautiful woman. Soon the fugitive and the wife develop a passionate relationship and plot to kill her husband. However, the old man’s son returns to spend the weekend in the motel and the plan goes off the rails.
Lovers on the Road
1977
NRA beautiful girl falls in love with a simple employee and surrenders herself to him, only to discover that he doesn't love her as he forsakes her. When her brother finds out what happened, he decides to take revenge on him and chases him everywhere.
Night of Men
1976
NRNawal 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
Series credits
7.5A 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
8.4Created and starring the legendary Yasser Al Azmeh, Maraya ran for 20 seasons from 1982 to 2013 — making it one of the longest-running comedy series in Arab television history. Each episode presents standalone stories skewering the social, political and economic frustrations of everyday Arab life with sharp wit and biting satire. A mirror held up to an entire society, it entered homes across the Arab world for three decades and never stopped being relevant.
Maraya
1982
NRThe series goes into details of the events that Syria went through between the years 1955-1959, including the tripartite aggression against Egypt in 1956, the establishment of unity between Syria and Egypt, and the revolution against the monarchy in Iraq, through the Qishani neighborhood, where its people work as merchants, lawyers, doctors, intellectuals and other works.
Hammam AlQishani
1994
7.3A retired Egyptian officer working at the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv decides to plot revenge against Israel for freezing his bank accounts when he objected to its monstrous conduct in Palestine. In Egypt, he recruits five of his former students to rob Israel’s largest bank.
Ferqet Naji Atallah
2012
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sert Alhob
2007
NRThey Asked Me is an entertainment program and contains a variety of useful paragraphs and provides information and facts in a fun and interesting narrative way, presented in the nineties of the last century, which is presented by the distinguished media Sherif Alami, They Asked Me is a well-known and distinctive program in Jordan, ancient and modern, and it has a great herbal "
They Asked Me
2000
NRThe series revolves around a conflict among numerous princes, where each prince believes he is the rightful ruler to unify the kingdom and end the fragmentation plaguing the land.
Castles
1998
9.7Rijal 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
NREvents of the series take place in a poor neighborhood, shedding light on the lives of its people, especially the life of an illegitimate young man who makes every effort to be helpful to others.
The Wait
2006
NRThe series examines the change in the composition of the Syrian family, through the life of a number of Damascene families that are connected by a number of intertwining relationships, as love blossoms between the lawyer Riyad El Emary and the interior designer Riad El Merady.
Holding Back Tears
2005
NRThe events revolve around a corrupt lawyer who lives in a popular area defending the corrupt by circumventing the law, his life is exposed to a situation that turns it upside down and changes his situation to another one.
El Arandaly's Son
2009
NRThe series revolves around the Arab Revolt that broke out in Syria against the Ottoman occupation that had ruled the country for four centuries.
Brothers of the Soil
1996
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Houbara dance
1999
7.0A 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”.
Diaries of a General Manager
1995
6.4A 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.
Layali Al-Salehiya
2004
NRThe events revolve around the Levantine environment and the social problems that permeate it, during the period of the French occupation of the country.
Tahoun Al-Shar
2012
10.0The 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
NRA multi-episode satirical comedy series that presents various stories and anecdotes in a satirical and mocking style, critiquing social and political conditions.
Maraya 2000
1999
NRThe 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
NRThe 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
NRSet in the town of Al-Rukniya in the early 1930s, the work explores the conflict between Bedouin and urban communities, the impact of World War II on Syrian politics, the outbreak of the Great Syrian Revolution, and the subsequent withdrawal of the French occupation from the country. The work also highlights the opportunists who continue to spread colonialist ideas, in contrast to the strength and unity of the people as they confront tyranny despite the conspiracies plotted against them.
Migration of Hearts to Hearts
1991
NRAn Arabic-language series based on Agatha Christie's novel The Sleeping Murder, about a murder that occurred and went undiscovered until 20 years later.
Murder in the Memory
1992
NRNo synopsis available yet.
اختفاء رجل
1992
4.0Set 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
NRThe series revolves around the exploitation of women by men in society, through the stories of three friends—Rateb, Wahib, and Abu Adnan—who are involved in illegal activities, and the story of Zuhair, who exploits runaway girls in immoral activities.
Forbidden Bread
2010
NRNo synopsis available yet.
النصية
1998
NRQamar Sham is a Syrian Damascene drama set in the traditional Al-Madina neighborhood, centered on Shahran Al-Baghdjati — a noble, generous man who refuses to marry and devotes himself to helping his neighbors. When his brother is murdered, Shahran sets out on a path of revenge to uncover the killer, while navigating loyalty, love, and the fierce power struggles that define life in old Damascus. Starring Bassam Kousa and Rafiq Al-Sbaei.
Qamar Sham
2013
NRThe Face of Justice tells the story of crimes, their investigation, and the trials of criminals in a suspenseful, crime-drama style. It presents true crime stories that occurred.
The Face of Justice
2008
NRThe series tells the love story between Hamad and Jawahir. Hamad is the son of the clan's sheikh. Hamad marries Jawahir, and after a period of time, they do not have children. Hamad's family decides to marry him to his cousin Zuwayna so that he can have children with her. Zuwayna loved him very much before he married Jawahir, so jealousy and hatred arise towards Jawahir, and she plots to keep her away from Hamad.
جواهر
1994
NRThe 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
G المواطن
2007
NRNo synopsis available yet.
مرايا 97
1997


