
Acting
Lina Hawarna
Born
1969-12-15 (56)
Place of birth
Damascus, Syria
Known for
Acting
Credits
26 titles
Lina Hawarna is a Syrian actress born in Damascus. She wanted to study law or engineering, but her family encouraged her to study acting. She graduated from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus. As a student at the Institute, she participated with director Mohamed Malas in the movie Al-Layl. Her first work after graduation was in the television series Dreams Deferred in 1992.
Known for
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
NRA contemporary social series that takes place in Damascus, and deals with the subject of doubt in the human being when some of its constants in life are shaken.
Naked Souls
2012
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Maraya 2003
2003
NRA separate connected series, as each episode is divided into two stories revolving around one topic, between the businessman Amjad and his wife Safaa, and the middle class married couple Adnan and...Read more
2 x 2
2001
NRFour 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
NRA socio-political series which highlights the horrific events that accompanied Operation “Defensive Shield” in 2002 when the Israeli army invaded Palestinian cities
The Invasion
2007
Film credits
2010s · 3 titles
NRThe story revolves around a woman who faces a lot of troubles and ambitions, and she lives in chaos, emotional and great life due to the circumstances of her sick son and her daughter who becomes the focus of attention of one of the influential people, so that the struggle begins in her life between the desire to preserve the life of her son, and the happiness of her daughter threatened, through her simple human relations with surrounding characters With her in her village.
Amina
2018
NRBaha’a is ready to leave the wartorn city of Aleppo to return to his hometown. He and his fellow travellers are forced to stop their journey because of clashes ahead. Complete strangers are stuck with each other, trying to bring life back to a village that has been destroyed and to wait out the war. Will it ever end?
War Travelers
2018
NRThe professor Majid confesses to his friend Adil in the new year's eve about his love to the dead wife of that friend, the love that last more than 30 years without even telling her. Then other secret starts to to be revealed as the officer friend confesses as well why he had an affair with other women.
The Confession
2010
1990s · 2 titles
NRA love story grows between a young man and a girl, there is a second person who loves the girl, and for her he tries to hang himself, so the lovers decide to sacrifice love and happiness to save a human soul, the lover is a simple young man, while the girl is a loving female, mixed in the depths of many worlds of childhood and innocence And intelligence, the girl marries the man she does not like, and by this she has lifted the gallows from his neck, in order to wrap her around her neck.
Breeze of the Soul
1997
NRAfter the 1967 setback, Abu Ramzi is displaced from the Golan with his family, and he is tired in order to secure a livelihood and his wife who works in sewing helps him. As for the son Ramzi, he dreams of riches quickly and in the easiest way, which drives him to collide with his father, who dreams of a roof that shelter him through halal earnings.
Something Is Burning
1993
Series credits
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
NRA contemporary social series that takes place in Damascus, and deals with the subject of doubt in the human being when some of its constants in life are shaken.
Naked Souls
2012
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Maraya 2003
2003
NRA separate connected series, as each episode is divided into two stories revolving around one topic, between the businessman Amjad and his wife Safaa, and the middle class married couple Adnan and...Read more
2 x 2
2001
NRFour 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
NRA socio-political series which highlights the horrific events that accompanied Operation “Defensive Shield” in 2002 when the Israeli army invaded Palestinian cities
The Invasion
2007
NRكوميديا لطيفة هادفة تصوّر معاناة أسرة كبيرة العدد لحالة بائسة من الفقر الثقيل الذي يجعل الأخ الأكبر يترك المدرسة ليشتغل ويُعيل والدته وإخوته السبع حتى يتخرجوا ويتزوجوا. ثم يكتشف أنه قد بلغ الأربعينات وأن قطار العمر قد فاته، وأنه قد خسر قصّة حب عمَّرتْ 15 سنة. A charming, meaningful comedy depicting the struggles of a large family living in abject poverty. The eldest brother drops out of school to work and support his mother and seven siblings, ensuring they all graduate and get married. Eventually, he realizes he has reached his forties—having let life pass him by—and has lost a romance that spanned fifteen years.
Small Projects
2006
NRThe series revolves around the biography of the late poet Nizar Qabbani, and the series tells the story of the life of this poet, including that he was born in Syria and married twice and worked in the diplomatic corps.
Nizar Qabbani
2005
NRTaking place in the Thieves' Market located in the Syrian capital, Damascus, the events deal with a number of stories dealing with counterfeiting currencies, drug trafficking, and others.
Kanoon
2025
10.0A female screenwriter in Damascus, Syria is politically detained which drastically affects all aspects of her life.
Red Lipstick
2014
NRAfter their step-mother humiliates them and exposes their immoral past, sisters Warda and Shamiya kill and bury Aziza in their house, and all hell breaks loose.
Warda Shamya
2017
NRA 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.
Enta Omry
2001
NRIn one of the slums, a group of intertwined stories revolve around residents whose movement may extend outside this neighborhood due to work or study, and their fates intersect with the paths of some characters from other neighborhoods of the city.
The Slums
2009
8.0In a dramatic and social framework, Abu Mansour’s children work hard to improve their financial conditions, but they encounter major life obstacles, which they try to overcome.
City Secrets
2000
NRMen Under the Fez is a Syrian ensemble drama that explores the quiet gap between public virtue and private behaviour. Set in a society where educated, “progressive” men speak fluently about equality and modern values, the series gradually reveals the contradictions in their personal lives — and the emotional cost carried by the women closest to them. Through intersecting stories of marriages, desire, hypocrisy and self-deception, it offers a sharp, often uncomfortable portrait of everyday patriarchy. Directed by Hisham Sharbatji, starring Khaled Taja and Karess Bashar.
Men Underneath the Fez
2004
NRNo synopsis available yet.
النصية
1998
NRA 30-episode comedy-drama that shines a light on the daily struggles and existential challenges faced by college students. Through humor and heartfelt storytelling, the series explores the pressures of youth and modern life, while taking a thoughtful look at the growing influence of the internet — and social media platforms like Facebook — on human relationships and social dynamics.
Watan Haf
2015
NRThe events take place inside a Damascus neighborhood in two time periods separated by 15 years, during the period that preceded the liberation of Damascus from the Ottoman occupation, and the period of the Ottoman control over the neighborhood, as a strong conflict erupts among the notables of the neighborhood to respond to and resist it.
Alahed
2025
NRNabd (2020) is a Syrian drama series that explores interconnected social and emotional stories within a community. The show follows multiple characters whose lives intersect through love, family tensions, and conflicts tied to money and business interests. It highlights social pressures, moral choices, and personal struggles in everyday life. Directed by Ammar Tamim and written by Fahd Mraee, it features a large ensemble cast and reflects contemporary Syrian society through realistic, relationship-driven storytelling.
Nabd
2020


