
Acting
Abdel Hadi Al-Sabbagh
Born
1950-05-08 (76)
Known for
Acting
Credits
41 titles
A Syrian actor, born in the Syrian capital, Damascus. He specialized throughout his career in television dramas.
Known for
NRThe 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
Since her childhood, Hassiba has lived in suffering with her father because of the French occupation of Syria, as she moves with him from one place to another in search of security. She continues her struggle journey when she grows up and takes the path of resistance against the occupiers.
Hasiba
2006
7.0Haramlek is a Syrian historical drama set during the late Ottoman era in Syria. It explores life inside elite households, focusing on women’s quarters (“haramlek”) and the hidden power struggles within. The story follows intertwined characters dealing with love, betrayal, and ambition, revealing how influence is exercised behind closed doors, especially by women navigating strict social structures.
The Harem
2019
NRMatar 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
4.5In the tannery neighborhood on the outskirts of Damascus, the death of an influential man ignitesa fierce battle between his children that begins with their greed for inheritance and does not end with the secrets they hide.
Badeea's Children
2024
10.0The series explores the difficult circumstances faced by people from diverse backgrounds and professions, including a university professor, a new journalist, a low-income employee, and others. The central character is the general manager of a large, responsible construction company, where the potential for illicit gain is significant. He is a fickle man, a master of manipulation, who feigns honor and morality because he respects the law out of sheer fear of it—the core premise of the show. The series unfolds in a satirical, socially relevant, and humorous style, relying on witty situations to elicit a smile.
Law, However
2003
Film credits
1970s · 2 titles
6.7On the eve of the Israeli attack on Egypt in 1956, Israel declares martial law in all the occupied Arab territories without any previous notice. When the villagers of Kafr Kassem returned home from the fields, they were butchered and killed in what is known today as the massacre of “Kafr Kassem”.
Kafr Kassem
1977
NRA young girl searches for a suitable job to support herself and her sick mother, and finally gets a modest job as a nurse in a clinic. A love story develops between her and the doctor whose clinic she works in. The doctor deceives her, she makes a mistake with him, and he refuses to marry her.
The Trap
1979
Series credits
NRThe 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
Since her childhood, Hassiba has lived in suffering with her father because of the French occupation of Syria, as she moves with him from one place to another in search of security. She continues her struggle journey when she grows up and takes the path of resistance against the occupiers.
Hasiba
2006
7.0Haramlek is a Syrian historical drama set during the late Ottoman era in Syria. It explores life inside elite households, focusing on women’s quarters (“haramlek”) and the hidden power struggles within. The story follows intertwined characters dealing with love, betrayal, and ambition, revealing how influence is exercised behind closed doors, especially by women navigating strict social structures.
The Harem
2019
NRMatar 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
4.5In the tannery neighborhood on the outskirts of Damascus, the death of an influential man ignitesa fierce battle between his children that begins with their greed for inheritance and does not end with the secrets they hide.
Badeea's Children
2024
10.0The series explores the difficult circumstances faced by people from diverse backgrounds and professions, including a university professor, a new journalist, a low-income employee, and others. The central character is the general manager of a large, responsible construction company, where the potential for illicit gain is significant. He is a fickle man, a master of manipulation, who feigns honor and morality because he respects the law out of sheer fear of it—the core premise of the show. The series unfolds in a satirical, socially relevant, and humorous style, relying on witty situations to elicit a smile.
Law, However
2003
10.0The 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
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
NRThe series revolves around politics and corruption in 1980s Syria. An aspiring university student is forced to become a police officer and climb the political ladder, revealing bitter truths along the way.
The Curse of Mud
2010
NRSet in a traditional Damascene neighborhood, the story follows—in a comedic way—the protagonist's quest to find the woman he loved but never confessed his feelings to over forty years ago, after he begins seeing her in his dreams every day.
Seraa Al Zaman
2002
NRThe story of the beginning and the rise of the Mamluks reign in Egypt, and how their rise from enslavement to fighting wars to ruling a significant country in the region, had affected the social, political, and military status of the country.
The Harem
2019
NREarly 20th-century Damascus, under the shadow of the Ottoman Empire. The Al-Safi family has ruled the tobacco trade with an iron fist for generations — until a cunning outsider named Joudad arrives, driven by ambition and a personal score to settle. What begins as a commercial rivalry quickly becomes a blood feud touching power, money and revenge. A sharp, atmospheric Syrian period drama starring Maxim Khalil and Fayez Kazak, praised for its layered performances and fresh take on Damascene historical drama.
Taht El Ard
2025
7.0The 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
5.4A historical epic that goes back to the horrifying days of the Ottoman Empire and accompanies four Arab college students in their revolt against the Sultanate’s tyranny.
Safar Barlik
2023
NRThe 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
NRThe series explores the lives of ordinary people in Syrian society navigating personal struggles, societal conflicts, and the gap between dreams and reality
Men and women
2005
NRThe series discusses the living conditions of middle-class families by presenting the daily lives of a group of educated characters looking for job opportunities and self-fulfillment in the capital, Damascus, and it deals with the relationships between spouses, siblings, friends, and lovers, as well as between parents and children.
Another Rainy Day
2008
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
8.0In 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
NRThe story of a girl who grows up with a reckless father and loses her mother who dies of cancer but she goes on with her life trying to find the happiness she always longed for.
The Sun Rises Again
2005
NRA Syrian social drama series that sheds light on a neighborhood in one of the slums in the vicinity of Damascus, around a poor family consisting of a mother and her four children, who strive to meet their needs and achieve their ambitions with the tools available to them, while focusing on solving future problems at the time, leaving them to chance, luck, mischief, whim, or influence.
Ayamana Alhulwa
2003
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
NRThe series deals with social stories of several different characters who carry the same obsessions, fears, and concerns, and then their paths intersect in a way that makes them unite with each other to overcome those fears.
Alive
2009
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
9.0Life returns to a building abandoned after the Lebanese Civil War when it becomes a temporary haven for Syrian refugees, as war ravages their homeland.
We'll Meet Tomorrow
2015
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
10.0The series monitors the social, political and cultural life in Syria from the period 1932 to 1936, where the events take place in two neighboring areas: the city of Aleppo, and a supposed rural area called Kom alHajar.
kum alhajar
2007
NRShaghaf is married to the owner of a gambling hall, whose cousin Karim is trying to kill to have his wife for himself. Then Shaghaf falls in love with Sewar who tries to help her and events develop between them.
Yellow Air
2019
NRa 2008 Syrian series, running for 3 seasons where every season tells different story.
Anasheed Al-Matar
2008
7.0A gold salesman is a professional in his field where he deals with plenty of women and takes advantage of them along the way, resulting in unpleasant consequences.
Golden Chains
2019
NRThe series examines the concerns of college students and the daily and existential problems they face, in addition to addressing the effect the internet, especially Facebook, has on modern life and relationships.
Paper Market
2011
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
NRAfter the head of a family is killed, his wife faces pressure from his brother who lusts after her. She escapes to Damascus to find work, where a self-defense incident leads to a manslaughter charge and the heartbreaking loss of her children.
The Bee path (Tareeq AlNahl)
2009
NRSet in 1920s
Al-Tuwaibi
1998
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 show follows Damascene artisans in the 1940s as they fight to protect the secrets of the famed brokar textile amid French Mandate pressure, neighborhood rivalries, and personal conflicts. A heritage‑driven Syrian period drama blending craftsmanship, resistance, and traditional “shamī” atmosphere.
Brokar
2020
NRWhen her new husband Ghaleb discovers a dark secret that she's been hiding, a guilty Mays agrees to be his lifelong slave. Hoping to earn his forgiveness someday, she gives up her dignity and femininity in an attempt to win him back.
I'm Not a Slave
2016
NRNo synopsis available yet.
As'ad AlWarrak
1975
NRBidam Barid
Bi Dam Barid
2025
