
Acting
Nizar Abu Hajar
Born
1952-05-13 (74)
Place of birth
Syria
Known for
Acting
Credits
37 titles
Nizar Abu Hajar (نزار أبو حجر) is a Syrian actor. His family is from the city of Majdal in Palestine, but relocated to Syria after the Nakba.
Known for
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sert Alhob
2007
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
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
NRAbu Janti — self-proclaimed "King of the Lancer" — is a Damascus taxi driver whose cab doubles as a confessional, comedy club and social mirror. Each episode brings a new passenger with a new story, and Abu Janti can't help but get involved. Written by and starring Samer El Masri, born from a beloved sketch on Spotlight (2003), this Syrian black comedy uses the taxi as a window into everyday Damascus life — funny, sharp and occasionally heartbreaking.
Abu Janti (King of taxi/ King of lancer)
2010
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
7.0The series tackles a number of negative contemporary social phenomena, shedding light on the challenges encountered by young people, like violence against children, poverty, homelessness, begging, slave trade, motherhood, family disintegration, and honor crimes.
Small Hearts
2009
Film credits
Series credits
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sert Alhob
2007
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
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
NRAbu Janti — self-proclaimed "King of the Lancer" — is a Damascus taxi driver whose cab doubles as a confessional, comedy club and social mirror. Each episode brings a new passenger with a new story, and Abu Janti can't help but get involved. Written by and starring Samer El Masri, born from a beloved sketch on Spotlight (2003), this Syrian black comedy uses the taxi as a window into everyday Damascus life — funny, sharp and occasionally heartbreaking.
Abu Janti (King of taxi/ King of lancer)
2010
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
7.0The series tackles a number of negative contemporary social phenomena, shedding light on the challenges encountered by young people, like violence against children, poverty, homelessness, begging, slave trade, motherhood, family disintegration, and honor crimes.
Small Hearts
2009
8.0A sweeping historical epic tracing the life of Saladin from his humble origins to his unification of fractured Muslim kingdoms and his legendary recapture of Jerusalem from the Crusaders after nearly a century of occupation. Starring Jamal Suleiman and directed by the late Hatem Ali, written by Walid Seif — the same partnership behind Palestinian Alienation — this is widely regarded as one of the finest historical dramas in Arabic television, epic in scale yet deeply human in its portrayal of leadership, faith and sacrifice.
Salah Al-Deen Al-Ayoubi
2001
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
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
5.0The story of Jamil Al-Homsi, who is shy around women, which explains his wife Hanaa's lack of jealousy. This drives him to invent many ways to make her jealous and force her to pay more attention to him, which gets him into many comedic situations.
Jamil and Hanaa's Diaries
1997
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
NREssam 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
NRThe story of the work revolves around four girls and their mothers waiting for their traveling father throughout the episodes of the series and they have a uncle, a former ministerial candidate with a good financial income. In each episode, the family is exposed to funny situations and exciting adventures within a funny family template.
Akrekoz's Girls
2003
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
9.0A Syrian family — warm, funny and profoundly ordinary — finds itself facing the impossible choice millions of Syrians faced: stay in a home torn apart by war, or pack up everything and leave. They choose to go. But the road out proves just as punishing as what they left behind, with each episode delivering a new obstacle, a new heartbreak and a new reason to laugh through the tears. From the creator of Lost Village — tragicomedy at its most human.
Alhaqa'eb
2014
NRThe series manifest the lives of war veterans, and addresses subjects such as love, hope and life after war. There is also the ugly side of war such as organ trafficking and arms dealing.
A Safety Distance
2019
NRJalal is imprisoned on trumped-up political charges. As he breaks out of prison and crosses the Lebanese borders, he meets his Palestinian friend, Qassem, who is a member of the resistance against the Israelis. Jalal's wife gets the court to grant her divorce in absentia to marry Colonel Nazem.
Messages of Love and War
2007
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
NRThe 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
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
NRAl Ghadr "The Treachery" is a Syrian TV series with a detective theme, consisting of 31 episodes, based on the novel “The Bread Peddler” by Xavier de Montépin.
The Treachery
2005
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
NRThe plot revolves around a Jordanian woman who owns a house in Damascus and plans to sell it, but her Syrian neighbor seeks to thwart her plan through a series of funny events and sudden situations.
Either Me or Her
2025
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
NRتدور أحداث المسلسل في فترة الأربعينيات من القرن الماضي حول صراع محتدم ينشأ بعد خروج (نوري) من السجن وتمركزه في حارة دمشقية تشهد اغتيال الطبيب ذائع الصيت "عبد الرحمن الشهبندر" واختفاء أحد وجهاء الحارة، حيث يحاول "نوري" كشف الألغاز وسط صراعات على النفوذ والطمع والحب. Set in the 1940s, the series revolves around a fierce conflict that erupts after Nuri is released from prison and settles in a Damascene neighborhood where the renowned doctor “Abdul Rahman al-Shahbandar” is assassinated and the disappearance of one of the neighborhood’s prominent figures. “Nouri” attempts to unravel these mysteries amid conflicts over power, greed, and love.
My Family's House
2024
NRA Syrian police series that tells the story of a famous visual artist who is killed on his farm in mysterious circumstances. Suspicion falls on his wife, who is jealous of a girl he started drawing. Their relationship develops and begins to interfere in his personal life.
Missing Painting
1996
NRIn which dramatic events are mixed with funny comedy, the main character "Marzouk" is a man who always cares about the concerns of others and tries to find solutions for them just because he knows that this is one of the duties of the respectable man, as he tries to solve the problems of neighbors and relatives, but he often falls into serious problems because of that, until personal problems occur.
Marzouq On All Fronts
2004
6.0A family returns from a long trip, carrying a baby girl whom everyone assumes is their daughter, before the truth is revealed. Then the head of the family appears, refusing the idea of adoption despite his wife's insistence.
Shams Al Aseel
2026
NRAfter Marwan and Nada get married, the couple moves into a building full of residents and little peace due to the endless pranks of Sankouh, the rooftop tenant. Each day, the building's neighbors find themselves in a new comedic story.
What Did We Say
2001
A social comedy series starring Mohammed Al-Shammat, Samia Al-Jazairi, Rafi Wahbi, Nizar Abu Hajar, Hossam Eid, Issam Abba Ji and Mohammed Qanou. A Syrian production directed by Imad Seif Al-Din and written by Wafiq Al-Zaim
Public Auction
1999
NRNo synopsis available yet.
صورة وحكايه
2022
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Very Kind
1998
6.0Waatani Ya Rafie follows four childhood friends who once vowed to marry on the same night. As adulthood pulls them in different directions, the promise fades—until fate reunites them years later. Old bonds, forgotten dreams, and unresolved tensions resurface, forcing each man to confront loyalty, responsibility, and the weight of a promise made long ago. A warm, character‑driven Syrian social drama.
Waatani Ya Rafie
2015
NRAhl Al-Wafa is a Syrian social drama featuring actors including Ghada Bashour, Dana Jabr, Areej Khodour, Engy Murad, and Brigitte Yaghi. The series follows interconnected characters whose lives revolve around love, loyalty, and betrayal within a tightly bound community. As relationships unravel under financial pressure and personal conflict, hidden tensions surface and decisions reshape families and friendships, exposing the fragile balance between trust, ambition, and social expectations in everyday life.
Ahl Al-Wafa
2019
NRThe story follows Sharif Al-Labadi (played by Bassam Kousa), a successful engineer who marries Ghada (Samar Sami). Ghada is the ex-wife of another engineer and talented novelist, Maher Taha (Jamal Soliman). Over time, Sharif develops an intense, destructive obsession with Maher. Feeling deeply inferior, he starts compulsively imitating Maher's way of thinking, lifestyle, and literary interests in an attempt to become a carbon copy of him—only to eventually discover that his idol is fraudulent.
Layl Al-Khaefeen
1994


