
Acting
Esam Abjy
Born — Died
1941-02-09 — 2014-11-24
Place of birth
Damascus, Syria
Known for
Acting
Credits
36 titles
A Syrian actor, born in the Al-Muhajireen neighborhood of the Syrian capital Damascus on February 9, 1941. He began his artistic career in the 1960s while working with the National Theater troupe alongside the late Rafik Al-Suba’i, after being invited by the then Minister of Information, Mr. Youssef Shuqra, who asked them to form the Dramatic Arts Troupe affiliated with television. After the unification of Egypt and Syria and the merging of the Ministries of Information and Culture, he transitioned into theater. Among his most notable works are the TV series Awdat Ghawar (The Return of Ghawar) and Bab Al-Hara, along with many other well-known series. He participated as an actor in numerous…
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
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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Maraya 2003
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
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
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
Film credits
1990s · 2 titles
NRScreenwriter Goes to the hospital for medical examinations, but he heard strange news. This hospital has seven floors, whenever it is moved to the bottom floor, becomes close to death
Seven Floors
1994
6.9Based on Ghassan Kanafani's novel, 'Returning to Haifa,' this film, set in 1967, centres on a Palestinian couple who return to the war-torn city to search for their young son Farhan, whom they were forced to abandon when fleeing Zionist acts of terrorism in 1948. Saeed and Atefeh's own house has even been taken over by a Polish Jewish family, who, it transpires, are holding Farhan hostage. It is up to the couple, with the assistance of Farhan's steely grandmother, to find a way to reclaim their lost son. One of the few Iranian films to tackle the Palestinian issue from a historical perspective, this stunning piece of work from Seifollah Daad features meticulous attention to period detail and moving performances.
The Survivor
1995
1970s · 4 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 newly graduated young doctor has hopes of making his way steadily in his country, or of traveling to another country in order to achieve his dreams. In the village, he wakes up from his rosy dream he lived before he traveled to a harsh reality, after he is accused of murder.
Another Face of Love
1973
6.0The Yazerli is the foreman who provides work to day laborers. The film’s poetic, non-narrative structure simulates the fractured thoughts of a young boy who is forced to leave school and find work on the docks. Using minimal dialogue but evocative music and sounds, separate vignettes introduce characters the boy encounters in a single workday. The filmmaker explores the child’s vivid imaginary world while tangibly conveying the physical harshness and repressed sexuality of a life spent in poverty and manual labor. Based on a novella by Hanna Mina.
Al-Yazerli
1974
NRWith the housing crisis worsening and cement blocks constantly creeping up to swallow old houses with their inhabitants, a jungle of wolves that live in a fierce world lies behind the cement jungle. As a young journalist and his beautiful wife clash with what they think is the wolf of the jungle, it turns out that this wolf is only one of several wolves in a whole jungle of wolves.
Jungle of Wolves
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
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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Maraya 2003
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
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
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
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 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 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
8.0Mufid the monster, the naughty teenager, did not find anyone who knew how to deal with him properly, so he did not discover anyone around him and develop the good qualities that Mufid was distinguished for. The society in which he lived, starting from the harsh father at home, to the ignorant and arrogant teacher at school, to the mukhtar who punished him for cutting off the tail of Abboud's donkey... All of these were the cause of Mufid's loss and his premature end. As a result of this treatment, Mufeed could not bear to stay even for a single minute in the farm, so he ran away and decided never to return to this farm that caused him pain and persecuted him.
The End of a Brave Man
1994
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
NRA historical comedy series produced in 1993 that talks about one of the famous Arab jokers, Abu Dalama, and tells a number of stories and jokes that took place during the era of
Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama
1993
NRNo synopsis available yet.
اختفاء رجل
1992
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
NRThe story revolves around the family of Umm Ahmed Bilalish who lives in one of the old Damascene neighborhoods. When Farhan proposes to marry Samar, her mother reluctantly agrees. The events start taking a comic twist when the family wins the lottery and their social status changes.
5 Stars Family
1994
NRWhen Fardous, Gamil's mother, gets an apartment from a film production company as compensation for mistakenly using her name in a movie, her life changes completely as she becomes a reputable businesswoman and lives with her son and daughter, as well as their spouses, in the apartment.
6 Stars Family
1997
10.0AlDaghari is a Syrian social comedy series, based on the story of Turkish writer Aziz Nesin, produced by Syrian Arab Television in 1992, directed by Haitham Haqqi. It tells the story of a fraudulent person who exploits the gullibility of the villagers.
Aldighri
1992
The stingy man "Fathi" marries "Su'aad" after the death of his first wife, he rents rooms of his house and has permanent differences between his family members and him due to his stinginess within a comedy mold. The story revolves around a lost bag that roams between several characters in a humorous way, and affects the lives of each of them in a surprising way. The plot depends on the consequences of losing and recovering the case, which creates a range of comedic situations and paradoxical situations that put the characters in sometimes embarrassing situations, and sometimes in funny situations.
The Lost Case
1996
NRFive young people from different regions and cultural and social backgrounds gather to live in one rented house to study at the university, where everyday several paradoxes and comedic adventures happen with the neighbors and the owner of the house.
The Five
2005
8.0The Arab world's most beloved rogue is back. In this long-awaited return, Duraid Lahham resurrects his iconic Ghawar Tawasha — this time wrongly accused of murdering his wife and thrown behind bars for decades. Upon his release, he walks into a Syria grappling with the harsh economic realities of the nineties, determined to find his daughter and prove his innocence. Equal parts comedy and drama, it's warm, funny, and quietly heartbreaking — a homecoming worth waiting for.
Return of Ghawar
1998
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
NRThe series deals with the life of the simple man, Abu Al-Hana, who is constantly exposed to unenviable situations, and grows when he begins to search for solutions to them, for he is a simple and kind-hearted person, but he has self-confidence that makes his wife Umm al-Khair always obey him, and he is a ninth-degree employee in a government department.
Abu El-Hana's Dreams
1996
The events of the series revolve around Bahloul (Issam Suleiman), a man who constantly relies on others rather than on himself. Circumstances force him to leave his village and move to another. After arriving in this new village, the residents believe that Bahloul is a very brave and powerful man. The villagers are overjoyed at his arrival, hoping he will save them from the wolf that attacks the village and threatens the lives of its people and their livestock.
Bahloul the Brave
1990
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
NRIn a social drama setting, the series tells the story of a very poor family whose circumstances mysteriously change. New developments unfold for the family as they interact with society and experience personal transformations, especially after they begin to consider themselves part of the wealthy class.
عيلة أكابر
1998
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
NRThe series tells the story of a man who owns a car repair shop but never gets any customers. One day, a woman comes to him, and he learns that she owns a large house where she lives alone, while her son lives at his uncle’s house with his wife. The shop owner becomes greedy and decides to marry her.
Esh almajanin
2001


