Mohammad Qanoua

Acting

Mohammad Qanoua

Born — Died

1973-09-26 — 2023-04-22

Place of birth

Damascus, Syria

Known for

Acting

Credits

44 titles

Mohammad Qanoua is a Syrian actor, who is best known for his comedic character in the hit television comedy series “Maraya” (Mirrors), which aired from 1995 to 2006. Among his other memorable roles is the character of Abu Selim in “Bab El hara” (Door of the Alley). He also starred in “Beit Jaddy” (Grandfather's House) and “Layaly Al Saliheya” (Al Saliheya Nights).

Known for

Sert Alhob poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Sert Alhob

2007

Abu Janti (King of taxi/ King of lancer) poster
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Abu 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

Steelyard banknote poster
NR

The events of the series take place inside (Al-Hal Market) in the capital (Damascus), highlighting the conditions of the Syrians, through the story of the (Noman Al-Zeer) family and the events and problems they are exposed to.

Steelyard banknote

2024

The Key poster
NR

A social drama about the Syrian society and the corruption that runs rampant across all of its different classes, as well as exploring some ideals like love, integrity, and honesty.

The Key

2012

Dalila wal-Zaybaq poster
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Dalila wal-Zaybaq (دليلة والزيبق) is a 2011 Syrian historical adventure series set during the Mamluk era, spanning Cairo, Baghdad, and Damascus. At its heart is a gripping battle between good and evil — Dalila, a cunning and ruthless woman who stops at nothing to achieve her goals, and Zaybaq, a brave young hero who rises to confront her wickedness after she kills his father. A lavish reimagining of a beloved classic from Arab folklore, starring Karis Bashar and Wael Sharaf.

Dalila wal-Zaybaq

2011

Suspended poster
4.5

The events take place in Al-Attarin neighborhood after Etab flees for being accused of adultery by her brothers, while Fawzan is ready to do whatever it takes to extend his power.

Suspended

2022

Film credits

2020s · 2 titles

Series credits

Sert Alhob poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sert Alhob

2007

Abu Janti (King of taxi/ King of lancer) poster
NR

Abu 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

Steelyard banknote poster
NR

The events of the series take place inside (Al-Hal Market) in the capital (Damascus), highlighting the conditions of the Syrians, through the story of the (Noman Al-Zeer) family and the events and problems they are exposed to.

Steelyard banknote

2024

The Key poster
NR

A social drama about the Syrian society and the corruption that runs rampant across all of its different classes, as well as exploring some ideals like love, integrity, and honesty.

The Key

2012

Dalila wal-Zaybaq poster
NR

Dalila wal-Zaybaq (دليلة والزيبق) is a 2011 Syrian historical adventure series set during the Mamluk era, spanning Cairo, Baghdad, and Damascus. At its heart is a gripping battle between good and evil — Dalila, a cunning and ruthless woman who stops at nothing to achieve her goals, and Zaybaq, a brave young hero who rises to confront her wickedness after she kills his father. A lavish reimagining of a beloved classic from Arab folklore, starring Karis Bashar and Wael Sharaf.

Dalila wal-Zaybaq

2011

Suspended poster
4.5

The events take place in Al-Attarin neighborhood after Etab flees for being accused of adultery by her brothers, while Fawzan is ready to do whatever it takes to extend his power.

Suspended

2022

Ayam el Derasa poster
10.0

A group of students navigate the final years of secondary school — first loves, family pressures, friendship rivalries and the weight of uncertain futures. A second season follows them into adulthood ten years later, showing who they became and what life did to their dreams. A warm, relatable Syrian youth drama spanning 3 seasons from 2011 to 2020, featuring Yamen Hajali and Moatasem Al-Nahar in early roles.

Ayam el Derasa

2011

Small Hearts poster
7.0

The 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

Maraya 2003 poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Maraya 2003

2003

The Age of Shame poster
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Having spent most of her 20s taking care of her sick mother and her family's household, a sexually repressed woman elopes and has to face the hypocrisies of middle eastern society.

The Age of Shame

2009

Ayamana Alhulwa poster
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A 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

Naked Souls poster
NR

A 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

Layali Al-Salehiya poster
6.4

A 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

Love Has Decreed poster
7.0

The 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

The Coachman poster
6.5

In the alleys of old Damascus, Abdo makes his living driving a horse-drawn carriage — an honest man in a neighbourhood ruled by the scheming Abu Hamza Al-Nashwati, who has stolen his dead brother's inheritance and turned the whole quarter against anyone who stands in his way. When Abdo falls for a girl and dares to defy the powerful family, a personal conflict spirals into a battle between ordinary decency and entrenched corruption. A warm, character-driven Syrian period drama starring Bassem Yakhour and Salloum Haddad.

The Coachman

2023

Kanoon poster
NR

Taking 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

The Treachery poster
NR

Al 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

Summer Cloud poster
NR

The events revolve around the migration and the difficult circumstances of a mixture of Arab citizens and refugees produced by the Iraq war.

Summer Cloud

2009

Takht Sharqi poster
10.0

The 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

As'ad AlWarrak poster
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During the period of the French occupation of Syria, the events of the series revolve around As'ad AlWarraq, an orphan, illiterate, poor young man who is pushed by circumstances between various paradoxes, between false accusations and the injustice of his neighborhood people towards him.

As'ad AlWarrak

2010

The Face of Justice poster
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The 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

On the Edge of the Abyss poster
NR

Nader is lost between his parents, who are experiencing a struggle between love and hate, Lulia, who is persecuted by her stepmother, Dalal, whose hatred for her stepdaughter reaches the point of attempting murder. Dalal considers Lulia the reason for her unhappiness, but when Lulia leaves her life, she discovers her mistake. Tahseen her husband can only run away from problems and cannot solve any of them.

On the Edge of the Abyss

2007

Heavenly Space poster
NR

The series revolves around a group of people who each live alone in rented rooms on two separate floors of an old Arab house, owned by Umm Fawaz (Mona Wasef), a seventy-year-old woman who rents out the downstairs rooms to women and the upstairs rooms to men. Their daily lives intersect within the confines of the space.

Heavenly Space

2005

Another Rainy Day poster
NR

The 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

Unknown Culprit poster
8.0

The story opens with the murder of businessman Faisal Muthanna, ruled a homicide likely perpetrated by someone who wanted to rob him of his wealth. Elsewhere, Samir, a despairing tailor and taxi driver, reunites with his friend Yazen after years of war separated them.

Unknown Culprit

2021

Maraya 2000 poster
NR

A 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

Jinn Alley poster
7.0

The events revolve around the cruel and tyrannical Abu Nadhir, who seeks to control the lives of his family members without any regard for the psychological pain he causes them, while it becomes clear that there are secrets in his life and his past returns to haunt him.

Jinn Alley

2023

The Slums poster
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In 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

Nebtedi Mnain Al Hekaya poster
6.0

The series begins its episodes with the most sacred relationship, which is love, bringing the story of Romeo and Juliet back to our time with a contemporary story based on the flashback method, and recalls events from the beginning of the millennium up to our present time.

Nebtedi Mnain Al Hekaya

2016

حياة أخرى poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

حياة أخرى

2009

المهلب بن أبي صفرة poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

المهلب بن أبي صفرة

2018

Men Underneath the Fez poster
NR

Men 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

Qamar Sham poster
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Qamar 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

Maraya 2013 poster
NR

Through separate episodes, the series deals with several different stories and tales with political and social dimensions in a satirical comedic style.

Maraya 2013

2013

Grandpa's house poster
NR

The 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

برزخ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

برزخ

2021

طرابيش poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

طرابيش

1994

No artwork available
NR

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